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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Cheap_Cut_8492 on 2023-09-24 01:52:47.

I (28F) promised my sister (32F) to look after my 4 year old nephew Alex while she goes out for a dinner. Anyway, I woke up that morning and noticed that my cat cheese wasn’t feeling well. He was refusing to eat or drink and being overall very lethargic, after a few hours of him not getting better, I decided to take him to the emergency vet so I immediately called my sister and told her that cheese isn’t doing well and I was gonna be taking him to the vet and that I’m very sorry but I won’t be able to look after Alex.

She lost her marbles. She didn’t even ask what’s wrong with cheese, she instantly started blaming me for ruining her night and claiming that it’s prob nothing serious and saying that it ridiculous that I care more about a cat than my nephew… I told her that that wasn’t true but I wasn’t gonna leave cheese to suffer all day till the next morning, after going back and forth I told her that yes I do care about my cats health more than my nephew. My cat was a life of death situation, my sister could’ve called a baby sitter or asked someone else to take over but my cat could’ve potentially died.

I love cheese, it’s just me and him at my apartment so he’s a huge part of my life and not just a pet that can be replaced so I truly don’t think I did anything wrong.

My mum called a few days later and told me that I should apologize for saying I care more about cheese than my nephew but I refuse to do so unless I get an apology for how she talked about my cat.

Am I the asshole?

Edit : cheese is doing good now!!