Exactly! I'm a frequent flyer and I have spent a full 12 hour flight with a stranger's elbow on my breast. That is just NOT RIGHT! This guy was a physically fit broad shouldered weight lifting type. The flight was full and the flight attendants could do nothing about it. If I had not been going home for a family emergency I would have walked off the flight. I think the problem is that we all accept it rather than cause a scene and be inconvienced by taking another flight. For me it isn't a case of discrimination against a larger person, it's a case of - I paid for my little bit of space and I want to be able to sit in it without a stranger touching my breasts!
So, for most married women your husband and doctor are the only people allowed to touch your breasts, but I have to add perfect strangers on an airplane to my list.
Did the guy know what he was doing (and didn’t care) or was he just too stupid to know his elbow was was on you?
Try sitting next to Al Bundy.
Oh and I also sometimes mark my space with a pillow or my bag. I’ve told several people to move over before.
Why can't the air lines provide a temporary divider for people like you? Probably against safety regulations. If I were you, I would be tempted to bring a samll, thin sheet of plywood to put next to me. Maybe someone could market these. Remember, send me some royalties.