{"id":18216,"date":"2025-11-14T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=18216"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:32:01","slug":"the-man-in-front-of-me-reclined-his-seat-so-i-gave-him-a-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=18216","title":{"rendered":"The Man in Front of Me Reclined His Seat \u2014 So I Gave Him a Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&nbsp;was <strong>4&nbsp;months pregnant<\/strong> on&nbsp;a&nbsp;long-haul flight, crammed into an&nbsp;aisle seat I\u2019d booked weeks in&nbsp;advance near the front for easier bathroom access. The second we&nbsp;were in&nbsp;the air, the man in&nbsp;front of&nbsp;me&nbsp;slammed his seat back so&nbsp;hard it&nbsp;almost hit my&nbsp;small bump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&nbsp;tapped him and explained, \u2018<strong>I\u2019m pregnant, could you move it&nbsp;up&nbsp;just a&nbsp;little<\/strong>?\u2019 Without even looking at&nbsp;me, he&nbsp;muttered, \u2018<strong>Buy first class next time<\/strong>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So&nbsp;for the next two hours, every time&nbsp;I needed to&nbsp;shift or&nbsp;stand&nbsp;up (which was often), I&nbsp;used his seat as&nbsp;leverage&nbsp;\u2014 pushing it&nbsp;hard enough that he\u2019d jolt awake. He&nbsp;snapped at&nbsp;me&nbsp;once, \u2018Stop touching my&nbsp;seat!\u2019 I&nbsp;smiled and said sweetly, \u2018Sorry, <a href=\"https:\/\/brightside.me\/tags\/pregnancy\/\">pregnancy<\/a> makes me&nbsp;move a&nbsp;lot.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the remaining free hours, he&nbsp;kept turning his head around, glaring at&nbsp;me&nbsp;with an&nbsp;angry face, as&nbsp;if&nbsp;trying to&nbsp;burn holes through&nbsp;me, while&nbsp;I calmly sipped my&nbsp;water in&nbsp;the aisle seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&nbsp;was 4&nbsp;months pregnant on&nbsp;a&nbsp;long-haul flight, crammed into an&nbsp;aisle seat I\u2019d booked weeks in&nbsp;advance near the front for easier bathroom access. The second we&nbsp;were in&nbsp;the air, the man&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":182,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18218,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18216\/revisions\/18218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}