Did I act like a jerk in this situation?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why didn't you offer to switch with the person seated next to your husband in the row without the extra space?

This has been covered. 3 seat row, 2 people sitting next to the husband were a couple. We done now?

No, not done. Why didn't OPs DH ask the person sitting in the window seat of Ops aisle? Why did they target aisle-man instead of window-man?

To make it an aisle-to-aisle switch, because DH was in aisle - so that the seat would be comparable.

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I disagree with this, and especially the last snarky comment. Why didn't the woman offer to move back to sit with her husband? Answer - she was sitting in a row with more leg room, and didn't want to give it up - I'm sure whomever was in the middle seat next to her husband would have gladly taken a seat with extra room. If she really wanted to sit next to her husband, she could have moved, but thought the extra room was more important. Why doesn't the same apply to the OP (whether s/he paid extra for the seat or not)?

Note - my answer woudl have been different if is was a parent asking to sit next to a child. But these are two adults - I view that as totally different.

I am the PP you are attacking and hey dipshit, OP already said multiple times that the two people sitting next to her husband were traveling together and the man sitting next to her was alone. Do try to keep up before you spout off, okay?

I have neither the time nor the inclination to read 160+ posts on this absurd thread, you twatwaffle. If you do, I suggest you (i) reassess your priorities, and (ii) find something productive to do with your life.

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Anonymous wrote:not jerky. Even if you didn't pay more for the seat. Pregnant or not, it won't kill a husband and wife to sit apart for 2 hours.

Nobody's suggesting that this was a life or dearh situation. BUT, if the man wanted to do a good deed, he would have switched.

But he didn't, and he really wasn't obligated to. Maybe he had already done a good deed for the day, and didn't want to do another.

Yes, yes, of course. He wasn't obligated to switch seats. Still, the nice thing to do would have been to switch seats. Do people here acknowledge that this would have been the nice thing to do?

Is it nice for the man to have sore knees?

When did you men become such delicate little flowers? Poor babies.

When they pay more to be in economy plus!

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Is it nice for the man to have sore knees?

When did you men become such delicate little flowers? Poor babies.

When they pay more to be in economy plus!

Chivalry is dead. Progress? I'm not sure.

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Is it nice for the man to have sore knees?

When did you men become such delicate little flowers? Poor babies.

When they pay more to be in economy plus!

Chivalry is dead. Progress? I'm not sure.

What required chivalry here?? She preferred to be seated next to her husband. She wasn't kicked out of her seat. I'm really dumbfounded by the idea that just because she wanted something that didn't happen on a flight, people say we need to reevaluate the meaning of life and men treat women like shit, and no one cares about pregnant women. Ridiculous.

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What required chivalry here?? She preferred to be seated next to her husband. She wasn't kicked out of her seat. I'm really dumbfounded by the idea that just because she wanted something that didn't happen on a flight, people say we need to reevaluate the meaning of life and men treat women like shit, and no one cares about pregnant women. Ridiculous.

Clearly the subtleties of the discussion have been lost on you.

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What required chivalry here?? She preferred to be seated next to her husband. She wasn't kicked out of her seat. I'm really dumbfounded by the idea that just because she wanted something that didn't happen on a flight, people say we need to reevaluate the meaning of life and men treat women like shit, and no one cares about pregnant women. Ridiculous.

Clearly the subtleties of the discussion have been lost on you.

There were no subtleties in this discussion!

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Is it nice for the man to have sore knees?

When did you men become such delicate little flowers? Poor babies.

When they pay more to be in economy plus!

Chivalry is dead. Progress? I'm not sure.

Chivalry doesn't cure sore knees.

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What required chivalry here?? She preferred to be seated next to her husband. She wasn't kicked out of her seat. I'm really dumbfounded by the idea that just because she wanted something that didn't happen on a flight, people say we need to reevaluate the meaning of life and men treat women like shit, and no one cares about pregnant women. Ridiculous.

Clearly the subtleties of the discussion have been lost on you.

There were no subtleties in this discussion!

Way to make my point.

[Anonymous]

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What required chivalry here?? She preferred to be seated next to her husband. She wasn't kicked out of her seat. I'm really dumbfounded by the idea that just because she wanted something that didn't happen on a flight, people say we need to reevaluate the meaning of life and men treat women like shit, and no one cares about pregnant women. Ridiculous.

Clearly the subtleties of the discussion have been lost on you.

There were no subtleties in this discussion!

Way to make my point.

I see humor is lost on you.

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I don't understand why a pregnant woman would need to sit next to her husband on the flight. And I had a difficult, high-risk pregnancy. I tend to be over-generous in accommodating these sorts of requests. But I think the man was out of line to ask, and that you were right to say no.

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The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.

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Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.

Who said that? There was just no good reason for this guy to give up a seat that he was assigned and more than likely paid extra for.

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The guy wasn't being a jerk. If OP had been tearful and visibly anxious, I probably would have given her my seat, even if I had paid extra for the leg room. But I wouldn't consider someone a jerk for declining, especialot in the scenario described by OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Not a jerk at all and I hate people who act like being pregnant entitles them to special treatment. Agree with PPa the husband was rude to ask. You were fine.

This!! I also hate when pregnant women act this way too!! If the flight was so onerous for her, she should have passed on the trip. OP, I would have done the same.