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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/DearCommunication183 on 2023-08-24 23:35:19.

For the past 14 years I(26m) have owned an absolute angel of a German Shepherd. Everybody and anybody who met her always fell in love with her as she would always lay next to or on them. This is especially true for my autistic cousin who loved to hug and play fetch with her. Unfortunately as pets age their health declines at reaches a point where difficult decisions have to be made. A month ago after seeing how much she suffering from her arthritis I made the decision to put her down.

When the time came the vet came to my place to do everything with her final moments being just the two of us. Afterwards I held off on telling friends and family as I wanted some downtime before breaking the news. Unfortunately that changed when my parents along with my Aunt and her family came by unannounced this week. Reality hit them hard when they saw the Urn with her picture on it and her date of passing. My autistic cousin(12m) struggled to understand at first before having a meltdown.

While my parents were understanding the same couldn’t be said for my Aunt who got angry. She started going off about how I should have waited for them to get back from their trip. She also went off about how she and her family had the “right” to be there due to how much her son loved her. In the politest way possible, I told her that the world doesn’t revolve around her son and that even if they were back I wouldn’t have had them come over. This led to her cussing me out before storming off with her son to which I hadn’t heard or seen them since.

Am I the asshole?