Family Is Making My Wife FEEL BAD About Her Service Dog For PTSD | r/AITAH
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🗓️ 25 May 2026
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In today's AITAH story, OP's wife needs her assistance dog for PTSD and anxiety. When family objected to the dog attending a party, OP told his sister their feelings didn't matter - and now she's asking if she was in the wrong.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Waffle Gang, I do hope you're well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more |
| 0:08.5 | Reddit stories and if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider. I'll like subscribe, |
| 0:13.5 | maybe that notification bell too. Let's crack on with today's first story. Much love, guys. |
| 0:20.1 | Now quick warning before we do get into today's first story, that there is ableism within the story, so if you do want to skip it, please feel free to do so. Time stamps are always down in the description and along the timeline below. Thank you. This story is from the Am I the Arsul Here, subreddit, from Kim Boyson,ison who says am I the arsall here for telling my sister |
| 0:39.6 | it doesn't matter how anyone else feels about my wife's assistance dog my wife and I live in a |
| 0:45.6 | different state to my family however we often travel to my home state for special occasions |
| 0:50.8 | birthdays and christmas for example my wife wife is a 22-year military veteran, |
| 0:56.3 | and when she was discharged, it was medically. She has been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and |
| 1:02.1 | depression, and has spent several stints in psychiatric hospital, one for four months. |
| 1:08.1 | She was prescribed with an assistance, service dog, who we have trained up under the supervision |
| 1:13.3 | of a registered organization. |
| 1:15.9 | And she, we call her Daisy, is formally qualified and papered. |
| 1:20.7 | She goes pretty much everywhere we go, including interstate, flying in the cabin of the plane, |
| 1:26.2 | with my wife in an ambulance to the hospital and also |
| 1:28.9 | was interned with her at psychiatric units. My family are all aware of this and mostly supportive. |
| 1:35.4 | However, last time we visited for my niece's 21st birthday, I was questioned by both my sister |
| 1:41.0 | and my niece about whether Daisy was accompanying my wife to the party, |
| 1:44.3 | which I responded that she was, as my wife really struggles in loud, crowded environments. |
| 1:51.3 | There was about 80 people and loud music together in one room. My niece suggested several reasons |
| 1:57.3 | why Daisy shouldn't go. Loud music, balloons, lots of people, which I assured |
| 2:02.4 | her Daisy was fine with. And they already know this being familiar with Daisy's very calm |
| 2:07.2 | temperament. My sister then spoke to me after my niece and also said similar things. Not outright |
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