Woman Gets Called A “Jerk” For Ignoring A Man With Autism On A Plane

Traveling is a thrilling experience, but it can quickly turn stressful if you don’t feel safe or have things go wrong. And to make matters worse, navigating social situations can be especially tricky when you’re not feeling 100% mentally. This is what happened to one 19-year-old woman who was flying alone and hooking up with the 12th row of her plane when she started getting irritated by the guy next to her.

He was in his 20s, autistic, and clearly fascinated with making conversation. While the author sympathized with him, she quickly became drained by his excessive talking. So much so that she eventually ignored him completely and this led to a conflict that tested her limits. The Redditor who wrote the story , GroupProjectsAre, asked people on ‘Am I the [Jerk]?’ whether or not she handled the situation properly.

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She told them: “I was exhausted because I only got four hours of sleep before the flight so I could sleep on the plane, but this guy (we’ll call him C) keeps trying to make conversation. C starts off by telling me he’s autistic, and then asking me if I like K-pop and he keeps nonstop talking and rarely gives me a chance to speak, not that I wanted to.”

Read on for the whole story below, which might make you reconsider how you interact with strangers on airplanes.

A woman faces backlash after snubbing an autistic man on an airplane – is she in the wrong?

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19F brushed off an autistic 20-something on a 11-hour flight, only to get called a “jerk”

A woman ignored a man with autism on a flight but he kept on talking

A woman got called a “jerk” for politely declining a conversation with a man with autism on an airplane.

The woman ignores the man with autism some more and that’s when he gets irritated and starts to yell ‍♀️

The woman got ‘called out’ for ignoring a man with autism on a plane

AITA for ignoring an Autistic man on my flight?

A 19-year-old woman was exhausted from only getting four hours of sleep before her 11-hour flight. When she met an Autistic man in her row, he started a conversation that she tried to politely end five separate times, but he didn’t understand.

Finally, she snapped, and he spiraled into a self-hating rant. Feeling bad afterward, she ignored him, which led to him yelling and ultimately her being moved away.

Did she go too far, or was her behavior justified? Let’s discuss and find out.