My boyfriend is simply the sweetest, the most understanding, and the most nonconfrontational person one could ever meet. He stands at a towering twenty-seven years old and a majestic 6’4″ in height – a true gentle giant.
We were on a plane, on our way to visit our family. My boyfriend had the aisle seat, and there was a girl who was perhaps around twenty years old sitting right in front of him. Before the plane took off, my boyfriend leaned down to fetch something from his backpack beneath the seat. Without the slightest warning, the girl in front of him, with all her might, thrust her seat back forcefully, crashing it into my boyfriend’s knees and face.
Taken aback, he leaned back. But it was clear to him that the girl seemed confused about why her seat wasn’t moving back as far as it should have, considering that he had long legs and she had quite literally hit his face. He patiently endured her as she continued to slam her seat into his knees multiple times, until finally, he said:
“Please stop.”
She wasn’t wearing headphones, wasn’t distracted in any way, and could clearly hear him, yet she didn’t respond. And then, she did that thing where she casually flipped her long hair over the seat and onto his lap, a move that I had always thought was only something people faked for TikTok.
There was an elderly lady sitting next to my boyfriend (bless her kind heart), who gently poked the girl and said:
“You’re being very rude.”
Still, she didn’t utter a word.
This kind old woman engaged in a petty battle with this girl throughout the entire flight. The girl would repeatedly flip her long hair back over the seat, and the old lady would move it out of my boyfriend’s lap. As a result, he ended up with bruises from her seat.
I simply can’t believe that people like this actually exist. It was only a one-hour flight! I was seated in a different part of the plane, but if I had known that this girl was actually hurting a stranger – let alone someone I love – I would never have let her get away with it. After all, she needed to adjust her seat up for takeoff anyway. My boyfriend didn’t let her push her seat back again, even though she really tried hard. Not a single word came from her throughout the entire ordeal. It’s truly insane.
