Picture this: you’re on a flight, excited to visit your family, and you’ve scored the perfect aisle seat to avoid feeling claustrophobic. Just as you’re getting settled in, a mother with two young kids approaches you and asks to switch seats. But there’s a catch – her seat is a window seat, and she expects you to babysit her kids during the flight! Would you do it? One passenger faced this exact situation and decided to stand their ground. Let’s dive into their story…
A Familiar Story

The Perfect Seat ️

Enter the Mother ♀️

Window Seat Dilemma ♀️

Persistent Mom

Babysitting Duties?

Huffy Mom Retreats

Kids Start Arguing

Mom Returns

Standing Their Ground

Flight Attendant to the Rescue ♀️

Seat Swap Shuffle

Family’s Verdict ️

Not My Responsibility ♀️

Helping in Emergencies

Babysitting on a Plane? Not Today!
So, our protagonist finds themselves in a sticky situation – a mother demanding they switch seats and babysit her kids on a flight. They refuse, sticking to their aisle seat and ignoring the kids’ arguments. When the mom confronts them, they stand their ground, insisting it’s not their responsibility to watch someone else’s children. ✋ The flight attendant eventually finds a solution, and everyone gets to their destination. But the question remains: were they in the wrong? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this dilemma…
NTA- No obligation to switch seats or babysit stranger’s kids ♀️


Passive-aggressive behavior leads to chaos on a plane

Flight attendant and passengers fail to show common courtesy ♀️

Commenter criticizes entitled parent for making flying experience worse. ♀️

Commenter calls out OP for repetitive argument, advises kindness.

Debate over switching seats on a plane for a stranger’s kids ️


Flight seat mix-ups can be frustrating, but kindness goes far ✌️
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OP is called out for being selfish and inconsiderate.
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Mom demands stranger babysit her kids on plane, internet says NTA.

Being kind to a mom in need on a plane ✈️ ♀️


Passenger refuses to switch seats and gets called out for lack of common courtesy ♀️

Passenger refuses to switch seats with mom, YTA according to comment.

Airline splits mom from young kids, stranger babysits, NAH.

Flight drama: Passenger and mother argue over babysitting responsibilities. ESH.

Passenger refuses to help with kids, causing chaos on plane ♀️

Mom demands stranger babysit her kids on a plane ♀️, but is she the only one to blame? ESH

Passenger refuses to switch seats due to ‘claustrophobia’
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Flying can be stressful enough without entitled parents demanding strangers babysit

Passenger refuses to switch seats, but mom could have asked attendants ♀️


Passenger refuses to switch seats with mom, is called selfish YTA/ESH.
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Passenger shares experience with entitled mom on a flight. ♀️

Switching seats on a plane can lead to unexpected charges

Airlines worker explains why ESH in this common situation ✈️

Passenger stands up to entitled mother on plane
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Commenter questions the meaning of ‘claustrophobic’; reply likens it to misuse of ‘OCD’.

Passenger criticized for not accommodating mother’s request on flight ✈️

Passenger refuses to switch seats on a plane. YTA verdict.

Passenger relieved to get a good seat, not responsible for babysitting ♂️

Airline should seat families together without extra fees.

Commenter calls out lack of empathy in demanding babysitting.

Commenter calls out entitled parents on a plane ♀️

Lack of compassion earns YTA comment an F-bomb

Passenger refuses to babysit stranger’s kids on a plane ♀️. Family supports absurd demand ♂️.

Don’t expect strangers to babysit your kids on a plane ♀️

Passenger criticized for not helping with unsupervised kids on plane ✈️

Traveling requires empathy, even when it’s not required. YTA ♀️

Commenter asserts responsibility and boundaries on plane seating.

Awkward encounter on a plane. ESH but mom takes the cake

Airline worker defends flight attendants, criticizes lack of cooperation.
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Refusing to switch seats on a plane: YTA or NTA?

Parent acknowledges the challenges of traveling with kids on planes.

Airline’s seat change policy causes chaos, passenger demands babysitting assistance

Mom demands stranger babysit her kids on a plane ♀️

Passenger criticized for not being helpful on a flight

Airline seating dispute leaves unclear who’s the a**hole

Flight etiquette: ask politely and involve the flight attendant. ✈️

Commenter supports the mom’s actions.

Don’t expect strangers to babysit your kids for free ♀️
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Airline seating policies for young children debated. ✈️
