P-A types depend on people giving them the benefit of the doubt - which could be construed as victim-blaming. Be clear, direct, and do not let a PA speak for or about you. And call them on it directly and with witnesses if they are lying or ‘misrepresenting’ facts to either make their target look bad ot to make…

Everything I’ve ever read about this woman shouts “Straight-up Selfish Bitch”. I feel sorry for her son that she would drag him town to town on tour - teenagers crave a stable home, some structure, and age-appropriate peers. Plus, in the teenager years, kids need to bond with the adult of their gender.

I suggested this in my divorce as we had 3 young, school-age children, and the x a professional touring musician who travels 3 weeks at a time. It works best like this. Now, years later and kids all graduated from college, we all get along quite well and our children are well-adjusted and decent people with no angst…

I call Bullshit: from Mythbusters episode “A cigarette has the potential to light a pool of gasoline but just doesn’t have enough sustained heat. Gas ignites between 500 °F and 540 °F, the cigarette at its hottest was between 450 °F and 500 °F but only when it was actually being smoked. An ignition is very improbable.”