Did your father in law set this one up especially for you? He seems a might preoccupied with getting at you. You'd think that once the children came along he would be more tolerant, but I remember my own mother in la and my father were ghastly towards us until the day they passed...
Whilst I don't think he set it up I suspect that he relished the opportunity to get me knee deep in shit! We have a strange relationship and no mistake!