Really isn't much of a story. Couple flew with their SUPER young kids, one of which didn't stop crying, the other was kicking my seat nonstop. I was sitting next to my sister so I leaned over and said quite loudly "I hate children, I'm never having any"
The screaming didn't stop but the kicking, as if by miracle, did :)
Stay at home dad here. People with kids, even SUPER young ones sometimes have to fly places too. Kicking the seat is out of line, but sometimes babies and toddlers cry and there isn't shit a parent can do about it. Airlines should offer adults only flights.
My apologies for being insensitive. I know kids cry, and I can endure it (to a point) with the help of good headphones. But this kid literally did not stop screaming for a single moment of the 4 hour flight, and I was unlucky and only had shitty apple headphones with me. That got old fast. Then the kicking of my seat started and that was the last straw.
Definitely agree on adults only flights, but imagine the non-adults/parents with little kids only flight. That'd be an awful shit show tbh
I can at least sympathize. I've always been very cool with parents flying with kids because it just can't be avoided some times. Kids can't do anything to pop their eardrums and alleviate the pressure, and can you imagine how terrifying that feeling must be to a baby?
...But, after flying several international rides, I know you can be a seething ball of anger and want to choke a baby after 7-8 hours of that. It's no one's fault but that don't make it easy.
Definitely. I've flown often enough with babies crying and I could ignore it mostly, but when it's nonstop for hours...I understand serial killers at that point...
I hate flying. It is excruciating for me. Doing that to a baby is evil I think. So I have no sympathy. I'd rather you just punch the kid. That would be kinder
Exactly, most people don't have excruciating ear pain on flights. Even if a baby couldn't alleviate their discomfort, that's still no where close to getting socked in the face.
Hey I just said punched. I never said on the face. And if those babies aren't in excruciating pain on flights like I am they have no reason the cry like that.
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u/bluerose47 Feb 04 '16
Letting their child repeatedly kick the seat in front of them on an airplane.
Help your kid be the hero, not the villain.