She's passed now a few years ago I think but she was the angry, bitter, lonely harpy to the very end. lol

I laughed so hard. I had literally never thought about that day in the years since and had no idea she'd kept the grudge and blamed me for DECADES.
I told him having to see her at all was punishment enough and he was forgiven.

How Sue blamed me. How bad he felt he never stood up for me. How he finally told her off.
Wait. What?
Because Sue had been retelling that story THIS ENTIRE TIME adding flourishes of my evil ways, how it was on purpose, how she never healed right whenever Robbie's side of the family was around her

Robbie is PRESSED. He is UNCOMFORTABLE. Pacing, staring, stuttering and then out of nowhere launches into the most sincere, heartfelt, shame ridden apology I have ever heard in my life and he's apologizing to me.
What the fuck is he talking about?
Then he tells the story above again. The football...

Uncle Gabe and Auntie Joan were in a horrible motorcycle accident. Gabe passed away, Joan is in the ICU, critical and unstable condition. (These are Robby's parents) This is the first time I've seen Robbie in well over a decade. Emotions are high. The cousins all sneak out for a smoke break...

And now Robbie has broken her nose! the SILENCE that follows was hilarious from this loud crowd
she blames me, universal family black sheep!
I didn't even touch the football.
It causes a minor dust up, but I literally forget about it.
TWENTY years later, family is gathered at the hospital, .

hateful woman ever born. She hates everyone. Everyone hates her. But rules are rules and holidays means everyone comes and you better not keep gramma from seeing family. Sue bitterly attends, everyone makes chittering noises in her general direction. We all depart until the next holiday.....

As far as I can tell from the news clip I saw, his parents did that to him.