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Cultural traditions can sometimes clash with personal boundaries.

The following story is about a woman who didn’t eat meat and refused to handle a sheep her husband bought for Eid.

Instead, she suggested donating money, especially with prices being so high this year.

But after he went ahead with the purchase, she was criticized by his family for being overly dramatic.

Whoa! Was that even fair? Read the full story below for all the details.

AITA for refusing to help prepare the Eid food?

Where I live, we have the tradition of slaughtering a sheep for Eid.

We buy one, and the farmer slaughters it. The farmer drains all the blood, then they give you the animal.

You are supposed to clean it, cut it, and handle everything else.

I do not eat meat. I hate touching meat. Also, this year the prices of sheep are extremely high.

We are talking about 800€ for a sheep. I personally feel like we are getting scammed. The prices have risen a lot in a short period of time.

This woman told her husband not to buy a sheep and just donate the money.

Anyways, I told my husband not to buy one. To fulfill the tradition, we could just donate the money.

They could slaughter a sheep in our name and give it away.

There are charities in Muslim countries who do this.

He is the only person who eats meat. That means having a whole animal in our freezer.

It could be there for who knows how long.

Her husband still bought a sheep, and she refused to touch it.

He went ahead and bought a sheep. Tomorrow, they are slaughtering it.

I already told him I am not touching that animal.

He is in charge of cleaning it, cutting it, and storing it in the freezer.

Now, I have him and my whole family telling me I am being childish.

They tell me to get over my quirks with meat, but I refuse.

Sometimes, cultures do clash in a household. Well, OP was clear about her boundaries from the start.

She even suggested donating the money instead so they wouldn’t have to handle everything.

Buying the sheep anyway definitely stirred things up.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on this story.

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Here’s an honest opinion from this one.

This person makes a valid point.

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Finally, short and simple.

If you buy the sheep, you clean the sheep. It’s only fair.