So far I haven't seen him, and I have a feeling that since he was speaking for his S.O.,  that he probably won't even ask me to do it.

Anyway, Ausin, that is a very good way to handle it, but I think I don't even want it to get that far.  It's not as if it's my friend's mother....it's his Significant Others mother....and that is just too far away for my comfort...not knowing who the family is, or might be. It's  too many degrees of separation, for me to risk breaking any law.