AITA for killing the vibe at a dinner party by actually answering the question honestly
So a couple of weekends ago i had a few people round for dinner, just six of us in total, nothing fancy, mostly close mates plus one persons new partner that none of us had met before, ill call him the new guy. Lovely enough at first, bit much, but fine.
After we ate someone pulled out one of those conversation card games where the questions get deeper as you go, so it starts with stuff like whats your comfort film and ends up at the heavier end. Everyone was having a really nice time and i was genuinely happy with how the night was going.
Then i drew a card that asked what the lowest point of my life had been.
Bit of context. My younger brother died about six years ago, i was the one who got the call and i was at the hospital when he passed. Three of the people there knew all about it but the other two and the new guy didnt, and i really didnt want to drop a bomb like that into a fun evening, so i just said something light about how moving to a new city on my own had been the hardest thing ive been through.
Everyone was ready to move on but the new guy leaned back and went "wow if thats the worst thing thats ever happened to you then you have lived an unbelievably easy life." And honestly if hed said it as a joke i would have laughed it off, but the way he said it was so smug and pleased with himself that something in me just went.
So i looked at him and said actually the hardest thing ive been through was getting the call about my brother and being in the room when he died, i just didnt want to ruin a nice night by saying it. It went from a bit quiet to absolutely silent. He mumbled some sort of sorry and the whole thing kind of fizzled out not long after.
AITA?