Mother riding a crowded bus refuses to move for an entitled pregnant woman who demands two seats, feels regret, but internet supports her decision: ‘You didn’t do anything wrong.’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Feb 1, 2026 2:00 PM EST

Due to the recent snowstorm in most of the U.S., many people who usually drive are taking the bus because they do not want to shovel out their car and risk losing their parking spot. This made the daily commute for this mother crowded. She was fine with sharing the bus, but an entitled pregnant woman wasn't… 

However, if there is one person you should not mess with, it's a mother. Even if you are a mother-to-be, you still do not mess with a veteran mother. This one took the bus often and was already annoyed about how packed her daily commute on the bus became. But, just like everyone else, she dealt with it because she understood that we live in a society. That means sometimes having to share your space. 

This young pregnant woman thought growing a person inside of her was a unique experience and it meant it was always her way or the highway. Since the snowstorm sent everyone to the bus, including herself, she decided she needed the most space and was taking up two seats. When the mother who usually takes the bus came on spotted the extra seat with this other woman's bag on it, she politely asked if she could move it so she could sit there. 

The pregnant woman begrudgingly did so, but was not happy about. So she started giving the mother sass. She said she was pregnant and needed space and "couldn't breathe" because she was sitting there. The mother told her she knows how pregnancy works and this is a public bus, if she is having that much difficulty riding on the bus, she shouldn't be on it. She has a seat, and that's all she's entitled to. 

The pregnant woman still wanted more, and when she was getting up to leave, she spilled her water on her and others around her. So entitled!

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  • Mother riding a crowded bus refuses to move for an entitled pregnant woman who demands two seats, feels regret, but internet supports her decision: ‘You didn’t do anything wrong.’
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  • "I don't care if I was the entitled person or not but I honestly don't think I am."

    As I'm sure all of you in the USA know we had a major snow storm recently.
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  • Our area is still pretty much limping along as we dig ourselves out from nearly two feet of snow.
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  • Because of this, the local train system people use in our area was extremely packed last night.
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  • I don't normally like getting on trains this full but had little choice. I get on the train to head home after work and spot a couple of women both covering a seat with their bags.
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  • I politely ask them if they could please move their bags so I can sit down.
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  • The older woman on my left does but the much younger one on my right give me attitude.
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  • She's already sitting down but doesn't want others to sit too apparently. I noticed that she's a larger person so I tried to discreetly notice if maybe she was trying to cover up the fact that perhaps she was occupying more than one seat.
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  • I didn't want to embarrass her if she was. I would have just politely stepped back and acted like I'd changed my mind and thanked her.
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  • She wasn't Filling the seat so I took it. That's when she decided to get difficult.
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  • Girlie decided she needed to lean hard against me for some weird reason because she thought she should have two seats on a crowded train.
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  • I ignored her despite this and pulled out my tablet to play a game until my stop.
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  • After a couple of minutes when this didn't have the effect she wanted the woman decided to up her game.
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  • She tells me that I need to move because I'm making her feel uncomfortable. I'm a woman half her size wearing a parka with the hood covering my head.
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  • I'm staring down at my screen not at her or anywhere else. What am I dong exactly that would make her or anyone else feel uncomfortable?
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  • I looked up at her and she tells me that she can't breath and that's she's pregnant.
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  • I don't know if this make me the entitled one or not but I told her that this did not entitle her to two seats, that I paid to get on this train just like her and I was allowed a seat if I wanted one.
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  • I also told her that she seemed to be breathing just fine and she wasn't entitled to special treatment just because she's pregnant.
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  • I'd given birth myself and wasn't impressed. Basically, I made it clear to her that regardless of how much she bitched and moaned I was not going to give her what she wanted just because she thought she she should have it.
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  • This went on for probably five minutes before I decided I didn't want to engage anymore and just went back to playing my game.
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  • A few minutes later she stood up to get off but just as she passed me this little witch decided it would be ok to pour water on my tablet all because she wasn't allowed to have two seats on a crowded train.
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  • I stood up to shove the still dribbling water bottle out of my direction because she was actually pouring it out on not just me but everyone that was sitting in that row of seats and she was yelling something about maybe next time about giving her a seat or something I honestly didn't care.
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  • I was sorely tempted to slap the girl across the face but that would have made me just as immature at her.
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  • She's assaulted me and tried to destroy my property all because she couldn't have what she wanted.
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  • If she was feeling that claustrophobic why didn't she get off the train then? Why did her issue become my problem?
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  • As I said before, I my have been the entitled one in this situation but I don't regret what I did and no my tablet was not damaged.
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  • You can come at me if you want but honestly don't care. I don't think I did anything wrong.
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  • Mother riding a crowded bus refuses to move for an entitled pregnant woman who demands two seats, feels regret, but internet supports her decision: ‘You didn’t do anything wrong.’
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  • Now, the mother who refused to move is wondering if she was being entitled herself. However, the internet is shutting that down pretty quickly. All of the comments to her story are in support of her decision to stay put and stand her ground. Some are even accusing the young woman of lying about being pregnant and was just being entitled to have two seats. These comments are making the mother feel supported in her choice to stand her ground and hopefully this entitled pregnant woman learned something from this experience. 

  • sawconmahdique She sounds wretched and was probably lying about being pregnant to elicit some empathy. Gross. She's lucky you aren't violent cause that could have gone way worse for her
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  • OP TumbleweedHuman2934 My daughter thought the same thing. it's a weird thing to lie about especially for such a dumb reason.
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  • caregiver 1956 From a distance I'd guess a mental health issue. Still assault and it might actually get her help if you report. Asshat behaviour is not allowed.
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  • OP TumbleweedHuman2934 I did wonder at the mental health issue but then I thought maybe just REALLY immature. She seemed only about late teens early twenties at best. I truly hope she wasn't pregnant for the sake of any child she might bring into the world the way she was acting. That would be a very scary thought.
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  • TangledUpPuppeteer The only thing you did wrong was engage her at any point once you sat down. Let her bitch and whine. Put your headphones in and just don't accept she exists. Outside of that, you may have come across as a tad entitled since you were concerning yourself with her size, but everything after that moment makes it very clear that you were not the entitled one.
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  • OP Tumbleweed Human2934 I only cared about her size because I once was a larger person myself and I didn't want to embarrass her if she needed two seats because she was occupying two seats.
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  • mare__bare You didn't do anything wrong. And if you feel like dealing with it, you can call the train/tram company and complain. They have camera surveillance. ;-)
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  • Head Razzmatazz7174 You were not the entitled one, she was. If the train or bus isn't too crowded and you have room to put your bag next to you, okay, fine. There are other empty seats where I can sit. But when it's that crowded, no. Whether she actually was pregnant or not is irrelevant. She just got pissy because she had to share the row. That's evident by the fact that she decided when she was leaving to start pouring water on everyone in arm's reach. That's just someone who thinks they are t
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  • Mountain_Cod7862 Same thought here, feels like she played the "pregnant" card when she realized guilt wasn't working. Gross move.
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  • SacredFernwood If she really lied about being pregnant, that's messed up. That's not something you joke or manipulate people with.
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  • NYC-WhWmn-ov50 Not you, she's a nasty piece. May she get the day she deserves every day of her life.
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