"neither step-ie or d-i-l are speakin' with the P-Vine"

Not speaking to the hand that feeds? That would be unacceptable to me. I would not be able to hold back from a man-to-man talk about that, including demanding he apologizes to his mother. But I suppose you are right... my mother always taught me to not let on that someone was getting under your skin, to never let them have a chance to do it again, and to never forget it.