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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/New-Length-2893 on 2023-09-19 16:21:33.

The dog was very old, very sick, and in pain. But my wife couldn’t let him go.

He was pissing and crapping in the house and my wife was sleeping maybe four hours a night letting him in and out.

She almost got into an accident because she fell asleep at an intersection driving the kids to school.

I told her it was time to let him go but she couldn’t. The vet has been pushing for six months now to let that poor bastard die. He was our son’s dog and our son passed away in a car accident while we were dog sitting for him five years ago.

I love my son, my wife and even that damn dog but it was killing her.

I waited until she was out with her parents and I had him put down.

She is furious with me. She said I’m an asshole for taking him away from her and not giving her a chance to say goodbye.

I think that traumatizing the two kids still home is worse.