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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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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vikky538 29
kids in plane..you can write film story..and I think it works very well... sorry OP..just imagine what those kids parents are dealing with...
lina21 12
If you feel like you're in an uncomfortable spot, you can ask for a seat change. With that many babies (whose parents all should've considered others and the discomfort babies feel with the same air pressure), you had the right to ask
juturnaamo 29
Have you flown recently? Every flight I've been on in the last few years, with the exception of international flights) has been overbooked, with requests that some travelers fly later in exchange for credit.
Mauskau 36
Every flight I've been on in the past few years has been underbooked with several empty seats. I flew to Casablanca and then to Marakesh, both flighta were pretty much empty except for my college group. The staff also get very unprofessional when it's empty ;)
GentlemanBastard 15
#102 the ;) at the end of your comment made it sound like the staff gets sexual.
Sakuraashita 15
Babies... In... Surround sound...!!! Maybe they were trying to start a barbershop quartet?
Liyuesigs 8
Join them!
Pakistanismurf 13
Hope you had some aspirins with you.
CaptainRR 20
"We have three infants. If one cries, the other two do two. How can we place them to cause the least disturbance? Hmm... This gentleman has 9 years of experience. He should be able to last for 9 hours."
slyde32 12
word for word #8's comment, why copy and paste comments?
Enslaved 38
I can picture the OP flipping out and says: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfuckin' babies on this motherfuckin' plane!"
GentlemanBastard 15
I was looking for that comment. Thanks for not disappointing :)
goaliestud30 23
That's sucks
j_cat187 20
at least you didn't have diarrhea as well
CrazyOvrMustangs 10
Oh, how terrible. Babies exist and they are in public places such as malls, restaurants, and gasp! Even planes. Get over yourself. If and when you become a parent you'll understand from the other side.
marcranger 29
Actually, my loathing of babies and their horrible catalogue of noises and smells is precisely why I stay on birth control, and I suspect OP will soon be right next to me in the doctor's office, begging for permanent sterilization.
SmoothPancakes 10
They may exist, but they're still annoying as **** when you have to listen to them for 9 hours, so **** you ****!
GentlemanBastard 15
I have 3 kids. Babies are annoying, especially so when they aren't yours. I love kids, but let's face it, babies don't really do anything interesting. It's amazing watching them grow, but for almost the first year of their life, all they do is annoy people and create waste.
PhoenixMartinez 30
So let's see YOU deal with that then! Yeah, they exist and they cry, but gasp! It doesn't mean you want to deal with that many crying babies for that long.