'AITA for making my boyfriend's puppy throw up on him while he slept to teach him a lesson?'
A Redditor has recently dealt with a recurrent situation in a unique manner which left her questioning whether she is at fault.
Taking to the AITAH section of Reddit, the OP (original poster) asked “AITAH for making my boyfriend's puppy throw up on him while he slept?”
Sharing that though she loved her boyfriend, she had been left frustrated with his repeated behavior and wanted to teach him a lesson.
Redditor shares her predicament regarding her boyfriend’s puppy
“Firstly, I love my BFs new puppy he's an absolute angel and I treat him like my own pet,” started the Redditor, while also noting, “I also love my BF, butttttt since he got his new doggo I've basically become the one who does EVERYTHING for him.”
Elaborating on her duty as the dog’s caregiver, the OP shared, “I make sure he has food, I let him out, I take him to doggy preschool (it's like this 'course' at the vets where a bunch of puppy owners meet up to learn skills and socialize their pets).”
Though she has told him multiple times, it’s of no avail, as the boyfriend said that he would take responsibility only when the puppy is older.
“I've told him multiple times he needs to step up, and all he does is complain and he says once his puppy gets a bit older it'll be a lot easier,” shared the OP, before terming him as “completely clueless.”
She added that “And I know I'd be the asshole if I did this to my partner if he was actually being responsible for his puppy, but…,” admitted the user, before sharing what she did later.
She continued, “The other night we were sleeping, and his puppy was sleeping between us. I heard him starting to dry heave, like he was going to throw up, and my BFs bedroom is nowhere near outside or another bathroom so I knew that I'd have to clean it.”
“So I ended up placing his puppy on top of my BF while he slept, and he vomited all over him,” continued the author, and added that the commotion confused her boyfriend.
“He woke up confused, grossed out and being like "WTF" and I pretended to wake and grumbled something and went back to "sleep," she shared, and asked, “AITAH for taking a bit of petty revenge or is it justice?”
As a postscript, she also clarified, “Also, he's a great guy and he loves his pup he's just a bit of a manchild. Nothing malicious there!”
Internet is divided into deciding whether the Redditor is guilty
As the Redditor shared her experience, the internet was left divided in deciding whether the author was at fault. While some of the users said the author was faulty for letting the dog puke, another group supported her.
One of the Redditors declared, "Yes, YTA, but you need to sit BF down and talk about taking care of his dog. I understand being frustrated but I suggest dealing with the situation directly. And DON'T have a baby with this man."
Someone else noted, "Your boyfriends a bad pet owner. Don't have a kid with him. You'll be a single mom in a relationship etc," before adding, "That said 👏. NTA, the dog needed to vomit somewhere....why not where the trash is?"
"YTA," chimed in another, and noted, "Instead of standing up for yourself and talking to him about not wanting to be solely responsible for his new puppy, you called him a manchild and let your pettiness out. The thing is, men can only be like that if we put up with it. Time to grow a backbone and have a conversation. Then decide whether or not you really want to spend time attached to someone who can’t even be assed to take care of a pet he bought."
"I'm leaning more NTA because it doesn't seem like it was intentionally malicious. It's not like you planned for the dog to throw up, it was a spur of the moment thing. Petty? Yes... but if he was pulling his weight it probably wouldn't have happened. For real have a conversation with him about it though. The puppy is a living breathing creature. Not some toy. It's not fair to the dog. Nip his behavior in the bud now," advised another user.
Someone else, meanwhile, noted, "ESH, you for being petty and immature for all the reasons others commented, him for being a shit pet owner and even worse boyfriend. How can he be a great man if he's a manchild who's neglecting his pet and already taking advantage of you? Do you think he'll behave any different if you ever have kids together?"
"ESH, but the poor puppy who deserves better. Don’t have pets if this is how you are going to act," castigated someone else.
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