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
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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, I was on a plane with my grandma. A cute guy sat down next to her. She asked his age. He told her he was 16. She said, "Oh, that's how old my granddaughter here is." She then turned to me and said loudly, "You should switch seats with me, he's HOT!" Well, at least Grandma loves me. FML
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
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 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, my tired son and I were riding a shuttle bus. An old lady got on, and I told him we needed to get up so she could have the seat. He started crying and screamed, "WHY? She's old, she's gonna die soon!" I wanted to melt into the ground. 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, a woman with the cutest baby ever sat next to us at Starbucks. My response: “Aw, how cute.” My adult daughter's response: “Ew.” No chance of a grandchild anytime soon I think. 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, I helped a lady give birth on the train. She was so happy she asked if she could name the baby after me, but as I told her my name she visibly turned her nose up at it, turned to her husband, and suggested naming it after his grandfather instead. FML
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ajohnson2318 0
screaming kids suck
alewiina 0
I feel for you, OP. I usually love kids, but if I hear another one screaming uncontrollably on the bus or at work, I am going to kill something. even worse because 90% of the time, parents don't even try to tell them off. some don't even glance down at the kid as it screams loud enough to shatter glass. e_o
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de2391 7
tell her it is her duty to gag it then
jojobeanz 0
you people must not have kids who says to go gag a crying baby that's just retarded. hope you gag on ur dinner tonight
BoyBeyond 0
I hate fuss kids. Shows bad parenting you got to start from there young to discpline that shit. If i had a son he would know hey here is your toy or your bottle keep quite. You know when there so ******* annoying when parents bring there noisy as kid to the movie theatre. I mean damn its like 9 a clock at night put your loud ass kid to sleep wtf is he doing here.
SweetLikeDirt 0
It's not bad parenting when the child is an infant whose only means of communication is crying. And it's not bad parenting if the baby has infantile colic.
misfitSuperStar 0
Many people think their kids are soooo cute and precious, we ALL will be happy to deal with them. They let them run wild and expect everyone else to 'babysit'.
Boon_fml 0
I'm surprised anyone would talk about gagging a crying child out loud. Why not say that you wish someone would comfort the crying baby? Clearly, YDI for being insensitive :). The OP's disregard for human respect is evident they way he/she says "old lady" and talks about gagging a crying child. It's sickening, really.
EvilDave 13
No, FYL for being an an aircraft with idiots who think it is appropriate to bring a baby. Most children that young who are on an aircraft can not be comforted because they are crying because their ears hurt because THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EQUALIZE THE PRESSURE AND NO ONE CAN TEACH THEM. You want to talk abut disregarding human respect? Guess what bringing your baby on an aircraft is to the rest of the passengers, asshole.
Boon_fml 0
How do you know they didn't just adopt the baby, and it was her new grandson? How would you expect a person to bring an adopted baby over seas without using an airplane? Or how do you know they weren't going to the baby's mother/father's funeral? You don't know. You were out of line to call me an asshole. I was in no way disrespecting you, so please show me the same courtesy. Thanks.
zenti 2
The thing is, EvilDave doesn't know why the baby was on board, and neither do the rest of us, so it's pointless to try to figure out why it was there in the first place. Who cares? The main idea here is that there was a baby screaming his head off on the plane and it was bothering the OP (and many others).
JessAmmyy_ 0
The Onley reason i cried on the airplane when i was younger was becus' i'd burst my eardrum :L x
misfitSuperStar 0
I find it HILARIOUS that the only people bothered by this FML are PARENTS!! How about DON'T FLY with a baby? Who hauls their baby on a plane knowing its ears may hurt or burst??!!! Way to go parents!!
Sweetest_Cherry 0
Some parents don't have a choice. Like those who are in the Military. If you were able to have kids and your Hubs was in Germany or Japan for 2-3years, wouldn't you want to be there with him? Think about it.
PhillyFox 0
I'm not a parent, but this FML bothered me. Hell, I'm not even a kid person. But OP could've easily avoided the situation by keeping her big mouth shut and realizing that the world doesn't revolve around her. You don't talk shit about gagging other people's kids and not expect to get flack for it. It's not always an option to bring little kids on planes. I mean what are they supposed to do? Drive across the ocean? If you hate it so much, put on your headphones and turn the music up loud. It always works for me. In the mean time, maybe you should figure out how to get some consideration for other people instead of pissing and moaning over your little inconveniences that are easily resolvable to begin with.
dynky 3
So what if it's her grandson? Gagging the little brat would still be an entirely appropriate response.
Narc_fml 7
You're response should have been "Then go gag your grandson."
carm3nl1 0
104- I'm a parent n wasn't upset about this post. some kids are annoying but to say some of the dumb shit u just said bothers me. first off that was rare that his eardrum popped if it was a huge issue they would warn parents about it before the flights. 2nd-would u rather a child be stuck to a car seat for hours on a roadtrip compared to a short flight somewhere.. it happens.. get over it.
misfitSuperStar 0
Yes, I WOULD rather they be in a car! Do you enjoy putting babies in situations that hurt their ears? Do you even REMEMBER what the crying babies were like BEFORE you were a parent? Doesn't matter...there'll always be crying babies on planes, even if it sucks.
misfitSuperStar 0
I'm also not 'DUMB'. I'm going blind, but NOT DUMB. Why did you find it necessary to throw DUMB in there? Shows a lot of class!!