Ugh, trying to smooth things over between my brother-in-law and my mom. Which is more than he deserves, but he seems to respect my opinion, and my mom has to deal with him on a regular basis, so I'd rather her not be stressed more than she has to be. (She asked him to slow down when driving, so as revenge he went full on road rage swerving through traffic for about an hour.) Not sure why I'm posting this for critique since I already sent it, but the whole situation is stressing me out.

"Hey. I'm wondering how this past week has been from your perspective. I hope I'm not overstepping, but in keeping with the theme of me drunkenly telling you that you're fucking up a good thing with my mom, you are.

Obviously I have only heard her side of the story, but I also grew up with that, and it's not hard to picture that she could possibly be overreacting. But it's also not hard to picture you driving like a fucking maniac with no respect for the person who cares for your daughter FOR FREE five days a week.

You apologized. She doesn't buy it. I don't blame her. She genuinely doesn't want to be around you right now. It's going to take actions, not words. I don't know what you're going to have to do, but it's going to have to come across as less fake than it has so far."

I dunno. Hope it registers.