“How Very 1950s Of You”: Woman Gets A Reality Check After Taking Husband’s First Class Seat And Making Him Fly Coach

being old-fashioned is not a bad thing as long as it's going both ways. I'm just wondering how close all the co-workers were. did everyone get together on occasion, or was it an awkward flight around strangers? if everyone was not close, then why the need to be in first class where it's obvious the husband should have been with his group? if it was just going to take a couple hours a book would have made the time fly. after that the rest of the time together and the flight back could have been enjoyed with each other.

Old fashioned? You mean selfish.

OP's account deleted. Looking at comments, I see several harsh replies from "deleted OP". They were trolling themself.

Whatever. I grew up with gender roles. Parents born during the depression. I learned from my mom. She put up with it to a certain extent. She had her own money as she worked while raising 3 kids. Yes my father made the money but she also made hers working various secretarial jobs. He never told her no. Except once. At 80 & 82 they were invited to go to a friend's house for the 4th July. Dad didn't want to go. She did. She flat out told me she will go w/o him. They went. Lol. She won every argument. My mom was the greatest

She had mentioned that even though they could it would've been a strain. I know it's just a guess but let's say they did and they only had $30 for the rest of the month or two. You have to look at it and think is it worth it for a couple hour flight? Plus you have no idea what might happen in-between paychecks, heaven forbid.

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Awesome, I wanna go there and verbally b***h slap her too

I actually agree with this. I'm not saying she should have acted "entitled" but, seriously, what man feels good about sending his wife to lower class accommodations, when they could have made it work? The extra dough would have been worth it to make his wife feel important.

They obviously can't afford it comfortably, the post already implied so, but it's also obvious because the husband rode coach instead of buying a first class ticket for himself after giving up his seat for his wife.

Why do you assume the seat was even available next to him? What if it had been purchased by the company for the other coworkers who were also selected for the conference?

I think the fact that it was a work trip makes it acceptable for him to have that seat. Period. He could still be a good man & have kept the seat. If it was a vacation things would be different. I hope you aren't implying he wouldn't be a good man if he didn't give up the seat.