Cheers Tambo - no I know youre not from the Land of the Free.
Some of the contributions vie for most gormless comment of the week contest.
very clear - daughter's boyfriend needs to learn a bit of manners,
and you may be the one to do that.
and you need to attend to the bad-mouthing, and what or why.
I know when three ladies of a certain age ( ha ha over seven that is !) get together, then a character massacre commonly ensues
but it could be, "dja know d'ter's bf - the one wiv no teef, she's a one, he deals in droogz " ......
These things will pass - and you may even laugh over them later