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AITA for not inviting my brother and his wife to my house after what they did?

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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I’m 28, my brother is 30 and I’m an only child besides him. My brother is married with two children. My sister in law is a absolutely terrible cook. She can barely make ramen right which is aITA for not inviting my brother and his family to my house for christmas dinner after what she did? <br>Our family traditionally holds christmas at my parents house. My father is the better cook in the family although he still isn’t the best. He is just the best by default. Before christmas my brother and his wife asked my folks if they could bring a dish to share. My parents assumed my brother would be cooking. We learned he isn’t. He and his wife decided to make pasta with meatballs. She managed to burn the meatballs, and make the macaronary hard as a rock. We all tried it. It was inedible and my father and I ended up ordering pizza. After dinner my brother and his wife were raging at my father for not saving her dish by adding some seasonings himself. My brother and his wife refused to speak to my parents but my brother said I was cool because I hadn’t insulted his wife’s cooking skills in front of the kids. <br><br>Christmas dinner was hosted at my home this year. My parents didn’t want to host after what happened. I didn’t invite my brother and his wife because I just didn’t want to risk her ruining christmas dinner for the entire family. My brother called me crying saying I was tearing the family apart and that I was being a AH for not inviting him and his wife because of her cooking. <br>He told my parents I didn’t invite them and now they’re angry too because they felt like I’m picking favorites but I’m just protecting christmas dinner. <br>So AITA ?<br><br>Edit: I just want to say that I love cooking. I love experimenting with recipes, I love trying new foods, and I love feeding people. I was never upset with my brother and his wife over the food. I was upset that they didn’t tell the truth about who was cooking. Telling your family you are going to bring a dish when you absolutely can’t cook is not something to be upset with someone over. It’s your own fault. You need to either learn to cook or stop pretending you can. <br><br>My SIL is the kind of person who while she’s playing a board game will move her husbands game piece when he’s not paying attention so she can win the game. I don’t want to exclude my brother from the family but I also can’t cater to my SILs toxic behavior. <br><br>There’s a lot of people saying things like I should have just let them bring their dish or I should have just sprung the 200 dollar bill for take out. People are saying this as if it was just me, my brother, and his wife. It wasn’t. It was 25 people at our house who’s traditions were ruined for no good reason. They got to ruin christmas for 25 people but the idea of excluding them from christmas is terrible? <br><br>Thank you for the awards. I appreciate them. I appreciate the people who have commented with stories of their own family members who were horrible cooks and ruined family gatherings constantly because they refused to learn to cook. <br><br>This is my first post on reddit and I’m truly surprised by how much traction my post has gotten. I just wanted to know if I was the AH because I wasn’t sure. I feel better knowing I did the right thing.

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