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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was excited to have a window seat on my three hour flight to New York. When I got to my row, I noticed the screaming newborn occupying the seat in front of me, and a pair of toddlers behind me. I then looked to my seat to find I have no window. 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 the airplane, the kid behind me kicked my seat hundreds of times, while the big bald guy next to me farted deadly ones repeatedly. I was on a non-stop 14-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 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, I went on a long flight. I was fortunate enough to sit next to a great girl. However, she must have thought I was not so great, because she moved to the empty seat across the aisle. Next to my dad. Who then told stories about how I always get motion sickness on airplanes. I then threw up. FML
Today, I took my toddler on a flight alone for the first time. I packed snacks, toys, everything. Thirty minutes after takeoff, he threw his juice straight onto my lap, then screamed for the exact snack I'd forgotten. The passenger next to me offered tissues and said, “First time?” I nodded, covered in sticky apple juice, for the next two hours. FML
Today, I was sitting on a plane waiting for everyone to get on. A cute guy around my age had the option of sitting next to me or an old guy. He gave me a horrified look and immediately sat next to the old man. I got to sit next to his mother. She evil eyed me the whole time. FML
Today, I have an eight hour transatlantic flight and the person sitting next to me has already filled his third sick bag. This wouldn't be quite so bad were we not still at the terminal with passengers still boarding the plane. 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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Top comments
Queen_bee1234 21
Headphones are your best friend.
saba_ajira 29
#1 edited his/her comment. It was "well at least you got over your fear!" Just so i don't seem dumb with my comment..
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Comments (135)
Queen_bee1234 21
Headphones are your best friend.
saba_ajira 29
I don't recall OP having any fear of flying
urdirtyolduncle 15
This was an organized assault.
saba_ajira 29
#1 edited his/her comment. It was "well at least you got over your fear!" Just so i don't seem dumb with my comment..
urdirtyolduncle 15
This is an organized assault.
martin8337 36
Whenever I fly, I use headphones, rocking out helps to pass the time stuck in flight.
Kyle1dc 17
#22 More like a siege to see how strong OP's will is.
christian1509 21
Ok that makes a lot more sense, I was really confused as to what your initial response meant haha
blazingshot147 19
"And to the gentleman in Isle F and seat U (yes I know it's not letter-letter, but letter-number) if you look to your seats in front of you, behind you, and to your right, you'll see the second worst curse that's only possible on a plane, babies. May we suggest earphones next time?
octinate 17
No one likes sitting near babies on planes and parents don't like the evil stares, why don't airlines just create separate cabins already?!
kugelblitz_ 11
#88: I've heard of 'child free' zones on aircrafts, where you pay to upgrade your seat to an area without children
Artures_way1 23
Or a baseball bat.
incoherentrmblr 22
Cue Dane Cook's joke about punching infants...
iluvpeanutbutter 22
Air Asia does this- it's only $10 extra, and it's rows 1-10, so you get to be first off as well. Well worth it.
Rababco 29
#88 That would be a good idea. Part of the reason babies cry on airplanes might be because they're overwhelmed so a seperate cabin that's quiet and has soothing sounds might help keep them calm and reduce crying.
princesspeachxox 18
That blows op but at least it's a funny story you can tell your friends!
cryssycakesx3 23
I certainly wouldn't care to have a "funny" story to tell if I had to deal with that.
princesspeachxox 18
It's all part of life! If you can't make light of bad situations in the past how're you going to be happy :)
foxwasalamb 24
she wont^
abattior 18
the chances of you in that situation accumulated in one flight lol
gracehi 33
OP was due.
jack_jill05 14
well, I would I hope that with you posting this you had a safe flight, even if inside it wasnt so fun
bgorch01 11
I wonder who made the seating arrangements? Probably sounded like this: "We have three infants boarding this plane. If one cries, so does the other. Who should we seating in the middle of them?" "Hmm, This fellow has had years of flying experience. S/he can probably last 9 hours." "Sounds great!"
JayBunny 16
It's actually four babies
SpreadTHEKILLER 14
#13. Read before you comment.
IKickPuppiesHard 16
It actually does read as one in front, one to the the right, one behind and one across the isle (assuming its to the left if she had a right isle seat) which equals four. Unless it's just worded strangely and means the right baby was across the isle.
SpreadTHEKILLER 14
Oh god I missed that. I feel stupid now..
JayBunny 16
No don't feel stupid. It was a common mistake.
dipshitpoopyhead 7
depending on the airline, most of the major airlines allow you to choose your own seat at booking the airline does not choose for you. the only one I know that is kind of a first come first serve is allegiant air.
FMLkoala 28
Stop being such a cry baby and deal with it
laden_swallow09 35
Boo
FMLkoala 28
Pun intended
shay_serendipity 29
#9, I understood your pun, but I downvoted bc it seemed kinda rude. I mean, would YOU be able to handle crying babies for nine hours straight? I know I couldn't.
A7XCamaro 19
I wouldn't be able to handle it for 20 minutes, 9 hours and I would probably snap at some point.
vipirius 18
I feel your pain OP. I hope you have a good pair of noise canceling headphones, or you're in for one hell of a flight.
TimysterGates 15
A baby shop quartet... I feel you OP.
buckysam 7
Very clever. I chuckled at that.
Dabeli_fml 16
Oh don't be such a cry baby!
Chiroptera_Man 10
Well, if riding planes for years and always having good experiences happened to you, it sounds like the bad ones got all collected into this one for ya. :)