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I was on a plane recently in a row of three. The person who was sceduled to sit in the window seat was a no show and my husband and I were assigned the aisle and the middle (in a row of three). I moved into the empty window seat so we would have some space to relax (my husband sat at the aisle).
The people we were traveling with, asked why we were not sitting together and asked if we were angry at each other. I noticed other couples did sit together even thought the plane was only half full. What would you do?
DW dearly likes the window, we would probably leave the middle seat empty, I'd take the isle. But if someone were going to be in the middle seat, I'd take that rather than be separated.
I'd move to a more spacious option, and/or to a window seat, every time.
And what other people say and do ALWAYS expresses who THEY are, never has anything to do with who YOU are. So don't pay any attention to others' judgments of you (which they have no right to do anyway), because they don't live in your mind, don't life your life, have no idea what your motivations are, and thus their comments are useless.
Being you, you're doing everything right! Just ignore the distractions.
re my ex -----sure if i dont mind a blank stare at a TV for 4 hrs and a piece of pizza hanging out her mouth. (im sorry i just lash out sometimes but im getting better)
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Oh we'd leave the middle seat empty, no questions asked
We were once offered an upgrade to first class b/c they needed our seats together for a mother and toddler. The gate agent couldn't promise us that she had 1st class seats together. We looked at each other, and then turned to the gate agent and both said the same thing - we've been together for a week and will be together a lot more, 4 hours on the plane in big seats with leg room, sign us up!!
who cares what others think?? I would leave my hubby in economy and run to first class if given a chance. For that matter I would move to a better seat unless he beat me to it; given the chance.
After 19 years of marriage, and numerous vacations and road trips together, OH YEAH I would take a more comfortable seating arrangement in a heartbeat. No one says you have to be joined at the hip and a little personal space after a long vacation can be very welcome. We both read, sleep or listen to music anyway, so what's the difference? We were actually on one flight that only had about 8 people. They encouraged us to spread out evenly to balance out the plane!
We have traveled several times with 3 people. It works out well if one wants to just lay on the beach, and the others go shopping or seashelling. We have also gone with another couple and the couples split up (I like to fish, my hubby likes to shop, the other couple he likes to fish, she shops). We meet back at the end of the day, everybody is happy!
Whatever works for you, go for it and don't worry what strangers think or say.
I would let my wife sit wherever she wants, and then I would sit as near to her as I couild.
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