I won’t let my sister’s felon partner come to Thanksgiving, she says I’m stereotyping but he’s a sketchy thief
THE holidays can be filled with lots of food, fun - and family drama.
A woman hosting Thanksgiving dinner found herself in hot water for banning her sister's boyfriend from the festive event.
While she thought her sister's boyfriend's past as a felon gave her the right to leave him off the list, her sibling was left fuming.
"I am hosting Thanksgiving this year at my house," shared Reddit user ().
"I have 3 young children [ages] six, four, and three. My husband and I make good money and have some valuables around our home."
In other words, a thief was not exactly the type of family man she wanted at her home for the holiday.
"He has burglary charges, along with petty theft, he’s also just a sketchy dude," she said.
She also detailed his past questionable behaviors.
"When they were staying with my parents, a few of my mom's pieces of jewelry went missing along with $40 from my father's wallet. This was when they first got together."
Though she admitted that this happened a couple of years ago, she couldn't shake off his shadiness.
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But her sister wasn't happy with the decision.
"She got super mad and said that wasn’t fair they have a child together."
The woman's sibling insisted that her boyfriend, who was called Todd, would be attending with her no matter what.
The two continued to bicker over the boyfriend's attendance - but she wouldn't budge.
"I told her he wouldn’t be, he was a sketchy dude and I didn’t want him in my home and around my children. I reminded her of my parent's home incident," she said as she stood her ground.
Her sister denied that Todd was the perpetrator, and then accused her of being a judgmental b***ch and unfairly stereotyping him for his previous record.
And her sister wasn't the only family member she had beef with.
"Then later I got a call from my mom of all people taking my baby sister's side saying I should be friendly for the holidays."
She had only one question left to pose: "Am I the a**hole?"
Most of the platform's users agreed with the woman who was only trying to protect her family - and offered up their own solution.
"Just tell anyone who has an issue with it they are welcome to host their own Thanksgiving and accept the risk of having a thief in their house themselves," one user chimed in.
"The no f***s given mindset is a wonderful gift of aging," joked another user.
Others also seemed to think her sister had no right to expect her felon boyfriend to have a seat at the table.
"Exactly. She can always host instead of everyone is so set on inviting him. Otherwise, she can stay home or shut up."
"It’s your house. Your kids. You get to choose who you invite over. Period," another like-minded reader commented.
Still, one user wasn't surprised by the heated situation.
"It's your house but if she's got a kid with him how the hell did you think this was gonna go?" said one such user.
Still, one user remained sympathetic to her younger sister over the snub.
"It wasn’t proven and if he had it was the very beginning of their relationship two-plus years ago."
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