No, there isn't anything like that going on. He was just at his house with his sister-in-law and his wife and I kept asking him to do things such as fix the computer, he would go over, start on it, then a big 'X' would get put through the action. He would stand up. So I decided maybe he was hungry, I had him start to cook a meal, yet another 'X', so I got him a quick meal. An 'X' popped up almost immediately after he started eating. (Seeing as I don't like wasting food I sat there for about 5 minutes trying to get him to finish the whole meal). It's so frustraiting.
I don't want to give up on this family because I finally just got a level 3 visa in 2 WA places. I worked so hard for that.
I hope I can figure out the glitch soon.