AITA for buying my kids an elf on the shelf despite my wife's anxiety?

But the elf isn’t what is making her anxious.

Again, I don’t consider myself an expert because I have anxiety. But for me, I’m often able to establish what’s reasonable and what’s not. I just can’t control my reaction. I know the reaction is unreasonable though.

She’s not anxious about the elf from what I’ve read, it’s the husband cutting her hair. It’s hard to say exactly what I would do because this isn’t my exact situation and like I said I feel more in control now, but I know for certain what I wouldn’t do. I wouldn’t force my kids and spouse into a decision because I was having irrational thoughts. I would come up with a plan and deal with it, maybe through with therapy.

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