Imagine taking your dog for a walk. When you got back, would you remember to take off the dog’s leash and harness, or would you leave it on?

In this story, one woman always remembers to take the dog’s harness off but her boyfriend sometimes forgets. This really bothers her.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITA for reminding my partner to take our dog’s harness off?

My (42F) boyfriend (51M) of almost 13 years have a cat and dog together.

I have been on a “temporary assignment” in a very stressful position for the last 15 months, the position ends next month when I go back to my significantly less stress, less pay position.

She’s a lot more active because of their dog.

We got the dog a year ago, mostly to increase my exercise levels and to make sure I take breaks at work by taking the dog out for walks.

And I do, 1 hour morning, 20 mins at lunch, we like to walk the dog together after dinner and then one of us (50/50) will take him for a quick pee before bed.

The poor dog!

Here is where I am may be a jerk.

Sometimes I have trouble sleeping and will go to bed super early before the dogs last pee so my partner will take him.

He forgets to take his harness off before bed about 25% of the time.

Her boyfriend sounds annoying.

If I remind him to take it off before going to bed he tells me if it is so important to me, take him for a pee myself.

If I ask him if he took it off when boyfriend joins me in bed he wont tell me and makes me get up to check… if it is so important to me.

So I try not to ask as he mostly remembers.

It seems like her boyfriend gets mad easily.

This morning, I wake up and the dogs harness is on.

I say “oh no! the dog’s harness is still on!”

He gets mad and says it is too early for me to be harping at him and refuses to speak to me. He leaves for work without saying goodbye which maybe has only happened 2x in our 13 years together.

Am I a jerk for asking about the dog’s harness?

How hard is it to remember to take off the dog’s harness? Not very. But apparently it is for her boyfriend. He needs to work on his remembering skills and his attitude.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person asks some good questions!

He may not realize how uncomfortable the dog is in the harness all night.

This person calls the boyfriend lazy and irresponsible.

Another person thinks the boyfriend is acting childish.

Her boyfriend needs to be more responsible.

If you liked this post, check out this story about an employee who got revenge on a co-worker who kept grading their work suspiciously low.