Redditor Switches Seats With A Mother And Her Crying Baby To "Teach His Wife A Lesson" After Complaining About It

"She took her baby up to first class and I got series of angry texts from my wife."

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Published in Interesting
May 10, 2023

Redditor Switches Seats With A Mother And Her Crying Baby To "Teach His Wife A Lesson" After Complaining About It

A crying baby is the last thing anyone wants to see on a flight. You know you will be stuck with that chaos for several hours, and it usually makes your experience a little worse, depending on the circumstances.

You can hate it all you want, but there isn't really anything you can do about it. We were all babies once and probably bothered a lot of people; it's part of the human experience.

Thankfully, we have the technology today that can block out crying babies, so no one has the right to complain anymore. Many airlines offer them as part of the flight experience so you can spontaneously block out unwanted sounds.

A Redditor who goes by the username u/TaxRightoffer made a post on the r/AmItheA**hole subReddit where he explained how he decided to "punish" his wife while on a flight after her prior comments about a crying baby. The user switched seats with the woman and her baby to "teach his wife a lesson" on an 8-hour flight.

The wife's reaction made Op doubt how he handled things, so he decided to consult with the Reddit community. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

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Here's the original post by Reddit user u/TaxRightoffer:

OP's wife called the mother irresponsible and kept complaining about her baby.

OP ended up switching seats with the mother and her crying baby, which his wife didn't take well.

OP didn't perceive what he did as a big deal since his wife had noise-canceling headphones.

The wife's reaction made OP doubt his decision, so he decided to consult with the Reddit community.

OP thinks he might be the a-hole for the reason below:

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/TaxRightoffer's post:

Many users suspect the story is not even real.

These stories always seem to have the same ending.

There are better ways to solve a disagreement.

That's the only lesson the wife learned that day.

OP's wife is not a child that should be "taught a lesson."

"You were on a free trip paid for by her father and decided you need to be a petty bastard."

That's one lesson she probably learned that day.

OP could only be interested in the free trips.

OP won't get any first-class tickets in the future anymore.

The airline would not allow something like that to happen.

Both OP and his wife are in the wrong here.

Considering OP's behavior, she will think twice before traveling with him next time.

Weaponizing a baby is definitely a-hole behavior.

"You used a mother and her child who were probably already stressed as a pawn in your weird game."

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