When a woman receives unsolicited life advice from her cousin’s wife during Thanksgiving dinner, she shuts her down in a clever way. The overweight family member has learned to deal with rude comments by responding with a simple statement, but when her cousin’s wife chimes in with her own opinion, the situation escalates. Despite feeling like an AH after the fact, the woman wonders if she was justified in shutting down her cousin’s wife. Read on to find out the verdict.
How this 26-year-old learned to shut down rude people

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Setting boundaries with family during holidays ♀️

When a cousin’s wife crashes Thanksgiving, sparks fly

Career change praised at Thanksgiving dinner with family

Sassy clap back to unwarranted career advice at Thanksgiving dinner

Shutting down rude family members during Thanksgiving dinner ♀️

Woman stands up for herself against rude cousin’s wife

Reflecting on a Thanksgiving drama: AITA?

Woman shuts down rude cousin’s wife during Thanksgiving dinner ♀️
Thanksgiving is all about family and gratitude. However, what happens when a rude family member tries to bring you down? In this post, a woman shares her experience of dealing with a cousin’s wife who made a snide comment about her career choice. The woman, who had a history of shutting down rude comments, responded with a polite but firm rebuke. However, her cousin’s wife got upset and left the room, causing tension during the holiday gathering. Now, the woman is questioning if she was in the wrong for speaking up. Join the conversation in the comments and share your thoughts on how to handle rude comments from family members during holidays.
NTA shuts down rude cousin’s wife’s unsolicited advice. Perfect response

Impressed by OP’s shut down of rude cousin’s wife during dinner

Thanksgiving dinner with rude cousin’s snowflake wife ♀️

Thanksgiving drama at its finest, NTA wins this round

NTA shuts down weight-shaming cousin’s wife with clever response

Commenter supports OP standing up for herself. Hilarious misunderstanding in title.
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Thanksgiving dinner gets awkward with unsolicited life advice

Stand up to bullies and make them afraid

Rude cousin’s wife’s unsolicited advice was a *helpful* insult

Clever comeback sparks sharing in NTA Thanksgiving thread.

Opinions flying at Thanksgiving dinner! NTA holds her own.

Clapping back at rude opinions: NTA ♀️

Woman stands up to rude cousin’s wife at Thanksgiving

Definitely NTA. Cousin’s wife’s ‘helpful’ comments were just insults.

Don’t mess with her career choices

Body shaming and career shaming are AH moves. NTA.

NTA shuts down rude cousin’s wife with sarcasm

Standing up to rude family members like a boss

Calling out offensive jokes: NTA sets boundaries

Thanksgiving dinner drama ends with satisfying NTA verdict

Empowering response to insults shuts down rude cousin’s wife.

Thanksgiving clapback shuts down judgmental cousin’s wife #NTA

OP’s cousin’s wife gets shut down for ridiculous reasoning

Setting boundaries: NTA’s Thanksgiving dinner showdown.

Empowering response to dealing with rude comments during family gatherings

This commenter has a sassy response to bad opinions

You’re a hero for shutting down rude family members.

“Wow, did you actually mean to say that out loud?” #NTA

Applause for Thanksgiving dinner shutdown and helpful tips!

Standing up to judgmental relatives at Thanksgiving

OP expertly shuts down hypocritical cousin’s wife at Thanksgiving dinner

You handled it like an absolute boss

Setting boundaries with entitled guests

Putting rude cousin’s wife in her place ♀️ #NTA

Thanksgiving tradition: Fighting with extended family members. NTA wins!

Supportive comment gets mixed response about Thanksgiving celebration. ✊
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Setting boundaries like a boss! NTA wins Thanksgiving dinner

Thanksgiving takedowns! OP not the a**hole

Setting the facts straight and shutting down unsolicited opinions ♀️ #NTA

Fighting back against rude family members: NTA wins the day

Polite clapback: ‘Did I ask?’ shuts down rudeness.

Family business is not a career. NTA

No Christmas drama, Thanksgiving is the only big family event

Empowerment at its best Shutting down rude in-laws
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Similar Thanksgiving drama with possible same in-law, wow

Standing up to family judgement like a boss

Shutting down rude in-laws at Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving win: shutting down rude cousin’s wife

Body shaming and unsolicited advice? NTA shut them down

Commenter and reply liken OP’s response to overpowering a weak opponent

Gracefully shutting down rude Thanksgiving dinner guest. ♀️

Woman defends her career choice against unsolicited advice. NTA

Standing up for yourself: NTA shuts down rude cousin’s wife

Standing up to family bullies like

Polite clapback to rude cousin’s wife shocks her

Cheers to being the bigger person #NTA

Handling rude family members like a boss

Shutting down rude comments like a boss

Directly calling out rudeness – a satisfying shutdown!

Commenter calls out annoying opinion holders, NTA.

Don’t dish out criticism disguised as advice. You go, NTA!
