Divorce her. Now.
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For those who donât know, âAITAâ is âAm I The Assholeâ in a subreddit.
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He is not the asshole in this situation, but he is the idiot for not knowing this information and planning accordingly.
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Yea, he is.
This should have been dealt with prior to Thanksgiving by him or his wife who must know his tradition and how much it means to his side of the family. Letting it go the point of Thanksgiving is foolish.
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I agree he shouldâve been prepared. And dude, you donât have a smart phone to stream the game?
That said, who is this family that doesnât âallowâ someone to just watch the damn game? Like, get over yourself and accomodate a guest, especially one in your own family.
My in-laws are damn near puritans (they donât watch TV on Sunday) and they simply know better on Thanksgiving if Iâm coming.
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So this is why I tape all games
Just in case life gets weird I am prepared
I would have said I am good with this plan but letâs be clear. I am officially in the bubble. And if anyone breaks that bubble in this house we are going to have a real issues.
Also would be making a mental note that we will be hosting for the next 30 years
Tough situation but I actually do think heâs the asshole here. He chose the game over spending Thanksgiving with his wife and kids. I get the impulse due to the season we are having but thatâs what this post boils down to - dude abandoned his wife and kids on a holiday thereby angering not only them but insulting his in-laws as well. Pretty dickish behavior, my guy.
Yep. Might as well just get the divorce, now.
Her mother is going hang onto it and remind her nonstop until the divorce, anyway.
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Nope nope nope.
He needed to break out the smartphone, make a bunch of ill advised parley bets and watched the game in the Fanatics betting app, gotten Hammered, taken the juiciest turkey cuts, done this at dessert
Started ugly crying by the last drive, crushed their toilet after the win and made the wife drive home.
Because, if youre getting divorced bro , make sure They Talk About This Day every year at Thanksgiving.
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Not the asshole. Your views and feelings are as important as anyone elseâs and if they were not even willing to consider a compromise they show they donât respect you or your feelings. Serious dealbreaker and relationship red flag.
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You always realize this kind of shit after youâre married with children and sheâs going to wipe you out if you donât become her obedient slave for the next 30 years.
Not that I would knowâŚ
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Well, if a couple came to see me as a marriage therapist over this. I would tell them they both could have handled it better with how they communicated ahead of time leading up to the event. It comes down to communication. At the end of the day, leaving your family at their parents house with your kids as you go pout at your familyâs to watch the game is marriage suicide. You are going to come off looking like an ass and you put your desire to watch a lions football game over your wife and kids on a holiday meant for family. Coming together after the holiday and saying, yeah letâs not do that again since they wonât let me watch the lions game is also a fair thing to do. It is also fair for the wife to say this is really important that we spend thanksgiving with my familyâŚso you can every other or somethingâŚleaving them was the worst thing he could have done and he is being an asshole. selfish.
We all miss lions games for family stuff. Shit the reason we have one loss is my fault since I was at a track meet all day against tampa. 
Hell, I missed our division clinching game last year bc my kids were in a xmas play. Was I happy about it, no, but I wasnât about to miss my kidâs event bc my football team was playing.
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How would you not know ahead of time her family hated sports? Lol hard to believe.
He also says he has kids so they have likely been married awhile yet he had no idea about her family thanksgiving routine?
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Oh and BTW I would have been having to run to catch my wife.
She loves football and specifically the Lions as much as me. She loves family even more. So I am sure she would have gotten a TV on 
This is kind of a crazy story to me. Watching at least the Lions on Thanksgiving seems like a huge tradition to me
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Brother you are telling my story! Wish I had seen these things earlier.
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Ah, youâre inlaws are CRC, grew up with that no tv on Sunday thing. Grand RapidsâŚ
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Glad it was you i thought maybe it was because i didnt wear my gameday kirby shirt that game⌠have worn it every other week this seasonâŚ
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Clearly the guy wanted an objective opinion going to the LIONS subreddit for an answer instead of the AITAH forum 
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lol. No. They think CRC are all hell bound. They are PRC, which is a whooooole other level of fundie.
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I 100% blame the wife.
- She grew up in the house so KNEW what was going to happen.
- She withheld that knowledge from her husband.
- She should have sided with her husband and told family that they put on the game, at least in another room, or they were both leaving.
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