64 Spine-Chilling Halloween Disasters That Will Make You Question Everything Beyond Costumes
My (F36) brother (M32) lives in the US. We are from the South of India. He recently married my SIL (F31) there. She is a US citizen and catholic. We haven’t met her in person till now. We were supposed to go their wedding in the USA last year when “that which must not be named” happened. They postponed their wedding to April of this year, but we couldn’t go as we were under the full blast of the 2nd wave. Anyhow we urged them to go ahead with the wedding and we attended via zoom.
They have now planned to visit us in India from mid October to mid November. They will be staying in a hotel and attending family get togethers including my parents Diwali lunch (4th Nov) when they would be introduced to a large part of the extended family (all vax + tested)
Last week we were having a video call where my SIL told me she is super excited to celebrate Halloween with my Kids (F 7 and 5). I told her sure, we can plan a party with some friends and have some spooky themed stuff. She said, she wants to dress up and take my girls out for some Trick or Treat as auntie-niece time. I told her that here in India no one does that and people would have no clue why you are knocking on their door, let alone have chocolates or sweets ready. What I could do is, inform a few neighbours and friends, buy them sweets ahead and then take her+kids specifically to those houses. She got a bit irritated and told me to forget about it. I was a bit taken aback, but dropped it. I started asking about what she would like to wear for the Diwali lunch. Its an important festival for us and we believe in wearing new clothes that day. She said she’d wear the same dress she wore for her reception (a short white dress). I told her in India, white is worn by widows (though this is now outdated) and wearing new clothes is an important sentiment and we would like to get her something new (as a gift). Maybe an Indian Salwar or saree or if she is uncomfortable, a full length dress. She would meet a lot of elders in our family and we would like her to dress a bit conservatively as they would not be comfortable.
She totally blew up and told me that If I was going to be so pushy, she won’t come to the Diwali lunch at all and if she can’t dress up for Halloween then she won’t dress up for a pagan thing and she said many other things which were rude about our culture. I was upset as I felt that I had done nothing to warrant such a reaction. I got angry and told her if Diwali was pagan, so was Halloween. She cut the call and hasn’t spoken to me since. Apparently she complained to my mother, as mom called me and told me that she was our guest and we shouldn’t insult her and told me to apologise. I feel bad and like an TA now. I don’t want her first experience of our culture to be sour or ruin my parents’ Diwali. Also I don’t know much about US culture. So, AITA?
So this just happened and I am posting this for a third opinion. Also this was done on mobile so sorry for any issues.
A side note: I am a full time college student and a part time worker so seeing my friends is a rare occurrence. We had to start planning this party weeks in advance so we could make sure people could come.
I (18F) and my friend (18M) were planning a Halloween party several weeks ago and I suggested that we held it at my place. It seemed like the ideal place since it had hard floors, single story, friends were familiar with it, and it was overall the best place to have the party. He agreed and I got the approval from my parents to host the party here.
About two weeks ago my parents told me out of the blue that I was no longer allowed to host the party. They said it was because the house was not clean to my mothers standard even though I was not home all day and my brothers made the messes she was complaining about. I claimed that this was unfair since I didn’t make the mess and they shouldn’t expect me to clean the house even if I am not home, but they persisted.
I then texted my friend and he said he could host the party at his place and that there was nothing to worry about. I was joyed and I told my family that the party was still on.
Now my parents know that I am not a bad kid. I haven’t done any substance use ever and I have a 4.0. But my friend is different. So they tried to change my plans.
“What if you held the party outside here?”
“You could just put a projector outside and play outside”
“We don’t want you in a party with drinkers”
I deflected that and said that we couldn’t do anything outside and that we already changed locations.
So it’s today and my parents have their own party going on here, and they told me to clean the house today while they went out. Long story short, I only vacuumed and put my stuff away. When they got home though they were mad.
They tried to take my phone away and told me that I was awful for not preparing the house for their guests. I said that it was unfair that I had to clean a house for guests I didn’t invite and that I wouldn’t even see on Halloween. I am currently in my bedroom contemplating and I now here I am. AITA
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