This woman’s family thinks she’s being a jerk for forcing them to prove that they’re responsible enough to take care of a dog before actually getting one.
But she insists she’s being the sensible one and has asked the Reddit community to back her up.
“Before we got married and had kids, my husband and I agreed that all big decisions required two yes or no votes,” the woman said.
“Well, our two oldest kids and my husband want a dog. I do not. I have heard too many horror stories about a family getting a pet and then the person who did not want it being stuck caring for it.”
But rules are rules, and this woman respected the vote.
She said the family could get a dog. However, there were a few conditions. In the woman’s own words, they are:
“Smaller than sixty pounds, we do not need a mastiff. A non-shedding dog only. None of us are allergic. I just don’t want extra work. Three, for sixty days in a row, they had to collect all the garbage from all the trash cans in the house and put it in the big garbage bin. That was to ensure they would remember to feed a dog daily.”
And she added one more condition to see if the rest of the family was ready to care for a dog.
“And for sixty days, all three had to go for a one-mile walk twice a day, with the GPS route tracker active. If they missed a day, they had to start over.”
Their longest streak didn’t make it past two weeks. That meant no dog.
The woman’s parents found out about the demands and called her up to share her thoughts.
They said the woman was being petty. She agreed.
She also knew their call was coming and how it would go – her parents always sided with the grandkids.
So she clapped back with this little masterstroke.
“I sent them a link for a dog walking service in my area,” posted the woman. “I said if they wanted a say in the dog decision, they had to agree to set up an account with that company and that I could call the company for help whenever their precious, perfect grandchildren and son-in-law forgot to take care of the dog.”
They said their daughter was being a jerk and that they had a right to their opinion. She agreed to that, too.
Then she reminded them that unless they were willing to pay or give up time for this dog, their opinion didn’t really matter. Fair enough. Ice cold facts.
The woman’s husband finally agreed that the kids weren’t ready for a dog. He said they needed to tell them together. She refused. Dad got their hopes up about a dog, so he should be the one to break the bad news to the kids. Or at least that’s how she sees it.
He called her a jerk.
Is he right? The woman asked Reddit members for their thoughts.
“Not the jerk,” posted one person. “I love how you handled this. You are amazing and have become my parenting guide! Stand firm, mama!”
“You’re right,” said another. “I’m a dog lover and don’t blame you in the least! This is what responsible parenting looks like.”
Did she play this one perfectly?
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Source: Reddit
