'Meanwhile the kid is still screaming': Entitled mom demands a plane passenger scooch over for her family of 4 despite crowding the aisle with her two young kids under 4-years-old

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 8, 2024 6:00 AM EST

Traveling for Thanksgiving weekend with your two small children is no small feat, but when this entitled mother got huffy with her fellow passengers on the plane, one man refused to yield to her every whim. Because let's be honest, traveling is tough on everybody, not just moms.

Sometimes life is uncomfortable–it's a simple reality–but when you're sardined on a plane after the Thanksgiving holidays and a couple of toddlers are screaming and kicking your chair for the entire flight, even Mother Teresa's patience would wear thin. Strangely, parents seem to lose all sense of decorum when they travel, and suddenly, their 'well-behaved angels' are more like hellion banshees determined to damage everyone's ear drums while invading their fellow passengers' personal space. So when this mother of two had spent the entire 4-hour flight letting her kids rampage through the aisles, nobody was shocked when u/Logic-Bomb1989 stood his ground instead of attempting to accommodate her entitled requests.

When her two young children crawled over the seats and over-crowded the de-planing aisle, this sassy passenger wasn't about to give an inch to let this mom have a shred of breathing room… 

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    AITA for not moving out of the way while getting off the plane for a tantrum throwing child (not mine)?
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    Everyone knows the joy of deplaning after a long Thanksgiving weekend. This flight was four hours long and understandably when we reached the gate everyone was ready to deplane. I was in
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    an aisle seat so I stood up to get my bag from above, as did the gentleman across from me and those in front of me. A mother with two kids (maybe 3 & 4?) behind me let both of them crawl over their seats and join both her and
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    her husband in the aisle as well, which made things very crowded. The youngest crammed himself between me and his sister and started throwing an absolute tantrum- pushing his sister,
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    yelling at his dad who was trying to pick him up (saying "let me go! I hate you dad!" To which his mom replied in a sing song voice "we don't talk to daddy that way [insert kid's name]."
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    The people in the aisles behind this mess moved back to their seats to make room for the little girl he was pushing back and the mom - in a much sterner voice than what she used with her
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    tantrum throwing child, asked me "can you please move your body out of his way?" At first I assumed she was talking to her husband because he was crammed in the aisle too. But when she
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    said it again and tapped on my shoulder I realized she was talking to me. I couldn't move forward because there were people in the row ahead of me grabbing their bags, and I still needed to get my bag down as well.
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    Meanwhile the kid is still screaming. So I simply said- "I'm sorry- I need to get my bag" to which she responded - "well your bt is in his face!"
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    At that point I wasn't going to sit back down in my seat to accommodate her family of four crowding into the aisle. So I stayed, grabbed my bag, and deplaned. AITA for refusing to move out of the way?
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    Sprigganzee Dismissing her child's behavior entirely with a teasing tone instead of disciplining his behavior and taking her frustration out on you. tsk tsk tsk. she can learn to be patient. You weren't in the way, she's just entitled. The people farther up the plane get off first. Thats just how it be.
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    Evamione Generally parents with small or poorly behaving children wait until everyone deplanes and then gets their stuff and gets off. You get special boarding and get to get on first because you need more space and time when wrangling and you have to wait and get off last for more space and time as well.
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    NoRazzmatazz564 NTA. The parents created the problem. You were doing what everyone normally does in a plane. Doing what she asked would just further encourage her entitlement
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    az22hctac "Then maybe you would all be more comfortable back in your seats?" NTA
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    Aware Welcome_8866 I was all ready to judge you as the ahole, until I read about the attitude the mom gave you. NTA. Not all people have small children and may not know what would be helpful, so you ask - nicely. NTA.
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    dls9543 What would have been helpful is for the kids to stay in seats so adults can get bags.
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    CountessMo NTA entitled mommy can correct her child's behavior, not impose on a stranger who had every right to be where they're standing. I hate that sh & I probably wouldn't have been polite enough to say "sorry" during any part of that.
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