AITA? Worried Woman Forbids Sister From Taking Her Dogs To Parents' Anniversary, Disinvites Her For "Not Wanting Human Babies"

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Feb 26, 2023 5:00 PM EST

Maybe not all of us, but at least we're guilty of treating our pets like our children. We love them, pay for them, and would do anything for them. In this AITA, a married woman gets into a fight with her sister who treats her two dogs like human children. She brings them to every event and insists that they have a place at the table like every other family member. She also got mad that her dogs weren't included in the family holiday card, claiming discrimination that "only human grandchildren were included".

This…..might be taking the "our dogs are our children" thing a little too far, in our opinion. Should her dogs be treated like normal grandchildren, or is the sister living in a delusion? Is the author the AH, or does the sister need a reality check? What do you think?

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  • 01
    Font - Background: I (42F) have a younger (half) sister Amaya (31F) and we have led completely different lives which is totally okay. I'm married to my husband Justin and we have three kids (13F 8F 3M). Amaya wants to remain child free and has two 3yo German Shepherd male dogs. I totally support my sisters choices here and I'm very happy that she has found something to put her love into. Our entire family is also very happy and supportive of her. But the issue is that she has a problem of treati
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    Font - Some past instances where she has taken it too far: Amaya started screaming at her parents when they only included the "human grandchildren" and not their "furry grandchildren" on their holiday card because they were "discriminating against her". She brought her dogs to our family's thanksgiving dinner and SAT THEM AT THE KIDS TABLE where one of the dogs ate the turkey meant for my nephew. Threw a fit when her dogs wouldn't be allowed to travel to our brothers wedding because my kids woul
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    These are some disrespectful children! In our humble opinion, the sister needs to teach her "dog children" some manners. Maybe if they were better behaved the author wouldn't have such a problem with them attending all the family gatherings.

  • 03
    Font - Our mom and her dads wedding milestone anniversary is coming up and so my husband and I thought it would be nice to throw them a nice dinner party with the whole family, so I called Amaya to tell her the plans and politely asked her not to bring her dogs for the night and listed all of my reasons, and she just immediately blew up at me for "punishing her for not wanting human babies" and I'm "too traditional" to understand that being a dog mom is being an actual mother and she can't leave
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    Font - analyst19 5 days ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] Haha NTA, but your reasoning isn't that "she obsessively compares her dogs to my literal human kids." Just say "sorry, I'm hosting a formal dinner without pets for the health and safety of my husband and 3 year old. Hope you can make it, but we understand if you have to pass." 3.0k Reply Share
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    This is not an unreasonable request. We also agree with this commenter, we think that the author has every right to request this, especially because their husband is allergic and the kids are afraid of the big dogs. 

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    Font - No_Cress8843. 4 days ago Partassipant [1] People who think having animals makes them parents are always mentally unstable, as a rule. It's the most bizarre thing I've ever witnessed in my life. (love dogs, have rescues)
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    Font - Annika_Desai. 4 days ago I joke around with my dog like this. He's an 8 Yr old pom. I say you're a real human baby, yes you are, it's not your fault that you're so ugly that you look like a dog, it's not yoir fault you're so stupid they don't let you go to school. You poor thing. You're a real human baby! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's just a joke. I talk random crap to him in a cute voice because it makes him happy. I guess it's the emotional energy and the focus on him that h
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    Font - Fun_Milk_4560 . 5 days ago Partassipant [1] NTA I have to admit I was going to say I treat my dogs like kids too but uh that's way too far. Hopefully she takes it well when they don't let her enroll her 5 year olds in kindergarten. Reply Share 1.2k
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    Font - wdjm 5 days ago Asshole Enthusiast [7] ΝΤΑ Tell her you're not discriminating against the 'furry children' because they're furry - but because they're completely undisciplined. Even a 3yo (human) child knows not to steal food off of someone else's plate and to not jump all over someone smaller than them - at least if they've had the least smidgeon of discipline. Her 'furry' kids have not. Put it this way: the reason service dogs are welcome everywhere is because they are TRAINED and DISCI
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    Font - ivylass 5 days ago Certified Proctologist [20] NTA. Your sister is unhinged and those dogs have no training and know no boundaries. She is not a mother, she is a pet owner. How do your parents feel about her obsession?
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    Font - TeddyBeartholomew 5 days ago Partassipant [1] NTA. Excluding her dogs is NOT the same thing as excluding her, so if that's how she takes it, that's her problem. Her dogs are not well behaved, they are not controlled, she doesn't respect other people's boundaries. I'm sorry but an untrained, uncontrolled dog is dangerous, let alone 2 of them. Seating the digs with the kids is so shitty, and the children don't deserve to be bullied by their aunt and her dogs. They deserve to have peaceful f
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    Font - AgentAlpo 5 days ago Asshole Aficionado [14] NTA I am childfree and love my dogs, but they are not human children and can't be treated like human children. One day her poorly trained dogs are going to bite a human child and then she's going to really feel pain when animal control makes her put the dogs down. She's asking for disaster.
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    Font - struggling-stem-girl. 5 days ago NTA- your sister sounds insane. This literally sounds like a sit com set up. Also... As a fellow dog mom whose friends have ACTUAL children, I would never act this way. I love my dog, but I'd never set her at the dinner table or force her onto a child that's afraid. All of this is bizarre attention seeking behavior. Does your sister have a husband/ partner OP? I'm wondering if part of this is related to the inability to have kids or something like that.
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    Font - Crys876 5 days ago . Asshole Enthusiast [8] NTA, your sister is barking mad!
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    Font - EvolvingWren 5 days ago Certified Proctologist [20] Whoa. NTA. Sis is either suffering from delusional thinking or is using her dogs to control her family. Regardless, dogs are NOT humans, and pretending they are so hard that you throw actual fits is not healthy.
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    Font - Jonny-Pasadena . 5 days ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [36] NTA, but buckle up, as she may try and show up at the party with her fur babies anyway, and scream for your neighbors to hear about NOT LETTING IN THE GRANDCHILDREN
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    Font - falling upper 5 days ago NTA but if I were you I'd refocus on the behaviour and not the species. Ok, in this instance you don't want them there because you're hosting and your husband is allergic and your son is scared. But even if you WEREN'T hosting she should expect to have them barred from events because they destroy items and steal food. That's not normal. I have 3 human kids and two dogs and I frequently jokingly refer to the dogs as "the favourites" so I get the "oh they're my babi
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