People are urging a woman to divorce her husband because he allegedly chooses to fly first class while leaving his wife and children in coach. The discussion started online this week following the publication of "The Ethicist," a New York Times Magazine newsletter.?
In the latest edition, a reader sought advice from Appiah, questioning the fairness of her husband flying first class. At the same time, she and their children are seated in economy or economy plus.
"My husband loves to travel and always either pays for or gets an upgrade into the first-class cabin," she wrote.?
"When we travel with our children, he buys himself a ticket in first class and puts us in economy or economy plus."
Firstly, it is due to the cost involved. Additionally, he believes that their two children, aged 16 and 12, might "feel alone" if both parents were to travel together in first class.
"I don¡¯t think our kids would mind if they were in the economy plus and my husband and I sat together in first class," she shared. "Is that unfair of me to want?"
While her husband has supposedly proposed traveling separately on different flights to avoid his family feeling uncomfortable about the inequality, she firmly asserted that this approach does not adequately address or resolve the fundamental selfishness embedded in his perspective.
"Am I wrong?" she asked.?
"We are happy to travel and love going places together, but it is still very strange."
On May 19, Lydia Polgreen, an opinion columnist for the New York Times, shared the "Ethicist" column on Twitter, along with the following caption:
"Divorce seems like the mildest possible response," replied one user.
"Whether it¡¯s fair or not doesn¡¯t matter. What matters is that you¡¯re unhappy about it. And that he doesn¡¯t give a flying monkey," another said.
Numerous individuals contended that the husband should have given his first-class seat to his wife. For instance, one user expressed their viewpoint on Twitter by stating:?
"I got a free first-class upgrade once when traveling with my wife and daughters. I, of course, gave it to my wife and chilled in the back with the girls. Easy choice."
Another wrote: "Whenever my fianc¨¦ and I travel together, if one of us gets upgraded and the other doesn¡¯t, I first offer it to her, and then I refuse it myself if she doesn¡¯t want it. Strange hill to die on for this guy. It¡¯s just a larger seat at the end of the day."
On the other hand, some criticized the wife, pointing out that if she had been offered a first-class seat, willingly leaving their children in coach could have been considered questionable.
"I think they both suck for wanting to sit in first class and leave their kids in the economy, but yes, he sucks more," said one person.
"All the replies had sympathy for her when she would happily join him and leave the kids in coach. She¡¯s as selfish as he is, zero sympathy," another wrote.?
Plane seating arrangements have ignited heated discussions on the internet before. A real estate influencer recently stirred up a parenting debate when he disclosed that he and his wife occupied first-class seats on a plane while their children, accompanied by their nanny, were seated in economy class on the same flight.
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