I have just had the "pleasure" of going out for a meal with a group of my mother's friends, and I got stuck talking to this man, who my mother hates, but invited because he is part of this "group".
I now see why she wanted me there as back up, because it meant she didn't have to listen to his disgusting rants all evening.
He randomly started moaning about baby names to me, not that I have any reason to think about baby names, so it was a bit weird. It turns out that
"All the first born men in my family have been called Alexander, we had Alexander Joseph, Michael Alexander and I'm Alexander David. But then my son's wife, who is awful, wouldn't even consider the names Alexander or Alexandra, and my granddaughter is called bloody Sophia! It has nothing to do with the family, it's terrible, and I won't call her it. DIL has made it very clear there won't be any more grandchildren, and I hate her."
At this point, I was incredulous, and was just nodding and trying to think of how to shut him up. But no, there was more...
"Of course, there could be more grandchildren if my son found a new wife, which he could very easily, he's a good looking man, and I have no idea why he lowered himself to marrying that trollop. She's ghastly and I hate her."
Yes, I know you hate your DIL, you've made that very clear, despite me never mentioning anything about the subject. At this point I ask
"Have you told her this?" (Fearing his response TBH)
"Oh yes, I've told her she's no good for my son, and she knows I hate her. I've told her I'm holding out for a big busty blonde, so DS can remarry and I'll have a grandchild with a proper name (Alexander or Alexandra)."
He then went on...
"Of course, you can't choose your child's spouse, no matter how hard you try. Unless you're in Pakistan that is. I wish we were in Pakistan. Then I could tell him he's marrying a proper woman, and they'd respect my choice of name for the baby. He wouldn't have married that hussy over there, oh no."
So now I understand why my DM hates the man! He then started talking about the pool he's having installed in his garden, along with his new decking, and how he thinks that we should have the same laws about employment rights for immigrants as the UAE, because "they've got it right there", so I just zoned out.
Sorry for the long rant, it feels good to have got it off my chest!