Karen woman demands neighbor let her "borrow" her beautiful golden retriever, Bailey, for wedding photos, dog owner refuses but Karen accuses her of ruining her wedding: 'Bailey isn't some prop'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Oct 13, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

The story below is one of entitlement to the max. The protagonist is a woman who owns a beautiful golden retriever, Bailey. She has a neighbor, Karen (yes, that's her real name) who is acting a bit like a…Karen. Karen demands that her dog owning neighbor let her borrow Bailey for her wedding photos. Bailey's neighbor, a 26-year-old woman explains that Bailey doesn't like other dogs or crowds, that for the sake of Bailey's peace it's best that she doesn't involve herself in a photoshoot with strangers. Karen doesn't take it well, and she starts accusing the dog owner of ruining her wedding dreams, holding her dog hostage, and even calls her selfish. 

The other neighbors in the building become involved, and people start to talk. Bailey's owner stands her ground though, and refuses to let Karen take her dog. If this woman really wants wedding photos with a random golden retriever, she should hire an actor dog. 

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    AITA for refusing to let my neighbour "borrow" my dog for her wedding photos?

    Beautiful golden retriever
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    So, this is one of those situations where I can't believe I'm even writing it, but here we are.
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    I (26F) have a golden retriever named Bailey. Bailey is pretty. much the sweetest dog on the planet—super friendly, loves
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    everyone, and has that perfect golden fur that looks great in photos. My neighbor "Karen"
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    (yes, that's actually her name, I'm not making it up) is getting married in a few weeks. We're not close, but we've always been on
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    friendly terms-small talk in the hallway, exchanging cookies during the holidays, that sort of thing.
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    A few days ago, Karen knocks on my door and asks if she can come in to talk. I thought it was something important, but instead,
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    she starts gushing about how beautiful Bailey is and how she would "perfectly match" her
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    wedding color scheme. I was a little confused but thanked her for the compliment, thinking that was it.
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    But then she drops the bomb: she asks if she can "borrow" Bailey for her wedding photos.
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    When I say "borrow," I mean she wanted to take Bailey to her wedding venue, dress her up in some floral dog collar, and have
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    her pose with the bridal party for a few hours. She even said it would "mean the world" to her and that Bailey would get to be
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    part of something "truly special." She promised to take good care of her, and I could pick her up afterward.
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    Wedding photos
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    I was stunned. I tried to explain that Bailey isn't just some prop she can use for her photoshoot- she's my dog, my family. Plus,
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    Bailey gets anxious around large groups of people she doesn't know, and I wasn't comfortable with the idea of her being away from me in a strange place.
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    Karen didn't take this well. She started getting upset, saying that I was being selfish and that it's "just a few hours." She said she's
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    always admired Bailey and thought it would be "the perfect touch" to have her in the photos.
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    When I still said no, she accused me of ruining her wedding dreams and stormed out of my apartment.
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    The next day, I got a call from one of our other neighbours, who said Karen was telling everyone that I was being "completely unreasonable" and that I was
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    Golden retriever in the sun
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    "holding my dog hostage" just to spite her. Apparently, she even tried to get another neighbor to talk to me about it, as if that would change my mind.
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    Now, a few people in our building are giving me weird looks, and I overheard someone saying I should "just let her have the dog for a day, what's the big deal?"
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    I feel like I'm losing my mind here. AITA for refusing to let my neighbor "borrow" my dog for her wedding photos?
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    [deleted] NTA, What a weirdo, and your neighbours are weird too.
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