{"id":62631,"date":"2025-06-04T07:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62631"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:55:40","slug":"i-wouldnt-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62631","title":{"rendered":"I Wouldn\u2019t Give"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-124-853x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-124-853x1024.png 853w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-124-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-124-768x922.png 768w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-124.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had paid extra for that seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a long international flight, and I chose an aisle seat near the front so I could stretch my legs and deplane quickly. As a tall guy, the thought of a middle seat for ten hours was unthinkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boarding was smooth\u2014until a woman carrying a baby asked, \u201cWould you switch seats so I can sit by my husband? I\u2019m in 32B.\u201d A middle seat, last row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-125.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-125.png 522w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-125-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I politely declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She sighed loudly, muttering, \u201cWow, okay.\u201d Nearby passengers stared. One man said, \u201cCome on, man, she\u2019s a mom.\u201d But I stayed firm. I had planned ahead, paid more, and wasn\u2019t responsible for the airline splitting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the flight felt tense. After landing, she filed a complaint, pointing at me, calling me selfish. Her husband chimed in, accusing me of lacking decency. Even airport security got involved\u2014eventually escorting her away for causing a scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back, I don\u2019t regret it. I wasn\u2019t unkind. I drew a boundary. Flying is stressful enough\u2014entitlement just makes it worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you have given up your seat? Let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62625\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had paid extra for that seat. It was a long international flight, and I chose an aisle seat near the front so I could stretch my&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62634,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62631\/revisions\/62634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}