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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TotallyAradical 14
Oh hell no.
Dylan94_fml 8
Tell the kid that any noise he makes will distract the pilot and probably cause him to crash. See how much noise he makes then. I hate kids on planes, you should have to pay an extra fee on planes if youve given birth to an asshole kid.
lilhellian 27
Flaw is why would someone admit it and pay more? And what airline would ask actually ask that with all these nuts looking for a reason to flip shit...
fksfsdhfsdfh 26
Lol
Melvar_10 3
Some airlines do in fact have a shitlist and a banned from flight list. So put that kid on the shit list. 1. You MUST pay extra for the kid 2. He MUST be seated next to the parent
jarrettd 27
Oh hell yes. Happened to me before also. It sucks.
BingleBop 18
Seems like she is a "******* brat" BEFORE flights. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh?
insertnameherr 11
I would smack the hell out of that woman. What a bitch,
AKGirlinSD 20
Once the mother got up to use the restroom I would have taken her seat. She could bitch at me all she wants but that's what she gets for.pulling such a bitch move!
andyyroxx 20
114- Hush, 77 was going to continue.
natsaysheyyy 16
What a terrible mother. Dumping her "******* brat" of a child on someone else. Not only is she inconsiderate and irresponsible, but he's probably a brat because she didn't raise him properly. Some people really shouldn't be parents.
iammeorami 25
Shit doesn't fall far from the asshole
evan_7899 28
And the mother of the year award.goes to....
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
That was my first thought. I feel sorry for the kid; he's probably just doing it for attention because he feels like mommy doesn't love him. :(
HowieDoIt 21
Honey Boo Boo's mom?
TheNewGuy03 29
30, momma just ain't beatin' dat ass enough. **** that child abuse shit, but if your child is wildin' and actin' a fool, he/she NEEDS the switch to the hiney. Why do some parents think that having a rampaging dick for a child is normal? They act as if someone cut off their hands and legs and gave them a forced lobotomy. DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN.
goose12321 11
93 couldn't ******* agree more
malkavian_mad 13
93, in the country I live in evan spanking os illegal, and we still find ways to get kids to behave.
TheNewGuy03 29
121, that is true. But it's either whip their little behinds or find some alternate punishment that will teach them a lesson adequately without breaking any laws or what have you. I also thoroughly disagree with butt-whippings being illegal, but that's a story for another day. This is coming from someone who was fairly regularly on the receiving end of a paddling.
wlddog 14
121, what country is that? Because i have traveled around the world and have seen kids gets spanked in all the ones I went to.
DanielleinDC 34
Heck, Honey Boo Boo's mom is a better parent than this woman. I'm sorry for your flight from hell, OP. I agree with the commenter who suggested the next time this happens, you sit in mom's seat the next time you're seated next to a brat. Or you remind her that she is the parent and should take responsibility for her demon spawn.
evan_7899 28
Lol #93 that is so true and i bet honey boo boos mom would be better
Vashen 5
What my cousin does.. Since where I live makes it illegal to take a switch to your child, what he does is gets his other son to discipline him.
granpa_haribo 13
That bitch
Redoxx_fml 22
Hey! She's not a dog...
fksfsdhfsdfh 26
Lol
Fsvb 32
I'm confused.. Why did this comment get thumbed down, while right below this comment is another one, exactly the same, which is thumbed up? Did you edit it or something?
Sandman366 6
76-Was wondering the same thing.....must be edited or something...otherwise the thumbing would (most likely anyway) be the other way around.
Sandman366 6
(Wish I could find edit on mobile.) Though considering 16's comment, its unlikely to be edited, which just makes it a lot more confusing...
andrew_bellati 11
Next time you'll learn to put a period.
TheNewGuy03 29
76: Not just thumbed up, but exponentially so. One has to bite the dust, I guess...
boarderlyne17 8
65 - I assure you, it's really not necessary to comment "lol" on every thread... Unless you desire a swift shanking. That could be arranged.
AKGirlinSD 20
87, I can't edit my comments either.
Jaszzie 6
Haha funny how #5 got 111+ more likes, and you guys said the same thing.
MemeGuy99 5
That bitch.
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Your grammar is slightly better with that period there, but you were a bit too slow. Not sure who will be buried first. Rest in peace. ;)
OhMinty 5
Haha he posted the same comment as the guy before and he didn't get buried.
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
I brought it back from the dead. :o
chanellgymnast 17
Ain't nobody got time fo dat
Pleonasm 36
Because apparently that phrase has caught on to the point where people think they can get a nice pat on the back and mad thumbs up for blurting it out, as if it is relevant anywhere and anytime, the answer to the universe, the skeleton key, the filling of that void that could never be filled in us. No.
HowieDoIt 21
And I said, "Lord Jesus, it's another person hopping on the bandwagon, so I RAN! I didn't have time to make a YOLO comment or nothin'"
Codezlol 21
Her reference to it was about as relevant as the original use of the phrase. I have bronchitis, ain't nobody got time for that. Really?
zoPwNAgEzo 21
Making relevant comments to the FML- ain't nobody got time for dat
TheNewGuy03 29
I like trains.
TheNewGuy03 29
I got your nose.
qwertkinz 12
You need to stop posting this same comment on irrelevant FMLs.
tacojauns 45
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Smart mom
Freethaawave 19
If she was smart she would discipline her child so their not a brat to begin with.
Mossears133 15
Bitch mom
DanielleinDC 34
"They're".
Keevarou 17
Oh really, that is almost kind of rude. She is the mother of the child, she should take responsibility and not inconvenience other people because of it.
dontpanic_fml 32
"Almost kind of rude"? You are the most weirdly over-saccharine commenter I've ever seen...
Keevarou 17
I have no idea if that is a compliment or whatever it is or not O.e I had to Wikipedia it, and still no real answer, except for artificial flavoring that may have a metallic aftertaste if its concentrated or something
dontpanic_fml 32
Since saccharine is an artificial sweetener that is many times sweeter than sugar, the word is used as a term meaning someone or something that is overly sweet. If a **** excuse of a mother purposefully leaving her 8 year old next to a stranger so the stranger can deal with the child's known brattiness, instead of her, incites a reaction of "almost kind of rude" from you, (paired with your previous comments) i just wonder if you have an actual reaction to anything.
dontpanic_fml 32
Honestly, I didn't mean that as the attack it sounded like...I just want people to feel their feelings
Keevarou 17
I think I do have actual reactions sometimes, but she just used the oportunity that she was given by the airline though, but I think that saying people are a "*****" and so on for a reason like this is way overboard for me, since I want to take things as they come, and give people a chance (A bad habit from my side) And thank you for enlightening me, from what I thought you meant, it could be "pretending to be sweet, but have a aftertaste that is not suitable" or something along those lines, which would be ok since everyone have their opinion, and I used to be known as the optimist or something before if I am not mistaken, because only thinking about the negative is of course negative in the long run
Keevarou 17
And hey, no offense taken anyway, at times, I am almost impossible to offend :P
dontpanic_fml 32
It is very troubling that you could interpret this situation as the mother taking advantage of something the airline has to offer. i guess one could say there is a sheer difference of personalities and leave it at that. it doesn't surprise me that you are not easily offended. :)
therealslim 15
Each to their own, eh?
andyyroxx 20
To each their own?
dontpanic_fml 32
Well it's actually "to each his own", ha
tw416 6
73- Why must you post an essay?
Demonfish 14
Well the kid had to have picked it up from somewhere... Sounds to me like they both need a clip round the ear.
hama806 19
Yes, she's a bitch and so is...hate to speak ill of little kids. But if the shoe fits...
fischerxx 10
Wow! Perfect role model...if she can't Handle the responsibility of being a parent the she should have kept her legs closed
ElmoSaysSquishy 28
I really wish people wouldn't say that. I've had some pretty good sex with my legs closed.
ebolson 6
Whaaaaaat???????????????