A passenger applauded for refusing to change seats so that the family could sit together

Traveling by plane reduces travel time, but it can often be confrontational. Everyone wants a window seat, or they want to sit with their friends and family. Although this is perfectly acceptable in some situations, in others not so much. Most people tend to be too demanding when traveling by plane, leading them to argue with others about their seating problems. In a recent post on r/AITA, a passenger said he stood firm during one of those disputes. Now, while the family who argued with him about the seat had said unpleasant words to him, he wondered if he had done the right thing by not giving up the seat. When I boarded the plane, a family of four approached me and asked me to change seats. Normally, this wouldn’t have been a problem for me, but changing seats would mean moving back 20 rows, which would inconvenience me and I wouldn’t get the value for my money. I refused and said I wanted to keep my seat. The woman said I was an idiot and that I should just give up my seat so she could sit with her husband and children. I said, “Respectfully ma’am, your travel problems are not my problem. I’m going to keep the seat I paid for.” Although the woman’s husband understood the situation, he still said it would have been better to just reach a compromise. But the woman definitely created a scene that was completely unjustified. To this, the OP responded: “Maybe they should have booked in advance, or spend more money on tickets so everyone could sit together. It’s not my problem. Grow up and move on. I’m not changing seats. End of story!” However, the passenger still wondered if he had done the right thing in that situation. So, what did r/AITA say? Another user, u/cagitsawnothing, mentioned: “Eh, as someone who paid for seats so that my baby, my husband, and I could be together, only for this flight to be canceled and on the new flight we were given bad seats, it’s not always the parent who didn’t pay. Sometimes the airline is screwing up.” Another, u/tildelid, said: “I wonder if the husband thought it would be easier to just give up the seat… why didn’t he give his own seat to his wife?” A user appropriately responded to this by saying: “Accomplices always marry narcissists.”