there is not much detail, so it's hard to comment.
sorry you have gone through this, it must be distressing.
what was your relationship with your son like while he was younger, before his wife.
is he normally abusive/ rude in his speech.
did this happen in front of the wife, if so, what was her attitude.
there does often seem to be tension or lack of closeness between mothers and sons with wives.
I think it's regional differences...

