It's still a pretty shitty excuse, cuz he could've called at least. With all the technology that's out there, unless you do it on purpose for some reason, the "sorry, couldn't call and was too busy being a spoiled boss's daughter's dumb simp and human dildo to give a shit about y'all" excuse is outdated and complete nonsense. Even with the shitty network infrastructure that's supposedly on the island, he could've at least (video)called and ask them to talk and catch up with each other on skype or something, or he could've occasionally visited his mom and sis and vice-versa, but not having any form of contact with his own damn female relatives and friends for 10y is a pretty shitty, inexcusable thing to do, IMHO.