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Originally Posted by Pangloss62
1. So. I get my 24A window seat and I buckle in and everything is fine. Then this really chirpy blondie woman and her lantern-jawed generic husband thrust this HUGE baby carrier seat toward me. I couldn't tell if they thought the kid would survive a crash in it or what...
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They paid for that seat so they could have a little more room to spread out. Plus, it's safer than holding a kid on her lap. Airline regulations say she has to use a car seat for her kid if they do that. All car seats are that big. Again, it's government regulations. She wanted her husband to be able to sit with them. The airline did a bad job assigning the seats for this flight. Non of this is the family's fault. So the mom talked to you to explain the situation and hoped you would offer to trade seats with the dad. You were within your rights to refuse, but you shouldn't be blaming the parents at all. You had the opportunity to not sit next to the kid, and you chose to keep your precious window seat.
I actually think the mom handled this the best possible way. She used this thing called "communication" to explain the situation to you so you could make an informed decision about what your actions would be. That you chose not to trade seats with the dad and complain about it on the internet, blaming the parents instead of the airline, speaks volumes. If you don't like mingling with the riff-raff, you should fly first class next time.