Haha well he was already interested in it, I believe his screen name when I met him was "aflatoon"
And yeah, this is old news now
Funny though, it's two years later and things are still at the same place with his family
Sorry to hear that Zoomi.
We had a similar situation with my father-in-law and we didn't see him at all for many many years, but it did improve in the end.
Now we see him once and sometimes even twice a year even though we live in different countries.
My mum-in-law (they're divorced) was always cool with us and was even quite supportive in her own way.