A mum was verbally abused by a fellow plane passenger after she booked her toddler a first class seat - despite the child being perfectly behaved the entire flight. As reported by the Mirror, the parent explained that her three-year-old daughter has 'flown a lot through her short life' and has never once caused a fuss while travelling, this flight included.
However, the woman was confronted by a man mid-flight who said that the youngster wasn't allowed in first class, adding that he 'pays too much money' for a premium seat to be 'surrounded by children'. Posting to Reddit about the incident, the unnamed mum wrote: "My husband, toddler (almost 3) and I were flying across the country for Thanksgiving. Since we could afford it due to a nice pay raise my husband recently got, we decided to splurge on 1st class tickets for the trip.
"My toddler has always been a good flyer and has flown a lot throughout her short life. She's never been disruptive or cried on an airplane, this flight included. She's good at staying in her seat and tells us when she a needs to go potty, food, a toy, etc. She stayed seated and quietly playing throughout the flight, only getting up when she had to go potty."
Despite the little one being very well-behaved and causing no disruption, one passenger was fuming at the mum for having her in first class and complained to cabin crew.
The mum continued: "The issue was with another 1st class passenger. We boarded early since my husband is disabled and when another 1st class passenger saw us he started glaring.
"We take off and all is good. My kid fell asleep in the middle of coloring [sic], husband is snoozing. I'm listening to music when I get a tap on my shoulder. It was the guy that glared at us as he boarded and before I could even get a word out he told me that children weren't allowed in 1st class and that we needed to move to our 'real' seats".
Not wanting to escalate the situation and feeling 'uncomfortable', the parent asked a member of the flight crew if she would deal with the man's complaint.
"The flight attendant came and explained to him that we were in the correct seats that we paid for and asked that he sit back down and not bother us again. He did go back to his seat but as we were getting off the plane he whispered to me that I was a 'fat c***' and that he pays too much money for first class to be surrounded by children."
Asking others for advice, the mum concluded: "My kid was the only kid in 1st class and she didn't misbehave or even cry so at first I felt like I was in the right, but after talking to family at Thanksgiving many of them told me that we should book economy next time because people pay extra to relax in 1st class. Are we really a******s for flying 1st class with our toddler?"
Many people were quick to defend the mum in the comments section, with one user replying: "Even if your child did cry, it wouldn't have mattered because you paid and are entitled to the seats you paid for... if they don't want to be around children/other people that bad - they should fly private".
Another wrote: "I can understand why he would initially be wary and upset, but he frankly should have calmed the f down once it became apparent that your toddler was just sleeping peacefully like anyone else.
"And since you know that your kid is a good flyer, there's no reason not to sit first class if you can".
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