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The original was posted on /r/aitah by /u/TheGreaseWagon on 2023-08-12 03:20:52.
Girlfriend and I have been together for almost 2 years, now. I'm an Army Vet and I have my fair share of issues, both mental and physical. To the point where I actively refused any sort of psych help. It wasn't until I had a gun in my mouth that I thought I might want to go see someone. So, a few weeks in a mental hospital and I had some of the tools I needed. I finally, recently, gathered up the courage to go see a Psychologist and Psychiatrist and there was talk about going through the VA to get a Service Animal to help me day-to-day.
So I get in the car and tell my girlfriend that I'm going to make an appointment to get my eyes looked at and maybe while im at the VA, I can see about a Service Animal. Without missing a beat, my girlfriend said "You don't need a Service Animal." That shocked me. How could she even THINK that was a good thing to say? Flabbergasted.
Obviously this led to a fight in which I found out that she doesn't want to have to have a dog everywhere we go, and that's the reason she doesn't want me to have a Service Animal. So, I told her that this federally recognized Animal is medical equipment in the eyes of the government, and that saying this stuff is akin to telling someone they don't need their wheelchair because they don't want to have to bring it everywhere they go. I then told her this is a make or break deal.
AITAH?