The woman asked redditors if she was in the wrong after refusing to give up her seat when a mother asked to switch places so that her son, who she said had anxiety, wouldn’t be alone
A woman has asked if she was in the wrong for refusing to swap seats with a mum who was crying because she couldn’t sit next to her anxious son.
The woman told redditors on the “Am I the A******” subreddit how she’d lashed out at a mother who asked her to change seats after paying extra for an economy plus seat. The mother went on to accuse the redditor of forcing her nine-year-old son, who has anxiety, to sit on his own. The woman’s husband has accused her of being in the wrong for calling out the mother’s “bad parenting” in front of a plane-full of passengers.
Taking to the thread, she explained: “So, I board the plane, settle in to my economy plus seat. Woman approaches asks me to change seats to 32b so her 9 yr old can sit with her. I ask how much cash she has to repay me for the money I spent on the seat, she says I’m cruel for leaving her son with anxiety sitting alone.
“I ask if she offered the person sitting next to her son her seat in economy plus, she said she “needed the leg room”. I said clearly she cares more about her own comfort than her son’s well being, if she cared she would give up her seat and move to the back.
“She breaks out in a screaming wail filled with “HOW COULD YOU”. Ten min later a smiling man sits down next to me grinning about his sweet upgrade.”
“My partner says IATAH for questioning her parenting in public and making her cry… am I?,” she added.
Most redditors came out in support of the original poster, saying that the mother was in the wrong for failing to book ahead and for thinking anyone owed her anything for this failure.
One wrote: “She’s in the wrong for 1- not being able to plan and book ahead of time so her son isn’t left alone 2 – not being able to put aside her comfort ahead of her “precious son” and 3 – thinking that anyone owes her anything for being a poor planner.”
Another said: “Her tears don’t change the fact that she prioritised comfort over her son’s needs. That’s on her.”
A third chimed in: “Sometimes the selfishness of certain ppl just amaze me sigh. Are we sure the son had anxiety too or that was made up. Not that it matters much.”
