One little tweet has sent the internet into a tizzy. Was a man’s decision to spend the flight standing in the aisle so his wife could sleep a noble and valiant act of love or crass and selfish move?
We don’t know the flight, the airline, or the date this occurred. In fact, we don’t know if this happened at all or was just the fiction of a wistful romantic on Twitter.
But for our discussion today, it doesn’t really matter. Let’s just pretend it happened.
This guy stood up the whole 6 hours so his wife could sleep. Now THAT is love. pic.twitter.com/Vk9clS9cCj
— Courtney Lee Johnson (@courtneylj_) September 6, 2019
People have reacted to this story in two different ways. Some are heaping praise on the man for being selfless and kind.
But others are calling his wife selfish or mocking the two for not sitting in the “lap lay” position (woman lays on the man’s lap). Some are saying the man was rude for blocking the aisle and may have been a safety hazard.
I think the safety hazard charge is a bit of a stretch. Frankly, I think it was a nice gesture. But six hours is a long time to stand and strikes me as a bit unnecessary…sort of Jack and Rose like in Titanic:
Would you stand six hours on a flight for the person you love?
Yes, I would.
Without reservation. However, I will say, she would probably rather sleep on my shoulder than laying down. Tall people problems.
I’m more in the camp of she’s rude for having her bare feet on the seats.
I couldn’t even convince my wife to take my biz class seat in exchange for her coach seat on PEK-LAX.
Even if I tried to stand for 6 hours, she’d think I was nuts! I’d do it for her tho…
I’m sitting in my window seat, MIA-Asunción thinking I might have poor man’s first class and here comes a woman eyeing my row. Grrrrr.
A few minutes later she returns. Grrrr. May I sit in this (aisle) seat?
“I guess” (dammit).
Turns out she had just done SYD-MIA and was on her way south to Asunción. She was totally wiped out and sitting upright was not going to do it. She stretched out and slept like Goldilocks for a long time and it was a little strange having a strange woman’s head right next to my leg-BUT I GOT OVER IT!
It was great having a local show me around Asunción . She was a forced of nature and knew everyone. No, no shenanigans at all. She was married.
This woman couldn’t ask her hubby for two seats and he sits in the third?
So apparently the only empty seat on the entire plane was the one in their row of seats? Ok then.
Totally inappropriate not to mention extremely selfish in respect of other passengers: I wouldn’t want his butt in my face for 6 minutes let alone 6 hours. Creepy.
Love the Titanic reference.
Flying to DIA a few years ago, I was near the very rear of the plane. Last few seats. Of course a restroom line forms. I was in an aisle seat, and hovering DIRECTLY a few feet over my cup of water… Was an underarm of some guy wearing a short sleeve shirt… bracing himself against the overhead bins.
That annoyed the hell out of me. I don’t watch love story movies or anything, but my heart is warmed when I hear / see something like the above. However, if I was near that guy, as much as it is very sweet… It would have drove me nuts.