Today, a woman strapped her 8-year-old son into the seat next to me on a transatlantic flight. Thinking they'd been unable to book seats together, I offered to swap seats with her. She said she'd booked it this way intentionally, because he's a "fucking brat" on flights. She was right. FML
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Today, I boarded a trans-Atlantic flight by myself, and struck up a nice conversation with the passenger across the aisle. Before we even took off, the man in front of me unbuckled, stood to face me, and asked me to please shut the hell up. "It's a 9 hour flight, and you're VERY loud!" FML
Today, my daughter found out there was a vacant seat left in first class on our flight and damn if she didn’t pounce on the opportunity to get bumped up into it so fast, because she, “like, deserved a break.” She left me in economy class for a 10-hour flight with her 3 year old and 1 year-old with teething pain. FML
Today, I'd booked the cheapest seat on a long flight and ended up between a couple who spent the entire trip arguing through me instead of talking to each other, even after I offered to switch seats. By the end of the flight I probably knew more about their marriage than some of their relatives do. FML
Today, I was on a three hour flight to Los Angeles for a corporate meeting. The woman next to me instantly fell asleep and snored louder than a freight train, while the kid behind me made a hobby of thashing my seat from behind. When I peered over and asked him to stop, he spat in my face. FML
Today, after years of wonderful flying experiences, I boarded a flight and took my seat only to find a baby sitting in front of me, behind me, and to the right of me, and across the aisle from me. All of whom decided to cry in unison. It was a 9-hour flight. FML
Today, whilst sat next to a old lady on a flight back to the UK, I exclaimed how I wished somebody would gag the crying baby a few rows behind us. Her reply was, "That's my grandson." FML
Today, I was sat next to a screaming baby on a 9-hour flight. Now before anyone has a go at me, I am in no way blaming the baby, I’m blaming the mother with her makeup hair and nails done perfectly, with her AirPods on, staring at her phone, and ignoring her screaming child the full 9 hours. FML
Today, on a plane, a little kid was kicking the back of my son's chair. When the kid's mom went to the toilet, my son told this little kid, "If you kick my chair one more time, I’m going to kill your mom and you’ll never see her again." He stopped kicking but damn, what kind of son did I raise? FML
Today, my one-year-old son threw up on the man sitting next to us on a plane. I felt bad and apologized profusely. When I tried to give him money for dry cleaning, he slapped me. FML
Today, at 17 years-old, I discovered how embarrassing it is to have your kid scream on a flight and how hard it is to calm them down. FML
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BingleBop 18
Seems like she is a "******* brat" BEFORE flights. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh?
TotallyAradical 14
Oh hell no.
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Tali147 16
Wow. I didn't know parents were allowed to do that.
Eiregal2 10
Screaming, fidgeting, snotty nosed brats on planes, busses or anything like that gets on my nerves so badly. If I ever had a child they would have a smack if they kept kicking the chair in front of them or started a fuss. Kids today have no respect
misataylor86 10
The problem with smacking your child in public is the idiots that think its their business to put their "2 cents" in & also the ones that think its abuse! They are usually also the ones that are complaining about the children to begin with.
cmayer 20
The thing about that though is you can just absolutely ignore strangers. :) bc it's none of their damn business.
mousey119 4
If you discipline you're child correctly from the beginning there is no need to use violence, I taught my daughter how to behave from very very young, I have never had to smack her at all and I never would, she is polite and apart from being a typical child always does as she is told, if she has a tantrum, she is left to it and will self soothe then come and apologise for behaving that way. She knows if she does something wrong I start to count to 3, either with my fingers or out loud, only a handful of times I've got to 3 and even less to 2. If she does do something wrong I take something away from her or we go home or she doesn't get her 'day out' ive been told many times that my daughter is exceptionally behaved. I would never let her out of my sight and putting your child next to a stranger on a plane is disgusting, you are their parent, you look after them. I will be on. 9 hour flight with my daughter in October and I already have plans to keep her entertained. Oh by the way my daughter is 3.
Kkkdawg 27
Do you want a ******* cookie??
mousey119 4
Making the point that you dont need to hit your kids to discipline them if you're a good parent.
amayasoma 19
Not all kids act the same. Yeah, taking things away, counting to three worked for your child, but it won't work on all. I know some kids that follow. You take away something of theirs when you are upset/mad at them, they take away something of yours for the same reason. There is nothing wrong with spanking a child's behind. Now if ya leaving bruises, thats abuse.
Pleonasm 36
So she raises her child badly/ didn't correct the bad behaviour they learnt elsewhere, then dumps the problem next to a stranger on a flight all like "hey it's none of my business I don't know this child?" Awful, woeful, parenting. Why bring a child into this world if you don't bring them up well, if you have no intention of fullfilling your duties? More suffering for you, for them (bad childhood) and everyone you guys encounter. I feel truly bad for OP.
Demonfish 14
Because the many humans are selfish scumbags, raised to be as such by their equally foul parents, and they will raise their offspring to be just as ****** up as themselves. I know that many people will dislike this comment, but it is true, None the less, and it saddens me greatly.
RedPillSucks 33
sometimes it's not the parents fault when the child is a brat. there is the nature vs nurture issue. Some kids just have bratty personalities. parents can try their best to affect it, but parenting is not a hard science.
Demonfish 14
Even if it is nature rather than nurture, who do you think they inherit the bad nature from? One rather extreme view (which I confess, much to my regret, is sometimes attractive to me) is to drown every one of them at birth. Of course, every time that idea springs into my mind, I hate myself for thinking it. And rightly so.
Pleonasm 36
But you said "try their best." Just, to me, it doesn't look like she is trying at all. The swearing, the strapping him in next to strangers.
RobynChelsea 10
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at least your not like the guy in the news who slapped a toddler
DocBastard 40
The only way a child turns out like that is if he has a parent who doesn't raise him properly. My children are growing up to be respectful because Mrs. Bastard and I aren't afraid to tell them "NO". This mother has reaped what she has sown. You only have to deal with him for a few hours, but she has to deal with him and his bullshit forever.
Pleonasm 36
Doesn't look like she cares all too much. Screw her, dumping it on everyone else. Who knows how bad she is at home or other places, if she can be so non-chalent about discipline in a pretty public area. **** that child's life. People will judge and the son when the grows up, for his misbehaviour etc, not knowing that the child/adult did not choose this life, they were brought up this way. They don't get to choose thei childhood really, and he probably won't have one. Their childhood/certain opportunities for things will have been DOA because of faulty parenting, and that is disheartening.
TheDrifter 24
I'm considering a solution of dmso and Ketamine soaked into crayon wrappers for moments like this. Giving them and a coloring book to bratty kids should keep them quiet for the flight. Its gotta be easier than trying to compensate for the parenting failures of others.
TheDrifter 24
Please note I'm not serious. Don't try that, just don't.
tmmundy 17
I totally agree with Doc on this. My girls (20 & 24) are very respectful and I can say never acted like this, in public, sure they may have misbehaved at home and were punished accordingly, but never in pubic. They also knew what "NO" meant, may not have liked it, but they did hear me say it.
fksfsdhfsdfh 26
Thats a lot to say!
picante72 24
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Let the kid borrow your phone to play games and entertain him. That will keep him busy and calm.
fischerxx 10
He might break the phone
CharresBarkrey 16
I agree with 45. I would put headphones on, crank the music up, and let the kid wail.
HowieDoIt 21
Look the kid in the eyes and say "I had a bowl of nails this morning...without any milk!!!" He'll be so scared he won't talk to you anymore
fischerxx 10
Better yet tell him that your a sex offender
DocBastard 40
Haha yes, because sex offender jokes always go over well. Dumbass.
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
Child sex offenders are ******* immature assholes
Pleonasm 36
fischerxx do you have experience doing this? Or where in your right mind did you think it was an ok/funny thing to say?
DumbingOfAmerica 9
After the capt. stated it was safe you unbuckle, I would unstrapped that kid and said, go find your mom!
KareBear7364 5
wow...how'd you get so lucky?
crazytwinsmom 25
I would have complained to a flight attendant and made them switch. I never let my kids sit without one of us on even a short flight until they were in their mid teens and then only together. They needed to exhibit proper etiquette and needed to be safe as well.