He Called His Girlfriend A Karen For Being Really Rude And Dismissive To An Elderly Woman On Their Flight
If you’re a young person, you know just how insulting it can be to be called a “Karen” in this day and age.
One man recently called his girlfriend a ‘Karen’ after she was very rude to a foreign woman who sat next to them on a recent flight.
He and his girlfriend are in their late 20s and recently traveled home on a seven-hour flight.
They were sat in a row of three seats. He had the window, his girlfriend was in the middle, and an elderly lady who appeared to be from Sri Lanka sat on the aisle. She was traveling all alone and didn’t speak English very well.
Unfortunately, from the moment the old woman sat down, his girlfriend had a problem with her.
First, his girlfriend started complaining about a bad smell on the plane and continued insinuating it was coming from the lady next to her. However, he had a strong feeling that the smell, which came in waves, was coming from the bathroom since they were seated near it.
“Then my girlfriend complained about the lady’s bag touching her only slightly,” he recalled.
“I offered to switch seats with my girlfriend several times, and she said, ‘No, it’s fine.’ Then, the lady got my girlfriend’s attention to try to communicate with her, and my girlfriend was so dismissive, saying loudly, ‘I don’t understand you,’ “and looking at the lady for only a second before going back on her phone. It was extremely rude.”
He tried his best to communicate with the woman but struggled to because of the language barrier. The woman then tried getting help from his girlfriend a few more times, tapping her on the shoulder for innocent things like help with getting her tray table down and opening her water bottle.
Nicola – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
He did those things for the woman each time, as his girlfriend would freak out whenever the woman spoke to her, acting disgusted and rude.
Finally, his girlfriend had a bit of an outburst, telling him they were on a “horror flight“ and shouting that she was not a nurse.
They ended up getting home safely, but he couldn’t stop thinking about his girlfriend’s rude behavior for days later.
“I get that the lady was annoying, but she was elderly, traveling alone, and had a different background than us, so I gave her the benefit of the doubt,“ he explained.
“I was quiet for a few days after that, and the topic came up. I told my girlfriend that I wasn’t mad at all, but I was turned off by her. For context, I grew up in a small, poor African town, and that lady reminded me of my grandmothers and great aunts, so I took the entire thing personally.”
His girlfriend argued with him, trying to defend her actions, so he snapped and told her she was acting like a ‘Karen.’ His girlfriend became very angry and defensive, telling him someone should never call their partner that term, and continued to believe she didn’t do anything wrong.
They haven’t been on speaking terms since this incident, and he’s wondering if he went too far by calling his girlfriend a ‘Karen.’
Did he go too far, or did his girlfriend deserve it?
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