One of the stories at the beginning of the thread says Scott was the only one of the 7 kids that were Jackie's and Tom's; the rest were from previous marriages. That was the first I had heard that; basically raised as an only child, as others were much older. If other kids not around him that much, they probably don't know Scott as well, and perhaps that's why some of them have not come forward to defend him as much as mom and dad?
I vote for standard pick-up line. My (not)soon(enough)-to-be-ex used that line on his girlfriend (also a single mom with one child whom he his now cohabitating with). He told her how much he couldn't stand my family. Funny, then, that he was devastated when they found out what was going on and what a scum he was. He couldn't believe I would tell my family and embarrass him like that!