{"id":129825,"date":"2023-09-08T17:47:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129825"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:47:26","slug":"a-man-wants-his-girlfriends-kid-to-sit-in-a-separate-class-on-a-plane-reddit-is-feeling-major-turbulence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/a-man-wants-his-girlfriends-kid-to-sit-in-a-separate-class-on-a-plane-reddit-is-feeling-major-turbulence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Man Wants His Girlfriend&#039;s Kid to Sit in a Separate Class on a Plane &amp; Reddit Is Feeling Major Turbulence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally we&#8217;d go into a whole thing about family vacation drama and all that can go wrong. But we have to go ahead and get this show on the road since this family has a flight they&#8217;re trying to book. And we all know how prices can change at any second. Earlier today, a woman joined the &#8220;Am I The A&mdash;hole? (AITA)&#8221; subreddit to get some advice about her parenting &#8230; and her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-related-links \/\/ lrv-u-padding-a-050 a-background-color-body-inset-b-2@mobile-max\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/meatloaf.jpg?w=150&#038;h=150&#038;crop=1\"><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>Related story<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Redditors Are Sharing Their Meatloaf Secret Ingredients &amp; These Are the Ones We&#039;re Dying To Try<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p>She and her boyfriend have been together for five years and are trying to organize their next holiday. Mr. Boyfriend has chosen a destination and is &#8220;so excited&#8221; about this family trip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at flights that will likely be at least 9 hours long with business class flights, resort stay, and plenty of experiences,&#8221; the woman who originally posted (the &#8220;OP&#8221;) wrote. &#8220;He makes significantly more than me but we will split the cost of the holiday 50\/50 including my child&#8217;s costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which all sounds well and good, except for the fact that they can&#8217;t agree on how to spend their money. And so now OP has turned to Reddit and is asking the question, &#8220;[Would I be the a-hole] if I left my [13-year-old] child in economy while we flew in business class?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li>\n<h2>The Problem<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_242985570-1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\"><figcaption>\nImage Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So the deal is that OP&#8217;s boyfriend doesn&#8217;t want her kid to sit in the same class as them for the flight. It&#8217;s not that they can&#8217;t get three seats next to each other; it&#8217;s that he wants to be in totally separate sections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He thinks that my child should be grateful to be getting an international trip and just enjoy the movies and whatever other amenities there are on the flight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>The Boyfriend&#8217;s Solution<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_268639249-1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\"><figcaption>\nImage Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what does the boyfriend think would make this all fine?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[He said] they can pop up and visit us whenever in business class,&#8221; OP said, to which commenters pointed out that&#8217;s not really how it works and that other ticket holders (and the flight crew) will get very annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[My boyfriend also said] that it&#8217;s not worth the extra cost, even if he were a millionaire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, OP said she&#8217;d prefer to downgrade her flight to the economy section if her boyfriend is unwilling to split the cost of another business-class seat.<\/p>\n<p>Now she wants to know if she&#8217;s being a helicopter parent and &#8220;stressing over something silly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s weird to sit apart from my child for a 9+ hour flight, even if they&#8217;re comfortable enough on a plane,&#8221; she said. &#8220;[My boyfriend] thinks I&#8217;m being weird for wanting to make that concession and it&#8217;s not a big deal for child to fly alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>What&#8217;s The Boyfriend&#8217;s Deal?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_429185982-1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\"><figcaption>\nImage Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OP eventually went back and edited her post to give more context for why her boyfriend is against this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has a view that children might not appreciate the value of business class and that his parents went on business class while he flew economy on his own,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He absolutely wants to enjoy the business class for himself for the long haul on a nice plane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s fine with me sitting in economy also or bumping up my child at my own cost. Even though he disagrees morally and thinks I&#8217;m being kind of silly, he would accept it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>But!<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_282387644-1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\"><figcaption>\nImage Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OP also felt the need to leave a p.s. saying that finances aren&#8217;t normally an issue, saying her boyfriend has spent &#8220;plenty of money and time&#8221; on her child for birthdays and the likes.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Reddit&#8217;s Reaction<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_246476033-1.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\"><figcaption>\nImage Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OK, so to answer the original question: Yes, OP would be an a-hole if she went along with her boyfriend&#8217;s plan. But the clear AH here is the boyfriend! Thousands of Redditors are getting in on the conversation and pointing out all the problems and red flags.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;YWBTA if you travel in a different class from your child. Yes, a 13-year-old can travel in a different class fine. Heck, they could travel alone. But there&rsquo;s just something unsettling about a parent being on the same flight but in a different seat class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&rsquo;s unsettling because it&rsquo;s planned. If it happened unintentionally I think everyone could roll with it. But deliberately putting your 13-year-old far away from you because it&rsquo;s a waste of money is very unsettling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sit in economy with your kid. Let your boyfriend sit in business class alone. If you start letting him exclude your kid he will think it&#8217;s okay and continue pushing that boundary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If &#8216;it&#8217;s not worth the extra cost,&#8217; there&#8217;s no reason for any of you to be in business class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Family&#8217; trip &#8230; Sounds like your BF would rather have your kid stay at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I&#8217;m all for letting children earn their privileges because that gives them a self of accomplishment and teaches them to make decisions early on, this ain&#8217;t it chief. That&#8217;s like going on a family trip by car but letting your kid ride the bus instead because he won&#8217;t be able to appreciate the leather seats on my Mercedes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a human person, a woman, and a mother &hellip; what the actual f*ck are you doing here? You need to take a step back and really take a look at the 500 red flags you just danced around while telling this story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s about so much more than the boyfriend being stingy. It&#8217;s about him thinking it&#8217;s OK to exclude a child and leave them in an unfamiliar environment just for his own comfort and to teach some kind of BS lesson.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/parenting\/slideshow\/2840329\/reddit-aita-man-girlfriend-kid-separate-class-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally we&#8217;d go into a whole thing about family vacation drama and all that can go wrong. 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