AITA for ending our game night early after my sister brought her son?
AITA"We might have to bring Ben," my sister texted at 6:10. "The sitter canceled."
I wrote, "We'll work something out." In my head, that meant we might reschedule or one of them might stay home. I didn't say either of those things.
At eight, my sister and her husband arrived with their nine-year-old. I had invited four adults for what I'd called a grown-up games night, the first we'd managed in three months. Her husband had taken a taxi straight from work, and my other two guests had brought snacks.
Ben was perfectly polite. He asked if he could play, and I said the game we'd chosen wasn't what I wanted to teach that evening. My sister said he could watch a film on the sofa, in the same room. He put on headphones and settled down.
I still felt that the whole evening had changed. I kept lowering my voice and abandoning stories I would have told with only adults there. At nine I said I was tired and suggested we call it a night. Once the other guests had left, I told my sister I'd ended early because I'd wanted an adult evening.
She said I'd let them make the trip and then made her son the reason everyone had to leave. Ben didn't hear that conversation, but he asked on the way out whether he had done something wrong.
I wasn't upset with him. I was upset that my sister treated bringing him as the solution when I thought it was still a problem to discuss. But my reply was vague, and I let everyone arrive before admitting I didn't want that solution. AITA for ending it early?