\u201cI was 4 months pregnant on a long-haul flight, crammed into an aisle seat I\u2019d booked weeks in advance near the front for easier bathroom access. The second we were in the air, the man in front of me slammed his seat back so hard it almost hit my small bump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tapped him and explained, \u2018I\u2019m pregnant, could you move it up just a little?\u2019 Without even looking at me, he muttered, \u2018Buy first class next time.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So for the next two hours, every time I needed to shift or stand up (which was often), I used his seat as leverage \u2014 pushing it hard enough that he\u2019d jolt awake. He snapped at me once, \u2018Stop touching my seat!\u2019 I smiled and said sweetly, \u2018Sorry, pregnancy makes me move a lot.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the remaining free hours, he kept turning his head around, glaring at me with an angry face, as if trying to burn holes through me, while I calmly sipped my water in the aisle seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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