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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Relevant-Western8396 on 2023-07-29 19:04:18.

My husband and I got each of our kids pets for their twelfth birthdays. Our oldest got a cat, and our middle two got dogs. Our youngest turned twelve recently, and he said he wanted a bird. I took him to pick one out. He got a conure. It’s about three ounces.

My husband was pissed when he saw the bird. He said he thought I was getting another dog or cat. We never talked about the new pet needing to be a dog or cat. Besides, the dogs eat so much food and take up so much space. The bird is way more chill. He said birds can live up to thirty years, and the noises will annoy his dad who lives with us.

I don’t think this bird could ever be as loud as the dogs, so that doesn’t make sense, and cats can live up to twenty years, so is thirty really that much worse? Besides, I doubt our son will still be living at home when he’s 42. My husband thinks I’m an asshole because it’s common sense he would assume I was getting a dog or cat. I say assumptions make an ass of you and me. If he didn’t want me to buy a bird, why didn’t he say so?