no worries! i'm going to be a ~little~ slow as the work week starts back up, but if that isn't a dealbreaker, i'd be happy to fill this line for you. my first instinct is to say it was an unholy combination of stubbornness and misplaced anger that caused a rift between them in the first place, and that rift has continued to grow over time? i want to say he has a good head on his shoulders for the most part and has made plenty of responsible life choices, but every so often he does something reckless (like proposing to a stranger on a cruise) that makes the rest of the family wonder what the hell he was thinking. i mean, is he... okay, or what? spoiler: he probably isn't!