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My [17F] family want to apologize to my sister-in-law [28F] for the death of her dog. I'm not respon (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
18-Dec-17 11:00 am
My [17F] family want to apologize to my sister-in-law [28F] for the death of her dog. I'm not responsible for the dog's death.

I'm not a fan of my sister in law Jenny. In the last three years that I've known her she's done everything she could to drive me crazy. She enjoys it. She's always unnecessarily mean, makes fun of me and my friends and always criticizes everything about me.
My other sister in law Marry [31F] and I are close though, she's great. I sometimes look after her dog for her.
Last week Jenny just assumed that I'm going to look after her dog for a few days without even asking. I've never done this for her. She came to drop it off and told me (she did not ask) to take care of the dog for a few days. I told her that I won't do that. She asked for an explanation and I said I don't owe her an explanation and I don't care about her stupid dog. She got angry, called me a B-word and left.
Apparently she left the dog with a friend and the dog had an accident while at that friend's place and eventually died. I don't know the details as I never asked.
Jenny now blames me for this. She says that if I had agreed to take care of the dog none of this would have happened. She posted that on social media along with some rants calling me names. She received backlash from some friends who thought she was unfairly attacking me. She deleted everything later.
Now my mom tells me that she's spoken with Jenny and Jenny would like an apology from me for the pain that I've caused her. My mom and dad told me that I should apologize for turning down Jenny's request of taking care of her dog (it wasn't a request, it was an order), about calling her dog stupid and for causing the chain of events that led to her dog's death.
I don't think I did anything wrong. She is very rude and mean to me, why would I do her a favor when she's not even asking nice?
I told my parents that once Jenny apologizes for calling me the B-word and for her general meanness and rudeness and for the things she called me on social media, I will tell her how sorry I am that her dog is dead. But I won't apologize for not agreeing to taking care of the dog and I won't accept any responsibility for what happened.
My parents say they're disappointed in me.
Am I doing anything wrong here? Are they all right and I'm wrong and at fault here? Should I apologize?

tl;dr: Sister in law who is always rude and mean to me assumed I will take care of her dog without asking. I declined and she had to make other arrangements, which eventually led to an accident that caused the dog's death. Now I'm under pressure to apologize to her for denying her request and causing her dog's death. Should I apologize?


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 xcherokeex (1)      (69 / F-M / South Carolina)
18-Dec-17 6:00 pm
Well Yeah. Would keep you busy til you think of something else .

 

 

 
 
 xcherokeex (1)      (69 / F-M / South Carolina)
18-Dec-17 6:01 pm
Well Yeah. Would keep you busy til you think of.. something else .

 

 

 
 
 xcherokeex (1)      (69 / F-M / South Carolina)
18-Dec-17 6:02 pm
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hopefully... maybe not.

 

 

 
 
 MrWalkSoftly (16)     (58 / M-F / Louisiana)
18-Dec-17 7:16 pm
Lotsa Tales From The Trailer Park threads lately

 

 

 
 
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