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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, there are 10 pages of posts and I doubt I'll provide something new. But perhaps to summarize.

You are not at fault for what happened. You reserved and paid, it sounds like, for appropriate seating for your family and due to airline mistakes, they did not provide that.  I am sorry this happened, and even sorrier that no one was compassionate or reasonable about helping you.

That said, your passivity in the face of all of this (and clearly your husband's passivity too) were a problem here. You need to realize that there are times when you need to stick up for your family and make waves, even if it makes you uncomfortable.  You should use this as a learning experience.  You should not in the future take no for an answer when it doesn't seem right to you.   You owe it to your child not to place them at risk by sitting alone. The risk of an emergency and no one to help them is probably miniscule, the risk of a pedophile small, but the discomfort of being away from you in a stressful situation was probably real.  I encourage you to read this thread carefully.  Obviously some of the strategies here will not be for you, but some must be.  Could you have told the airlines you would not board the plane without an appropriate seat?  Could you have offered nearby passengers money to switch?  Could you have let your husband and child stay back to fly on an appropriate flight with good seats (and demanded compensation from the airline for your inconvenience) while you flew home so you could get to work.

You and your husband both need ot work on your advocacy, so that the next time things go wrong you are agents for making it right.  Good luck.[/quote]

OP here: thanks for summarizing. After about 4 pages I was in tears and couldnt read it. Obviously I should have done something different, but lack of confrontation skills combined by issues from my past (abuse which became worse when I confronted my abuser) has made me meeker than I would like. I didn’t delve into my whole past here but it obviously was at play. [/quote]

At any rate all’s well that ends well and you all made it back so don’t spend too much more time thinking about it![/quote]

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