Entitled Sister claims her DOG DYING is the SAME GRIEF as my HUSBAND DYING
Am I the Jerk?
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🗓️ 23 July 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My entitled sister is claiming that she understands me grieving the loss of my husband |
| 0:04.7 | because she herself lost her dog. And now she thinks she understands me fully when it comes to how |
| 0:10.0 | I'm handling the loss of my husband. But after telling her off and saying no these are not |
| 0:14.8 | comparable, she freaks out and is now refusing to talk to me. And I'm now not sure if I'm the jerk |
| 0:19.9 | for this situation and I seriously don't know what to do. Here's what happened. To make a long |
| 0:24.2 | story short, I lost my husband only a month ago. It's hard. I'm still grieving and I miss him |
| 0:29.8 | every single day. I have to take medication for depression and anxiety to help me get through |
| 0:34.8 | the day. Last week my sister's dog was put down due to some health issues and she was very upset, |
| 0:40.3 | which is understandable. She called me as soon as it happened and said I was the only sibling |
| 0:45.1 | who would understand her pain. I didn't mind honestly. I just wanted to comfort her since |
| 0:49.3 | her dog meant the world to her. She held awake for him and her whole family attended. It really |
| 0:53.8 | was a nice service. But now she is actually comparing our losses. Telling me she knows exactly what I'm |
| 0:59.6 | going through. That she can relate to the pain of losing someone so close to you. She calls me asking |
| 1:05.2 | if we should visit graves together. It was fine the first time but it's constant now. She goes |
| 1:10.5 | three times a day. It's already difficult to go once a week for me and she knows this. I feel |
| 1:16.2 | like she's not even considering my own grieving process. Anyways, I told her that grieving her dog |
| 1:21.5 | is not the same as me grieving my husband. Now she's upset and is refusing to talk to me. I get it, |
| 1:27.6 | it was uncalled for really. But my loss is new to me too. And I guess I just got frustrated with how |
| 1:33.0 | different we're dealing with our losses. I don't know. I feel like she should be able to understand |
| 1:37.2 | where I'm coming from as well. A dog is not the same as a husband. A dog can't love you back |
| 1:42.4 | like a husband can. A dog can't read to your children like a husband can. A dog cannot make soup |
| 1:47.7 | when you're ill like a husband can. It's really hard for me right now to discern when I'm being |
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