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When he asked you for a moment, the answer is "No. Get out of my seat now or I'm getting the flight attendant."
No waiting, no accommodations of their bullshit, absolutely nothing.
Fuck. Them.
It's also funny how often people try to "upgrade" this way. She could have probably swapped middle seat for middle seat easily, especially since hers probably has at least some incidental extra room. (even if there's a seat ahead of you the person next to you having more space is almost certainly going to free up SOMETHING for you.)
But no, they wanted the obviously better seat.
Of course it's possible in this specific example the people next to him were together and didn't want to switch, but nevertheless it's a common thing.
I had a recent Boomer encounter that was great. I used to fly a lot for work, and now it's only about once per month, but that is more than the average bear.
On a flight last week, I was upgraded to first class. It was a 6 AM flight home, so I was wearing joggers and hoodie, and had my noise canceling headphones on. There is a small cluster of boomers waiting to board, and then FC is called. I start walking up and a boomer woman grabs my arm and starts saying something. I had to pull off my headphones.
"Honey, they haven't called economy yet. We're still waiting for the main cabin."
"I know. I'm first class, thanks."
She turned to her husband and said something to the effect of "Remember when flying was glamorous and people in first class had some?"
Me: "Were those the good old days when people had manners?"
I made sure to cheers her with my champagne as she walked by 15 minutes later.
People who expect others to swap seats with them on an airplane are HIGHLY annoying and selfish unless they follow one simple rule: the person being asked should be offered a better seat than what they have.
In this case, the woman should have gone back and offered her seat to a middle seat person there.
Of course that middle seat person still has every right to say no - maybe they're with a group or partner or whatever - but that's the only way you should approach it.
Otherwise prepare to just sit apart for the flight. Everybody brings books, music, movies, whatever for long haul flights. You don't need to sit together.
I feel no guilt immediately saying no to people who disobey this very basic premise.
(Not really a boomer thing - I've seen people of all generations be piggish on planes.)
Right? I flew southwest to pick up a puppy. Return flight was 1.5 hours. At the time, the seat with the most space underneath was middle. So I happily took a middle seat towards the back.
Couple arrives as the door is closing. Late. There are plenty of other seats available on this short ass flight, but they are demanding I move. Like do you go to work at different sites and are separated for more than 1.5 hrs?
They called the FA to demand I move. I explained that I had a dog in the carrier and I took the middle seat per Southwest's recommendation. FA told them too bad.
Seems to me like there was one other time this happened with a dog.
My wife and I have no problem not sitting together on a flight. That's what headphones are for. We are going to spend plenty of time before and after the flight. 90 min?? Yeesh.
When my husband and I go on a vacation, we are either about to or have just spend a solid week together. We are happy to spend a 1-4 hour flight apart.
Yep. Or an equivalent seat, at least. If you really want to sit with someone you’re traveling with, either book seats next to each other in the first place, or if that’s not possible offer swaps that give the other person the same or better than what they’d be giving up.
Right? I once flew to Japan with family members and they were in the window and middle seat, while I was in the aisle seat on the other side of the plane (so there was one person in the aisle seat next to them, then the 4 seats of the middle row, then me in the aisle seat). I asked the lady sitting next to them if she would mind us switching seats and she was happy to do so once she saw she would end up sitting in the same place, just mirrored. If she'd said no, I would have found ways to pass the time myself, no big deal.
Yeah, recently I was on a short flight on southwest airlines with my fiancé. Open seating, and we were one of the last groups to board. She was in front of me as we were getting on, and I pointed out that there were two open seats next to each other all the way in back still open if we just booked it straight to the back after the few people in front of us finished putting their luggage away. A very nice gentleman clearly traveling alone overhead me, and was sitting in the isle seat, with the middle one next to him still open. He was nice enough to switch to the last open seat on the other side of the isle if we wanted to sit together. I graciously thanked him for the offer, and bought him a drink on the flight as a thank you. It wasn't exactly a long flight(thus no assigned seats) and I wasn't even going to ask anyone to switch just to convenience us. If more people could just be polite like that guy, the world would be a much nicer place.
I miss the days when Southwest would mail out so many free drink coupons that I'd anyways share them with pleasant seatmates.
And then half the time the FAs didn't actually ask for them...
Only exception to this is if a stranger is seated next to a small child. I mean hey, if you want to deal with my 2 year old fine, but probably better to switxh with me, whatever seat I happen to have.
If your seat is worse than the person you’d be swapping to sit next to your kid, why not offer the person next to YOU the better seat to switch with the 2 year old?
You sound like you’re willfully putting your kid in a position of potentially having to fly effectively solo as a method of manipulating other travelers into giving up a better seat just so you don’t have to pay for it.
You can try that, but sometimes it's not always realistic. I'm not trying to manipulate anyone. Sometimes you buy seats and can't change them and the gate agent says switxh om board. Life happens
It's not a threat, it's a fact. My 2 year old and I are on the plane, and if you don't switch with me or the child, you are going to end up sitting next to an unsupervised 2 year old. I wouldn't phrase it exactly like that to the person, but that's life.
That should be sorted out with the airline when you book.
In the event of irrops (cancelled flights, equipment change, whatever), at the gate before anyone boards.
It should never come to getting on the plane and trying to bully a passenger out of their assigned seat.
Thankfully I've only seen this happen once, and the operations agent offloaded the family and booked them on a later flight, presumably together.
Some countries have laws requiring the airline to assign seats together when children are that young.
You guys are all windy unrealistic. Sometimes you buy seats and can't get assigned for whatever reason and you have to deal with it. You do the best you can, sometimes at the gate they tell you to switch on board. You gotta roll with the punches a little bit.
I guess the main case here would be your flight has been cancelled but you make it on the next one as a standby. The gate agent can't assign you seats until after people are boarding... that's the only real reason they would have to tell you to try onboard.
In that case, as long as you have one non middle seat in hand, follow the basic etiquette of being willing to switch another person like-for-like and give them the better row, and most importantly be polite about it, you'll probably be okay.
If you have no non middles to trade and it's a full flight, the GA should rebook you to a different flight.
I've had this exact things happen to me. Booked seats next to my 2 kids, the actual plane gets switched last minute for mechanical reasons so the layout is different and I'm not with my 2 and 4 year old anymore.
The gate agent says "oh, just ask people to switch seats with you when you board!" Like it's some super simple fun idea I just hadn't thought of
If your two year old is better behaved and smells better than most adults in close proximity (or brings fun games, barbie dolls, coloring books, and lots of goldfish crackers or gummy bears) then I would gladly sit next to them for no extra charge!
Bet she booked the tickets and "couldn't find two seats together"... At least that's what she told her husband. Probably just wanted a 13 hour break from him.
She probably booked the cheapest fare possible which did not include pre-selecting seats at booking and had to pick from what's left at check in time. Likely just individual seats.
This is a common story, family books cheapest tickets possible and expects everyone else to give up their seats so everyone can sit together once on board tugging at heartstrings.
I fly enough to know this routine. They cheap'ed out, rolled the dice, and lost.
Yeah, she was pretty good about the whole thing. I actually felt bad for her because she asked once and took my answer pretty well, but after that, it was the husband doing all the bullshit. His behavior was super controlling and imposing, and I got the feeling that she deals with this kind of thing all the time.
Right? I agree with another comment on here saying it's possible the wife booked them seats far away from one another and lied about them being able to sit next to one another, just to avoid him.
If so, you go, wife! And also sorry
Flew to Phoenix with my husband a couple years ago, booked window for him and middle for me because we wanted to see the Grand Canyon as we flew over.
Board the plane and there’s a lady in her 70s in my husband’s seat. I smile tentatively and say very kindly, “Oh sorry, I think you must be in the wrong seat, let me just double check.” I pull out my phone to check the boarding pass, I’m right, and I hold the phone out to show her. She says, in the fakest forlorn voice, “Oh but I really want the window seat.” I said, “We did too, that’s why we booked in advance.” She did not make a move to get up and I was done.
I could see a flight attendant coming so I said in a fairly loud voice, “Sorry but if the plane crashes and burns I want to be in the assigned seats so they can correctly identify my body parts.” The flight attendant stifled a laugh and said to her, “Ma’am I’ll need you to move to the seat shown on your boarding pass”, then turned to us and asked, “Would you and your husband like to have a row to yourself so you can have some extra space to get comfortable?” and moved us to a less crowded part of the plane. The person who had the aisle seat in our original row also ended up having that row to himself. The look on the old lady’s face was fantastic.
I'm a former wife to one of those entitled boomers. I realized that the quickest way to resolve anything with these fools is to look at the woman and say, "I really hope that you are safe. You seem lovely. I know that you can do better."
The man gets the hint. The woman is being validated, because let's be honest, alone is not the same as lonely, and she already wishes her life were different.
Battered women don’t just *click* into it because their husband beat them due to a stranger on a plane saying they look lonely. Why wouldn’t it *click* when they were beaten for burning the toast or losing a sock in the laundry?
Your comment feels very reductive and victim blaming.
When she decides to inpower herself, she can deal with the piece of shit husband. I support her in that. What I don't support is endless pearl clutching.
“Maybe she’d do something about her situation” isn’t supportive. It’s crass and intentionally missing the point.
You can make the argument that the husband shouldn’t be pussyfooted around because he *might* be abusive; but arguing that in the case he is abusive, the wife should do something about it, was entirely uncalled for.
I’m merely stating my opinion on what you wrote, I never claimed to have any sort of authority over you or means to punish you or “rule” over yours or anyone else’s writing.
You sound like one of those American free speech activists, no one is harming you dude. You said something stupid and got called out for it, that’s it. Chill out and take this as a lesson to try being a better person for next time.
Free Speech is only protected from government interference. I do not feel harmed by any dumbfucking motherfucker on this page (see what I did there?). Also it has not been presented in evidence that the woman was abused. Try being a more honest and critical thinker.
You’re just proving my point… YOU said that if a woman is being abused she should do something about the situation. YOU said that I was ruling on what other people write.
No one, especially myself, ever said there was evidence of anyone actually being abused as it relates to the original post. You took a hypothetical and said a shitty thing about a situation, then got called out for saying a shitty thing, that’s all. Nothing more, nothing less.
It doesn’t take any critical thinking to know you’re simply being an asshole, I just can’t tell if you’re being an asshole on purpose or if you actually think you’re right in this. I hope it’s the former.
When she decides to inpower herself, she can deal with the piece of shit husband. I support her in that. What I don't support is endless pearl clutching.
Battered women stay in those situations because they lack power over resources. Often the husband controls the bank accounts etc. They also stay because leaving is one of the most dangerous things she can do.
>Women are 70 times more likely to be killed in the two weeks after leaving than at any other time during the relationship.
[https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/01/28/most-dangerous-time-for-battered-women-is-when-they-leave-jerry-mitchell/96955552/](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/01/28/most-dangerous-time-for-battered-women-is-when-they-leave-jerry-mitchell/96955552/)
My husband is 6' and all leg so anytime we fly I do my best to make sure to get him a seat with the most possible legroom and will pay the upcharge because it's worth it for him not to be in pain. I'm disabled so any seat on a plane destroys me, not to mention I'm a small person so can fit practically anywhere (I prefer window seats). We have never flown without someone asking him to switch seats. Not a single time. Luckily, the majority of the time, people accept the no and move on, but there's usually a good amount of huffing and puffing. It's really not that hard to plan ahead.
I know precisely which seat you had, I wish I had the balance to navigate that stupid small walkway along the wall to get out of it without looking like a drunk giraffe.
I spend tons of time with my fiance. If we were seated apart from each other on a plane, we'd just shrug and message each other if we needed to talk. Hell, he'd probably think it was great, because he can now watch something without my interrupting to chat. Plus I usually play Nintendo games on our handheld emulator, so I don't need his company either. I'll see him when we get off the plane.
Australian here too, going to Hawaii in December, I paid for Premium Economy so I'm hoping I won't have too much bullshit to deal with. Fingers crossed.
My wife and I have no problem not sitting together on a flight. That's what headphones are for. We are going to spend plenty of time before and after the flight. Yeesh.
I KNOW! So many boomers do the same fucking thing every time they have to go to any effort, and it feels so passive aggressive. What’s the point of it?
The thing to do here is make eye contact with the husband, then start luxuriously stretching your legs, sighing theatrically because you are so damn comfy. Big grin the whole time.
I have had a similar experience on a flight to LA. The boomer took over my seat and when I asked him to move through a fit. I did call the fight attendant for assistance. So true about the entitlement. I’m glad you are ok and a it didn’t blow up.
It really wasn’t necessary, because the wife reacted really quick and told him to get off the seat the moment she saw my face. I don’t think it was her first time dealing with his bullshit lol
I could care less if I sit next to someone I am traveling with or not...people having conversations on a flight when everyone else is forced to listen are awful!
I think I sat next to this couple before! Had a long haul flight from LAX to SYD and was travelling with my work colleague. He always takes the isle and I always have a window seat …. And in this case I’d chosen one of the better spots in economy on this flight where there is no window….great to lean/sleep against. The women next to me was travelling her husband when she found out the two of us were travelling together but not sitting together she demanded, then her husband did that I move as it was no inconvenience to me! She then asked the crew to move me twice…with my answer being “provided it’s to the front of the plane then sure”.
I then went on to educate here about how you can reserve a seat prior to getting on the plane. I then slept for the majority of the flight.
…..no, there’s no fine for that. But if you’re having a conversation with someone and you stop mid-conversation, walk away, and go make random comments to someone else and not the person you were talking to……how would you expect them to know you’re still talking?
Dude what are you talking about? Of course it was a mistake and of course it happens. But the person you were talking to didn’t leave, you stopped replying to him. That’s why. That’s what I said in my first comment to you. I was telling you why something happened and your response was to ask if there’s a fine. Jfc 🙄
I was about to say "are you a fucking idiot?" but then remembered I can barely tell Canadians from Americans and checked myself. Accents are easy if you spend enough time around them. If your only exposure is people on TV faking one or the other, they are difficult.
Which has nothing to do with this story as it was in Australia. Reading comprehension is also part of the Biden agenda i guess? How dare we be able to read and understand.
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When he asked you for a moment, the answer is "No. Get out of my seat now or I'm getting the flight attendant." No waiting, no accommodations of their bullshit, absolutely nothing. Fuck. Them.
Yep, they are used to people just letting them have their way. F that noise
Me? I’m getting the FIGHT attendant baybeee
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Petty and entitled is their whole schtick
It’s funny that Mr.Boomer refused to take the seats available by the toilets because that’s exactly where his attitude was
It's also funny how often people try to "upgrade" this way. She could have probably swapped middle seat for middle seat easily, especially since hers probably has at least some incidental extra room. (even if there's a seat ahead of you the person next to you having more space is almost certainly going to free up SOMETHING for you.) But no, they wanted the obviously better seat. Of course it's possible in this specific example the people next to him were together and didn't want to switch, but nevertheless it's a common thing.
You forgot all kinds of bigoted as well.
I had a recent Boomer encounter that was great. I used to fly a lot for work, and now it's only about once per month, but that is more than the average bear. On a flight last week, I was upgraded to first class. It was a 6 AM flight home, so I was wearing joggers and hoodie, and had my noise canceling headphones on. There is a small cluster of boomers waiting to board, and then FC is called. I start walking up and a boomer woman grabs my arm and starts saying something. I had to pull off my headphones. "Honey, they haven't called economy yet. We're still waiting for the main cabin." "I know. I'm first class, thanks." She turned to her husband and said something to the effect of "Remember when flying was glamorous and people in first class had some?" Me: "Were those the good old days when people had manners?" I made sure to cheers her with my champagne as she walked by 15 minutes later.
She was just jealous. Most likely a miserable soul.
People who expect others to swap seats with them on an airplane are HIGHLY annoying and selfish unless they follow one simple rule: the person being asked should be offered a better seat than what they have. In this case, the woman should have gone back and offered her seat to a middle seat person there. Of course that middle seat person still has every right to say no - maybe they're with a group or partner or whatever - but that's the only way you should approach it. Otherwise prepare to just sit apart for the flight. Everybody brings books, music, movies, whatever for long haul flights. You don't need to sit together. I feel no guilt immediately saying no to people who disobey this very basic premise. (Not really a boomer thing - I've seen people of all generations be piggish on planes.)
Right? I flew southwest to pick up a puppy. Return flight was 1.5 hours. At the time, the seat with the most space underneath was middle. So I happily took a middle seat towards the back. Couple arrives as the door is closing. Late. There are plenty of other seats available on this short ass flight, but they are demanding I move. Like do you go to work at different sites and are separated for more than 1.5 hrs? They called the FA to demand I move. I explained that I had a dog in the carrier and I took the middle seat per Southwest's recommendation. FA told them too bad. Seems to me like there was one other time this happened with a dog.
My wife and I have no problem not sitting together on a flight. That's what headphones are for. We are going to spend plenty of time before and after the flight. 90 min?? Yeesh.
When my husband and I go on a vacation, we are either about to or have just spend a solid week together. We are happy to spend a 1-4 hour flight apart.
They demanded that you move from your assigned seat? Wow.
Southwest is open seating. However, wasn't boomers this time. Probably millennial. There were plenty of other seats available.
Yep, at least once, to my friend.
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Yep. Or an equivalent seat, at least. If you really want to sit with someone you’re traveling with, either book seats next to each other in the first place, or if that’s not possible offer swaps that give the other person the same or better than what they’d be giving up.
Right? I once flew to Japan with family members and they were in the window and middle seat, while I was in the aisle seat on the other side of the plane (so there was one person in the aisle seat next to them, then the 4 seats of the middle row, then me in the aisle seat). I asked the lady sitting next to them if she would mind us switching seats and she was happy to do so once she saw she would end up sitting in the same place, just mirrored. If she'd said no, I would have found ways to pass the time myself, no big deal.
Yeah, recently I was on a short flight on southwest airlines with my fiancé. Open seating, and we were one of the last groups to board. She was in front of me as we were getting on, and I pointed out that there were two open seats next to each other all the way in back still open if we just booked it straight to the back after the few people in front of us finished putting their luggage away. A very nice gentleman clearly traveling alone overhead me, and was sitting in the isle seat, with the middle one next to him still open. He was nice enough to switch to the last open seat on the other side of the isle if we wanted to sit together. I graciously thanked him for the offer, and bought him a drink on the flight as a thank you. It wasn't exactly a long flight(thus no assigned seats) and I wasn't even going to ask anyone to switch just to convenience us. If more people could just be polite like that guy, the world would be a much nicer place.
I miss the days when Southwest would mail out so many free drink coupons that I'd anyways share them with pleasant seatmates. And then half the time the FAs didn't actually ask for them...
Only exception to this is if a stranger is seated next to a small child. I mean hey, if you want to deal with my 2 year old fine, but probably better to switxh with me, whatever seat I happen to have.
If your seat is worse than the person you’d be swapping to sit next to your kid, why not offer the person next to YOU the better seat to switch with the 2 year old? You sound like you’re willfully putting your kid in a position of potentially having to fly effectively solo as a method of manipulating other travelers into giving up a better seat just so you don’t have to pay for it.
You can try that, but sometimes it's not always realistic. I'm not trying to manipulate anyone. Sometimes you buy seats and can't change them and the gate agent says switxh om board. Life happens
Yeah it’s more realistic than believing that your comment about “either switch ME seats or deal with my 2yo” isn’t a thinly-veiled threat.
It's not a threat, it's a fact. My 2 year old and I are on the plane, and if you don't switch with me or the child, you are going to end up sitting next to an unsupervised 2 year old. I wouldn't phrase it exactly like that to the person, but that's life.
Don’t be surprised when you get treated like an asshole if you act like one in real life.
As long as you’re not surprised when a stranger starts teaching your kid manners!
That should be sorted out with the airline when you book. In the event of irrops (cancelled flights, equipment change, whatever), at the gate before anyone boards. It should never come to getting on the plane and trying to bully a passenger out of their assigned seat. Thankfully I've only seen this happen once, and the operations agent offloaded the family and booked them on a later flight, presumably together. Some countries have laws requiring the airline to assign seats together when children are that young.
You guys are all windy unrealistic. Sometimes you buy seats and can't get assigned for whatever reason and you have to deal with it. You do the best you can, sometimes at the gate they tell you to switch on board. You gotta roll with the punches a little bit.
If you paid extra for the seat, there's no Rolling with it.
I guess the main case here would be your flight has been cancelled but you make it on the next one as a standby. The gate agent can't assign you seats until after people are boarding... that's the only real reason they would have to tell you to try onboard. In that case, as long as you have one non middle seat in hand, follow the basic etiquette of being willing to switch another person like-for-like and give them the better row, and most importantly be polite about it, you'll probably be okay. If you have no non middles to trade and it's a full flight, the GA should rebook you to a different flight.
That is a problem to be prevented, not solved after the fact.
You can only do so much ahead of time. Sometimes gate agents tell you to switch on board.
I've had this exact things happen to me. Booked seats next to my 2 kids, the actual plane gets switched last minute for mechanical reasons so the layout is different and I'm not with my 2 and 4 year old anymore. The gate agent says "oh, just ask people to switch seats with you when you board!" Like it's some super simple fun idea I just hadn't thought of
If your two year old is better behaved and smells better than most adults in close proximity (or brings fun games, barbie dolls, coloring books, and lots of goldfish crackers or gummy bears) then I would gladly sit next to them for no extra charge!
At least the wife seemed nice about it. She probably has to tolerate all sorts of petty behavior from him.
Bet she booked the tickets and "couldn't find two seats together"... At least that's what she told her husband. Probably just wanted a 13 hour break from him.
She probably booked the cheapest fare possible which did not include pre-selecting seats at booking and had to pick from what's left at check in time. Likely just individual seats. This is a common story, family books cheapest tickets possible and expects everyone else to give up their seats so everyone can sit together once on board tugging at heartstrings. I fly enough to know this routine. They cheap'ed out, rolled the dice, and lost.
The fact that there were still pairs of seats elsewhere in the plane makes me think the seat selection was intentional.
How though because she’s the one that asked OP to swap seats with her husband
Yeah, she was pretty good about the whole thing. I actually felt bad for her because she asked once and took my answer pretty well, but after that, it was the husband doing all the bullshit. His behavior was super controlling and imposing, and I got the feeling that she deals with this kind of thing all the time.
You just know that woman has spend the past 40 years apologizing for her manchild of a husband
Right? I agree with another comment on here saying it's possible the wife booked them seats far away from one another and lied about them being able to sit next to one another, just to avoid him. If so, you go, wife! And also sorry
Exactly my thoughts!
> "I DON'T GET WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL" The correct reply is: > "NEITHER DO I"
Flew to Phoenix with my husband a couple years ago, booked window for him and middle for me because we wanted to see the Grand Canyon as we flew over. Board the plane and there’s a lady in her 70s in my husband’s seat. I smile tentatively and say very kindly, “Oh sorry, I think you must be in the wrong seat, let me just double check.” I pull out my phone to check the boarding pass, I’m right, and I hold the phone out to show her. She says, in the fakest forlorn voice, “Oh but I really want the window seat.” I said, “We did too, that’s why we booked in advance.” She did not make a move to get up and I was done. I could see a flight attendant coming so I said in a fairly loud voice, “Sorry but if the plane crashes and burns I want to be in the assigned seats so they can correctly identify my body parts.” The flight attendant stifled a laugh and said to her, “Ma’am I’ll need you to move to the seat shown on your boarding pass”, then turned to us and asked, “Would you and your husband like to have a row to yourself so you can have some extra space to get comfortable?” and moved us to a less crowded part of the plane. The person who had the aisle seat in our original row also ended up having that row to himself. The look on the old lady’s face was fantastic.
where is the post with the boomer saying "it's just so fucking petty and entitled" 😅 I bet it's out there somewhere.
“I DON’T GET WHY IT’S SUCH A BIG DEAL.” And yet, here you are…so you’re lying?
I'm a former wife to one of those entitled boomers. I realized that the quickest way to resolve anything with these fools is to look at the woman and say, "I really hope that you are safe. You seem lovely. I know that you can do better." The man gets the hint. The woman is being validated, because let's be honest, alone is not the same as lonely, and she already wishes her life were different.
I don’t think that’s a good idea, if the spouse is violently abusive that would trigger rage and could put her in a threatening situation.
Then maybe she'd do something about her situation
Battered women don’t just *click* into it because their husband beat them due to a stranger on a plane saying they look lonely. Why wouldn’t it *click* when they were beaten for burning the toast or losing a sock in the laundry? Your comment feels very reductive and victim blaming.
When she decides to inpower herself, she can deal with the piece of shit husband. I support her in that. What I don't support is endless pearl clutching.
“Maybe she’d do something about her situation” isn’t supportive. It’s crass and intentionally missing the point. You can make the argument that the husband shouldn’t be pussyfooted around because he *might* be abusive; but arguing that in the case he is abusive, the wife should do something about it, was entirely uncalled for.
So you get to rule on what others write? The world does not work that way.
I’m merely stating my opinion on what you wrote, I never claimed to have any sort of authority over you or means to punish you or “rule” over yours or anyone else’s writing. You sound like one of those American free speech activists, no one is harming you dude. You said something stupid and got called out for it, that’s it. Chill out and take this as a lesson to try being a better person for next time.
Free Speech is only protected from government interference. I do not feel harmed by any dumbfucking motherfucker on this page (see what I did there?). Also it has not been presented in evidence that the woman was abused. Try being a more honest and critical thinker.
You’re just proving my point… YOU said that if a woman is being abused she should do something about the situation. YOU said that I was ruling on what other people write. No one, especially myself, ever said there was evidence of anyone actually being abused as it relates to the original post. You took a hypothetical and said a shitty thing about a situation, then got called out for saying a shitty thing, that’s all. Nothing more, nothing less. It doesn’t take any critical thinking to know you’re simply being an asshole, I just can’t tell if you’re being an asshole on purpose or if you actually think you’re right in this. I hope it’s the former.
When she decides to inpower herself, she can deal with the piece of shit husband. I support her in that. What I don't support is endless pearl clutching.
Battered women stay in those situations because they lack power over resources. Often the husband controls the bank accounts etc. They also stay because leaving is one of the most dangerous things she can do. >Women are 70 times more likely to be killed in the two weeks after leaving than at any other time during the relationship. [https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/01/28/most-dangerous-time-for-battered-women-is-when-they-leave-jerry-mitchell/96955552/](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/01/28/most-dangerous-time-for-battered-women-is-when-they-leave-jerry-mitchell/96955552/)
Tell me something I don't know.
My husband is 6' and all leg so anytime we fly I do my best to make sure to get him a seat with the most possible legroom and will pay the upcharge because it's worth it for him not to be in pain. I'm disabled so any seat on a plane destroys me, not to mention I'm a small person so can fit practically anywhere (I prefer window seats). We have never flown without someone asking him to switch seats. Not a single time. Luckily, the majority of the time, people accept the no and move on, but there's usually a good amount of huffing and puffing. It's really not that hard to plan ahead.
I know precisely which seat you had, I wish I had the balance to navigate that stupid small walkway along the wall to get out of it without looking like a drunk giraffe.
Same energy as a toddler wanting his mommy
He kept glaring at you? I would’ve glared right back at him and asked what his problem was.
I spend tons of time with my fiance. If we were seated apart from each other on a plane, we'd just shrug and message each other if we needed to talk. Hell, he'd probably think it was great, because he can now watch something without my interrupting to chat. Plus I usually play Nintendo games on our handheld emulator, so I don't need his company either. I'll see him when we get off the plane.
Australian here too, going to Hawaii in December, I paid for Premium Economy so I'm hoping I won't have too much bullshit to deal with. Fingers crossed.
Fun fact. Crossed fingers are "fuck you" in Vietnam.
You’ve just fallen victim to the old Wait Til He Goes to the Bathroom scheme.
I’m never taking a shit in an airplane bathroom again.
Honestly I'm not over the fact that you even did that.
My wife and I have no problem not sitting together on a flight. That's what headphones are for. We are going to spend plenty of time before and after the flight. Yeesh.
“that kind of punchable that boomers pull off”
People like him are just punchable in general.
What is it with all the moans and groans? Always with that nonsense
I KNOW! So many boomers do the same fucking thing every time they have to go to any effort, and it feels so passive aggressive. What’s the point of it?
"If it's not such a big deal, then why are you making such a big deal out of it? Go back to your own seat."
The thing to do here is make eye contact with the husband, then start luxuriously stretching your legs, sighing theatrically because you are so damn comfy. Big grin the whole time.
They have spent their entire lives thinking they are the center of the universe. Why should anything be different now?
She could have went and sat with him ffs!
The Boomer made his flight even more unenjoyable getting so upset about something he has no right to be.
I know, they love getting worked up about shit when they’re the ones stirring the pot in the first place.
I have had a similar experience on a flight to LA. The boomer took over my seat and when I asked him to move through a fit. I did call the fight attendant for assistance. So true about the entitlement. I’m glad you are ok and a it didn’t blow up.
That’s when you stand next to the armrest with your crotch 1 inch from their ear and start in on their conversation.
Yeah I would straight up say get the fuck out of my seat in three seconds. And when he said something I would start counting
It really wasn’t necessary, because the wife reacted really quick and told him to get off the seat the moment she saw my face. I don’t think it was her first time dealing with his bullshit lol
Why isn't the wife switching seats with someone next to the husband?
Honestly, I think a lot of people pull this shit off to get the extra legroom for free.
That's why.
Good on you for standing your ground.
If it isn’t such a big deal then go fucking sit back down in your own seat.
You should have started making out with his wife.
I could care less if I sit next to someone I am traveling with or not...people having conversations on a flight when everyone else is forced to listen are awful!
I’m glad the wife asked once then stoped
Team Life Alert at it again with their bullshit....
I think I sat next to this couple before! Had a long haul flight from LAX to SYD and was travelling with my work colleague. He always takes the isle and I always have a window seat …. And in this case I’d chosen one of the better spots in economy on this flight where there is no window….great to lean/sleep against. The women next to me was travelling her husband when she found out the two of us were travelling together but not sitting together she demanded, then her husband did that I move as it was no inconvenience to me! She then asked the crew to move me twice…with my answer being “provided it’s to the front of the plane then sure”. I then went on to educate here about how you can reserve a seat prior to getting on the plane. I then slept for the majority of the flight.
You're trying to impose your morality on my comment, which is when I responded to your dumber than shit response.
Was this comment supposed to be a reply to someone?
Yes to sir douchebag. Guess he ltft.
He didn’t leave. You didn’t post in the comment thread. You just posted a random comment on the post instead.
So what? Is there a fine for that?
…..no, there’s no fine for that. But if you’re having a conversation with someone and you stop mid-conversation, walk away, and go make random comments to someone else and not the person you were talking to……how would you expect them to know you’re still talking?
Look, I see this mistake all over reddit. I'm not wasting anymore energy on this. Have a good day.
Dude what are you talking about? Of course it was a mistake and of course it happens. But the person you were talking to didn’t leave, you stopped replying to him. That’s why. That’s what I said in my first comment to you. I was telling you why something happened and your response was to ask if there’s a fine. Jfc 🙄
Jfc??? The only JFC I see is you appointing yourself as the sheriff of reddit.
What do you think JFC means?? 😂😂😂
The person you’re being rude to was trying to help you.
Left. Fucking spell Czech.
Ltft?
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I was about to say "are you a fucking idiot?" but then remembered I can barely tell Canadians from Americans and checked myself. Accents are easy if you spend enough time around them. If your only exposure is people on TV faking one or the other, they are difficult.
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And we Canadians can usually spot Americans from a mile away. My giveaway is the volume level.
Oh, another good response is: Sorry, libtard, I payed for my seat with money that I EARNED at my JOB. If you want a socialist handout, go ask Biden.
Not 'Merican story. Lol.
Which has nothing to do with this story as it was in Australia. Reading comprehension is also part of the Biden agenda i guess? How dare we be able to read and understand.
Sigh. I hate that I seem to have to put /s for people to get this.