Imagine having a new baby. That would be life changing in many ways.

Would you think it would be easier to host Thanksgiving at your house if you had a baby, or would you prefer to go to someone else’s house for the holiday meal?

In this story, one new dad thinks hosting Thanksgiving will be the easiest option, and he has another way to make it even easier.

The problem is that his sister hates his plan and refuses to come.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITA for having Thanksgiving at my house

My wife and I invited my side of the family (my parents, my sister and her husband, their 2 kids) to our house for Thanksgiving this year.

We have a 4 year old and a 5 month old baby. My sister’s kids are older.

My sister has hosted in the past, but I mentioned it would be easier for us with the baby’s nap schedule if it was at our house this year.

His sister had one question.

When I first texted her to ask if they’d like to come to our house (we also just moved into our house this year), she asked if we’d let her make the stuffing if they came. It’s my late grandmother’s recipe that she makes every year.

I said yes of course, but also let her know that we were thinking about getting a takeout turkey dinner from a local restaurant. We have gotten it in the past during COVID and it was really delicious, easy, and has all the Thanksgiving foods we normally eat.

She didnt respond.

I guess it won’t be a big family Thanksgiving this year.

A week later I followed up to make sure that still sounded good, and she said they will actually be staying home because they like making the home-cooked foods, the kids like participating in the prep, and it has become a tradition for them at their house.

I was pretty bummed but said ok.

She said she understood that it was easier for us to stay home because of the baby’s nap schedule.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

I just found out that she texted my mom saying she is thrown off that my parents are coming to our house and they didnt even check in with her first, as she has always cooked/hosted.

My mom told her that she thought they were coming (I thought that as well when I invited my parents).

And she said that she never said yes (just that she would think about it) and she’s not eating takeout on Thanksgiving…”that’s dumb.”

He’s wondering if it was wrong to host Thanksgiving.

There was some other back and forth indicating that she would not consider us “hosting” the holiday because the food is not home-cooked.

And apparently we shouldn’t need to stay home this year because they have had 2 kids that nap before and have gone to outings – “it’s not a big deal to have a kid that naps.”

I understand that these comments were said behind my back and I was never meant to read them, but am I a jerk for inviting my family to my house for Thanksgiving this year and getting takeout?

His sister is being difficult, and his mom shouldn’t have told him about the texts.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person thinks the only person who really messed up was the mom.

But another person thinks he should let his sister host Thanksgiving.

This person shares why his plan is disappointing.

They can agree to disagree about the ideal way to handle Thanksgiving.

It’s really the turkey that’s the problem.

Taking the easy way out isn’t always the best idea.

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