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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Comments (160)
Psycho_Babydoll 26
This is so many kinds of disgusting.
Dynosaur_dollie 38
Well isn't that fantastic parenting.
Jenn50 19
Sigh. I recently flew across the freaking country (3 flights, over 12 hours) with my 9 year old son and my autistic 6 year old daughter. I spent months taking our daughter on preparatory trips to the airport, and the cabin simulator, (free, just talk to your airline!) reading her stories and downloading apps to show her what was going to happen, and buying inexpensive toys and books so she'd have new things to be distracted by. I talked to the airlines and the security staff about ways to minimize her upset and impact on others. I arranged for specific seats. My kids were completely quiet, and not a problem for anyone. Because we pre-boarded, most people didn't even know my kids were on the plane. People who let their kids be someone else's problem ruin it for everyone. If I can do it, anyone can. This woman is a selfish, lazy witch, and it's no wonder the kid is a problem. The flight attendant should not have allowed her to sit away from her minor child, especially if he was misbehaving.
10showgirl 16
My son and I are both autistic and he just can't handle being on a plane. We have to fly to France every year. :( So there are those children that just can't be calmed down, but I agree that she went about it wrong. She was negligent.... But there are those parents like myself that are accused of being a bad parent because we just can't control our children....
BellaBelle_fml 23
You are probably the very best example of a perfect parent! I applaud your efforts in making sure that your children, especially your precious autistic daughter, were completely aware of what it will be like on an airplane, how to behave properly while flying with other passengers, and for taking the extra step of using a flight simulator, which I had no idea you could do and for free too, and notifying the airline of your specific situation. You thought of literally EVERYTHING! You are an amazing parent. I admire you greatly for being such a responsible parent and for loving your children to such an outstanding degree.
Sakaea 22
I would have told her to control her child, ye gods.
Shadowlainx 11
can't handle your child don't make it someone else's problem, Smh
LordHellFire 2
"Ma'am. If you do not switch seats and take responsibility for YOUR child, I can guarantee that your wonderful little "brat" will have learned quite a handful of little ways to make your life not-so-funny."
zilla52 12
that is so wrong
The_Honey_Badger 17
Parent of the year!
darkmis1 18
I would've talked to a flight attendant and gotten my seat switched with hers. There would be no way in hell I'd deal with that.
akiahara 14
Well... now we know who's polluting the gene pool. I think going to a flight attendant in this case would have been wise.