'She was livid': Husband trades seats with a mother and her crying baby on a long flight to 'teach his wife a lesson'

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    Font - AITA for giving a mother with a crying baby my seat near my wife to teach her a lesson?
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    Font - So my wife and I recently went on a trip together payed for by her dad. He flew us to Hawaii with first class seats. We had a great time. My wife is used to travel while I'm les experienced with plane travel, this was the first time I flew first class. On our way back home, we were sat near the back we're by the border between us and the "undesirables". A mother and her baby were one of the first to board and the poor baby was not having a good time. I felt even worse got the mother as I
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    Font - While I felt sympathy, my wife was mad. She kept making comments about how our flight was going to be miserable as the best. Her completing went on for the longest time. She kept saying that the mother was irresponsible and if she doesn't know how to calm her baby, she shouldn't be taking it on a plane. I tried to tell her to calm down as it's not that serious but she wasn't having it. Eventually I got tired of that, so I offered to go speak to the mom for my wife. She said she would be h
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    Font - I went back in between boarding groups and told the mother that if she wanted, I would give her my first class seat so she can kick her feet up and that may be more comfortable for her and the baby. She didn't want to initially but I insisted and her husband encouraged her to take it. She took her baby up to first class and I got series of angry texts from my wife.
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    Font - So I felt like this was not a huge deal as my wife brought noise canceling headphones. And the other people in first class most likely do as well. And if they don't, they have normal headphones and can simply block out the baby. It's 2023, not 1990. We're not living in the Stone Age.
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    Font - The baby cried for maybe a cumulative 30 minutes on an 8 hour flight. So barely at all. When my wife and I met up, she was livid. She told me that I ruined her flight and ruined the end of the trip for her. I told her that she's overreacting to something that's only mildly annoying. She has refused to drop this. AITA?
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    Font - RandomGuy_81 · 3 hr. ago · edited 2 hr. ago I 1 Yta lol teach your wife a lesson Dont stay married to her if you need to do petty things At least they can save money in the future not getting a first class ticket for you
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    Font - StrangledInMoonlight 1 hr. ago Partassipant [3] Also...he's the AH to the entire first class when he knowingly brought a screaming baby into their section. *Please note, yes, babies are permitted in first class, but when the baby isn't in first class, and you bring it in first class while it's screaming, to teach your wife a lesson, you are an AH to that entire section of the plane.
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    Rectangle - Sghetti And Butter - 1 hr. ago Was his wife not an AH to complain about a baby crying for so long? At some point the complaining would be more annoying than the baby
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    Font - SghettiAndButter . 49 min. ago You can complain, that's normal. But from his point it made it seem like she was complaining way more than a normal amount. There's limits to how much you can complain about something before you're just being really annoying to whoever you're talking too.
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    Rectangle - Particular_Bison3275 48 min. ago My thoughts exactly! she just became a second crying baby! Might as well group them in one spot.
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    Rectangle - Ok_Obligation_6110 - 1 hr. ago There's no airline rules that prevent a parent from being in first class. In this case, yes as it's not her ticket, but babies are allowed in first class. It's not like having a dog.
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    Font - NotTwitchy 53 min. ago. edited 24 min. ago 1 I Oh no! Won't anyone think of the monied gentry?! Their flight was slightly worse than it would have been if they hadn't had to deal with a commoner.
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    Font - Aethelete 1 hr. ago Yeah... I can't imagine any first- crew encouraging a swap like that, what he did to his wife, he did to the whole cabin. YTA.
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    Font - grimmcild 1 hr. ago It really isn't a husband or wife's job to "teach lessons" or "punish" one another. It's degrading and not what an equal partnership should consist of.
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    Font - myhairsOnfire2 - 53 min. ago edited 35 min. ago YTA. You seem to be confused about what your position is, so I'll explain it to you. You're not her parent. You're not her teacher. You're not her boss. You're not her trial judge. You're her husband. I feel so sorry for your wife.

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