My sister has it worse and she stays and doesn’t react. My mother only was miffed that her SIL wasn’t coming over to dote on her on Mother’s Day and made zero comment of support. I actually told her, “I need support and if I’m not going to get any from you, well, it is what it is.”

I guess his barb was not enough for my family to say get out. What if he had physically assaulted me, would they have said run?

So, now I am backing down once again, no more steam. He’s acting like nothing happened. He said he was sorry for the comment and that’s it.