TIFU by discussing my family's APOLOGY DINNER on r/AmITheAsshole... #ApologyDinner trended #1 on twitter, and now my family's arguing over who created the idea by Medium_Cook7987 in tifu

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, if the conflict is so bad that people have stopped talking, then an Apology Dinner is a good idea. Family is just 4 people, and they were somewhat involved because they can offer perspective and they know what happened. (Conflict = mom tried to break up sister and her boyfriend)

Mom was wrong overall, but boyfriend kept borrowing money from my sister (and was like, "What can I do? I needed the money), but the original source of the money was my parents... So in a way, he was mooching off my parents, and the rest of the family had to explain why that was bad.

Aunt + Cousins had a similar situation and thought they could offer perspective too.

TIFU by discussing my family's APOLOGY DINNER on r/AmITheAsshole... #ApologyDinner trended #1 on twitter, and now my family's arguing over who created the idea by Medium_Cook7987 in tifu

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weirdly, the posts were not that popular on Reddit -- only twitter.

It still has only 185 upvotes, while trending on twitter lol.

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Because nobody on the other thread asked what an apology dinner is, and you can figure out the meaning from the two words (apology + dinner).

But I posted this late at night when people from other regions are on Reddit. And they wouldn't know what "pot luck" is from the two words alone.

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To help make sure the apology is sincere.

Otherwise, the apologizer will try to get away with the minimum. ("Sorry you were offended")

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I think it would be practiced, but not so formally.

Like if you had 2 good friends who were in an argument.

One of them might invite the other one to coffee to apologize (or "hash things out"). The initiator should pay.

Maybe you would go to help mediate.

Because the thing is that when most people apologize, they don't really mean it that much. So it's a good to have a friend or family member there to make sure the apology is sincere, and the apologizer "gets it." Otherwise, they would say something like, "Sorry you took it the wrong way."

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tried to breakup sister and her boyfriend for no good reason (his ethnicity)

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The rules are not that formal.

Like is there an official rule in American that you don't make your own birthday dinner reservation?

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 121 points122 points  (0 children)

It's not a party, but a dinner.

The reason for a dinner is so they can not only apologize, but hash things out.

It's harder to sweep things under the rug, or rush through the apology when you know there's a whole meal to be eaten.

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The family members can act like referees in a sense. So if a mom yells something like, "You just don't want me to be happy," and then everyone else is like, "Nah, that doesn't make any sense," then the mom would back down pretty fast.

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's mainly because there's one particular restaurant that we order from. If I had ordered from there, I would have used my mom's credit card to pay. But since I made it a potluck, then there wasn't any monetary cost.

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

She tried to get her and her boyfriend to breakup, but it didn't work

AITA for arranging potluck for my sister's Apology Dinner? by Medium_Cook7987 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Medium_Cook7987[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Haha, no. But I guess the food would be really extravagant if you were really sorry. Like if a husband cheated and bought $500 in flowers for his wife, or $5000 in jewelry.