cmdunn1972
11-24-2006, 06:14 AM
It's a traveling parent's worst nightmare. What I'd been dreading for weeks actually happened.
We had been planning on flying from Newark to Denver for months. DH, my ILs, DS, and I all left on the Wed before Thanksgiving to visit my SIL in Colorado for the weekend. We bought a seat for DS and brought along the Britax MA. The MA is huge, though it fits if you raise the armrest. It just sits really high.
We tried RF first since that's the easiest way to install it. Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about him kicking the seat in front of him. The problem was, DS complained because there was not enough room for his feet. Plus, the guy in front of DS wouldn't be able to recline his seat at all. So, we turned it around. DS stopped fussing.
FFing, DS had a little more room for his feet and the passenger in front of him could recline a little more. However, even if he moved his legs just a little bit, DS could "kick" the seat in front of him. Not ideal, but no worries. He wasn't being malicious and I've learned to pick my battles.
My first clue that the passenger in front of us was a jerk was him moving from the window seat directly in front of DS to the empty seat right in front of me. (I was slightly relieved thinking that I wouldn't have to worry about DS annoying him. Problem over, right? Wrong!) While we waited for the delayed takeoff, DS started getting restless, so I played peek-a-boo with him using a little puppet white mouse that MIL gave him for the flight. DS got a little exicted over the game and swung his legs a bit, but at least he was happy. Besides, no one was in the seat in front of him anymore.
Apparently, that wasn't good enough for jerk guy. He had the gall to whip his head around and tell DH that we were bad parents because we allowed DS to kick the seat in front of him! WTH?!? DH, furious, asked the guy if he had children. He said, "No." DH said, "If you ever had kids, you'd understand."
I wanted to continually kick his seat myself for the rest of the 4.5 hour flight, but I didn't have the nerve. Jerk guy might have slugged me once we got to Denver.
DH and I did spend some of the flight talking loudly amongst ourselves about how the guy was a loser who didn't have kids because he couldn't find a woman to marry him. }(
Jerk guy hustled off the plane as soon as the flight was over, so there was no confrontation in Denver.
Thanks for letting me vent! DH and I are still appalled that this single, childless guy had the nerve to try to tell us how to parent our 19 month old in this situation. (!!)
We had been planning on flying from Newark to Denver for months. DH, my ILs, DS, and I all left on the Wed before Thanksgiving to visit my SIL in Colorado for the weekend. We bought a seat for DS and brought along the Britax MA. The MA is huge, though it fits if you raise the armrest. It just sits really high.
We tried RF first since that's the easiest way to install it. Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about him kicking the seat in front of him. The problem was, DS complained because there was not enough room for his feet. Plus, the guy in front of DS wouldn't be able to recline his seat at all. So, we turned it around. DS stopped fussing.
FFing, DS had a little more room for his feet and the passenger in front of him could recline a little more. However, even if he moved his legs just a little bit, DS could "kick" the seat in front of him. Not ideal, but no worries. He wasn't being malicious and I've learned to pick my battles.
My first clue that the passenger in front of us was a jerk was him moving from the window seat directly in front of DS to the empty seat right in front of me. (I was slightly relieved thinking that I wouldn't have to worry about DS annoying him. Problem over, right? Wrong!) While we waited for the delayed takeoff, DS started getting restless, so I played peek-a-boo with him using a little puppet white mouse that MIL gave him for the flight. DS got a little exicted over the game and swung his legs a bit, but at least he was happy. Besides, no one was in the seat in front of him anymore.
Apparently, that wasn't good enough for jerk guy. He had the gall to whip his head around and tell DH that we were bad parents because we allowed DS to kick the seat in front of him! WTH?!? DH, furious, asked the guy if he had children. He said, "No." DH said, "If you ever had kids, you'd understand."
I wanted to continually kick his seat myself for the rest of the 4.5 hour flight, but I didn't have the nerve. Jerk guy might have slugged me once we got to Denver.
DH and I did spend some of the flight talking loudly amongst ourselves about how the guy was a loser who didn't have kids because he couldn't find a woman to marry him. }(
Jerk guy hustled off the plane as soon as the flight was over, so there was no confrontation in Denver.
Thanks for letting me vent! DH and I are still appalled that this single, childless guy had the nerve to try to tell us how to parent our 19 month old in this situation. (!!)