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Posted on 10/31/2025 8:50:47 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A woman faced a clash between social expectations and personal boundaries when asked to give up her extra airplane seat for a child. Choosing comfort over pressure, she stood her ground unapologetic, firm, and ready to face the moral debate that followed.
Here’s a story Martha shared with us:
“Hi, Bright Side,So, this is what happened to me on a flight and I sincerely need opinions on whether I’m wrong here.I’m on the heavier side, and for longer flights, I’ve learned it’s better for everyone if I just buy an extra seat. It’s expensive, sure, but it means I can travel comfortably without invading anyone’s space.This Thanksgiving, I flew across the country to visit my sister and her kids. Everything was smooth until a woman with a small girl, maybe three years old, stopped at my row. Without so much as a ‘please,’ she told me to move over so her daughter could take the other seat. I calmly explained that I’d purchased both seats for myself. She huffed, called me selfish, and flagged down a flight attendant.The attendant asked if I might ‘make an exception,’ but I politely refused and showed my two boarding passes. Apparently, the child was ticketed as a lap infant, which meant the mother wasn’t entitled to another seat anyway....
Bright Side community members shared their emotional thoughts about Martha’s story:
silverwing_84:You paid for both seats, that’s all that matters. The mom’s poor planning doesn’t make you responsible for fixing it. People really need to stop assuming kindness means giving up what you paid for.
Luna.rose7:I get your point, but I still think you could’ve let the little one sit there. It wouldn’t have hurt anyone, and it might’ve made the flight easier for a mom traveling alone. Sometimes compassion matters more than comfort.
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So why would anyone think the mother's comfort is more important?
The mother tried to get a free ride for the child.........................
I’ve occasionally wondered how it would feel to sit the whole plane ride with two seat edges up my butt crack.
This reminds me of a case a few months ago where the mother bought a first class seat for herself and a coach seat for her kid, and expected another first class passenger to trade seats with her kid. She didn't even consider trading her first class seat for the coach passenger sitting next to her kid.
Was the mom a Republican or a Democrat? That makes a HUGE difference on the desired outcome.
No excuse me, was the seat holder a Democrat or a Republican? That is what would make the difference on the right or wrong of her decision.
And that’s where any possibility of my being generous and maybe letting the kid have the seat would have become non-existent right there.
“...This Thanksgiving...”
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“Sure - no problem at all . Here is what I paid for the seat. Reimburse me what I paid and you can have the seat.”
How was the kid boarded?
As a lap passenger................
“…flight attendant.The attendant asked if I might ‘make an exception,’ but I politely refused and showed my two boarding passes. Apparently, the child was ticketed as a lap infant”
Period. End of story.
I get the flight attendants name, tell the airline and look for a free flight. Probably get it too.
All this FR nonsense about who is a republican and who is a democrat is troll
“ “...This Thanksgiving...”
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It’s from a Reddit or similar
Bs
Article says child was around three years old. I the child turned two on the day of the flight, a seat should have been purchased for it.
It’s a no-brainer, the woman purchased two tickets, she is in the right.
“...This Thanksgiving...”
Yup, I think people makeup posts for conflict and/or wanting attention. However, buying 2 seats when flying for large people has been discussed on FR several times which is why I posted.
But, would buying 1st Class/Business be a better option instead of 2 last class seats?
>So why would anyone think the mother’s comfort is more important?
Clearly “Mom” bought the cheap option hunting for just such a chance to get the best of both options.
Bothered to click into the article hoping for some facts (I’m not about to buy two seats, or fly voluntarily, but things like the child’s size and evident or likely behavior would weigh into my choice if I had the extra seat).
The photos look stock, not of the actual persons. The only fact is “maybe three years old.”
A search turns up a complete rash of stories. People *fired* because the cancel police filmed them not giving up their assigned seat (and now suing everyone). People being demanded to swap so a *teen* can have their way. Pages of this.
In the same way I wasn’t going to get on a cruise before but now definitely not with the people one reads about turning a “luxury” into a bad day at Walmart, I wasn’t going to fly before but doubly so knowing gimmedats of all types are waiting to pay low and demand everything, making an already unpleasant sardine experience into a flying nightmare.
Airlines could, you know, elect to open up the seating, provide comfort, and establish behavior policies — but nope, flying busses it is. Let me know if they do sedation ‘coffer’ chambers where everyone flies ‘cargo’ and it might be worth the trouble. Who would want to be awake and subjected to that?
She did the responsible thing and bought two seats. The mom didn’t do the responsible thing and buy a seat for her child. Why should responsibility be punished?
Yep! The mother gambled that there would be an empty seat on the plane and didn’t purchase a ticket for the child.......
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