Strap in everybody, because this story literally involved a dead dog, maybe the most tear-jerking story element in the world.

It’s a doozy.

AITA for telling my sister I won’t be her maid of honor because she didn’t come to my wedding due to her dog dying?

Yeah, take a deep breath.

So I (28F) got married last year.

It was a small but beautiful ceremony with our closest family and friends.

My older sister (32F) and I have always had a complicated relationship, we’re close, but she’s also extremely emotional and kind of dramatic.

She was supposed to be my maid of honor.

But then, a personal tragedy struck.

Two days before my wedding, her 14 year old dog passed away unexpectedly.

I was obviously sympathetic, but she called me sobbing, saying she couldn’t emotionally handle coming to the wedding because she was too devastated.

I tried to talk her down, even offered to have someone bring her home early if it was too much, but she refused and didn’t show up.

It hurt. A lot. She missed one of the biggest days of my life, and I had no maid of honor.

We didn’t talk much after that.

I think it’s fair to say not EVERYONE would need to skip a wedding over a lost pet, but some might.

A few months ago, she got engaged and just last week asked me to be her maid of honor.

I told her I couldn’t.

I said I still felt hurt she missed my wedding, and while I love her, I just couldn’t pretend like everything was fine.

She got extremely upset, said I was being cold and petty, and that her dog was like her child.

Our parents are pressuring me to just be the bigger person.

I honestly don’t know anymore. AITA for saying no?

Let’s see what the comments say:

She may have had no good options.

Animals aren’t people, but they can very much be family.

You gotta consider what this will solve.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go hug my cats.

This would be pretty petty.

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