He Accidentally Fell Asleep On A Woman During A Flight, But Her Boyfriend Was Furious And Accused Him Of Flirting
Not long ago, this 28-year-old man was on an emergency flight that he had booked at the last minute.
Because seating was almost full on the plane, he didn’t have many great seating options available.
He just had surgery on his shoulder, so his arm is in a sling.
Since he’s a little over 6’4” tall, sitting in an airline seat is a bit of an awkward squeeze.
To cope with the pain after his surgery, his doctor provided him with some medications, as well as a muscle relaxant.
He boarded the flight, got to his window seat, took his medications, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes to rest before takeoff.
A couple were seated next to him.
As he sat with his eyes still closed, he could hear the couple bickering. The man apparently wanted the middle seat, which was the woman’s assigned seat, and she rejected his request to switch.
She sat in her seat, and her partner took his assigned aisle seat.
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The woman’s partner was evidently still irritated that she hadn’t switched seats with him because he continued complaining about it to her, and they kept fighting through whispers.
He used to be in the military, so because of this background, it’s not difficult for him to fall asleep while sitting down, and he normally is able to stay in one position while sleeping.
“But, for some reason, combining the medications, maybe, I end up falling asleep and waking up with my head on this woman. I don’t know how it happened. But not once did she wake me or nudge me to move,” he said.
After sleeping for maybe 20 minutes, he woke up and noticed that he had been leaning against her, and he told her he was sorry.
In response, the woman smiled at him and told him not to worry because she wasn’t annoyed by it, and she asked if he wanted to use her sleeping pillow.
“Hearing us talking, the man opens his eyes and takes out his earphones. He’s got anger flashing on his face. He starts arguing with me and accuses me of flirting. I don’t engage much. She talks him down. I fall back asleep,” he explained.
Once again, he leaned against the woman while sleeping, even though he was doing his best to lean away from her and tilt his head away from her. He wasn’t sure how he fell asleep on her a second time.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t lean toward the window too closely to his right because his right arm was the one that was in a sling.
“I wake up leaning on her. I’m thrown off by it. I apologize. She starts insisting it’s okay. Then he wakes up. It’s Groundhog Day. He’s angry again and calls me a jerk. This nosy old lady in front of us turns around and gets involved. ‘Why do you keep doing this? Do you understand English?'” he shared.
Upon reflection, he doesn’t know why this older woman said that. He’s Korean and was born in the UK, so he doesn’t have an Asian accent. While he doesn’t know for sure if the old woman was prejudiced or not, he wonders if she misinterpreted what was going on.
For the last time, he told the man he was sorry, hoping that the situation would now be over and done with for good.
Then, he raised his eyebrow at the older woman and also told her he was sorry, but he admitted that he was a bit passive-aggressive about it.
For the rest of their flight, he forced himself to stay awake. He closed his eyes, but he didn’t allow himself to fall asleep.
Even though he was trying to avoid more drama, the woman seated next to him continued attempting to have a conversation with him. She asked him what happened to his arm and whether he was Korean, and she also offered him things.
But because her partner was clearly an extremely jealous person, he didn’t want this woman talking to him. He didn’t want the cycle to continue of this woman’s partner getting angry at him and her partner’s anger toward him, making him angry in turn.
What would you have done if you had been in his shoes?
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