The Pitfalls: Sittin’ Bitch
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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9:00AM, Tuesday April 22nd 2008
Being in a secure, drama-free relationship has its perks: you don’t really have to shave your legs in winter unless you feel like it; sex is always at the ready, if you want it; and there’s always someone to call on for backup if your Tivo is acting up and you just have to record Gossip Girl. But being part of a “we” has its downsides, usually things you take for granted as a singleton. Take, for example, the seemingly unspoken couple rule that says when traveling with a boyfriend, the girlfriend will always—unless blessed by a relatively empty plane that guarantees a full row—be sitting bitch.
Damn, perhaps that’s where that phrase came from…until now, women haven’t made a fuss about always being relegated to the loathsome middle seat on an airplane, but really there’s no reason why alternating isn’t a fair solution for both parties. Sure, many times men do take up more mass, but it’s not like most men have the lanky legs (or boulder size balls) of the Jolly Green Giant. The rule is less about physics and more about guys assuming they should get the “better” seat as the “dominant”, gag, sex. Truly, if anyone should get the aisle seat all the time, it’s the chick. Everyone knows women have smaller bladders and need easy access to the restroom.
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gillybeans
wrote on April 22 2008 @ 09:50 am: [report]
I am a window girl. Always have been. The beef is also a window man and always tries to get it. Annoying bickering ensues. I swear I feel like Julia Goolia sometimes flying with him.
theothergyllenhaal
wrote on April 22 2008 @ 01:32 pm: [report]
As a dude, it’s neither my lanky legs or my boulder-sized balls that cause the problems when I’m stuck with the middle seat—it’s the lack of shoulder room. If I’m not on either end of the row, I’m rubbing arms with the people to the left and right the entire time. At least in the aisle I only get people’s asses grazing me periodically.
Elle
wrote on April 22 2008 @ 05:45 pm: [report]
I always ride bitch when I fly with my husband. It freaking sucks! It REALLY sucks when I have to ride bitch and some random person has the aisle seat because I’m definitely one of the small bladder types. I don’t get why people take aisle seats and don’t move for the entire flight. You have something seriously wrong with you if you can drink a bunch of beverages and not pee for 5 - 6 hours.
Anyway, I’m pretty used to the middle seat at this point and my husband will give me the aisle if I ask (or make a big stink about it), but I feel bad for him because he’s 6’4” and legroom is definitely at a minimum when you’re in the middle.
Cheeks
wrote on April 23 2008 @ 10:13 am: [report]
When we’re flying in a 3 person row, my husband and I book a window & aisle seat in the same row towards the back of the plane. This ups our chances greatly of not having someone sit between us & getting a row on our own. People are always more than happy to get an aisle or window seat if they’ve been assigned a seat between you, so during the occasions that it doesn’t work, it’s not bothersome.
And when one of us has to sit in the middle seat, we have a method. If we’re going to be sitting next to someone who doesn’t look unbearable, I soldier through & sit bitch. If we’re sat next to someone with a baby or someone who looks pretty sketchy, my husband has to sit there and act as a buffer. He’s just more easy going than I am.
Elle
wrote on April 23 2008 @ 07:11 pm: [report]
Good plan Cheeks! I wouldn’t mind sitting all the way in the back if it didn’t mean that I had to wait for every slow person in the entire world (or at least on the plane) to gather their luggage and saunter off the plane. It drives me crazy! I have to ride as close to the front as possible to accommodate my neurotic need to get off the plane as soon as it lands.
I like your method with the baby or overly annoying person sitting window. One thing that I do when I fly is ask if there are any babies or children sitting near me. If so, I ask to be seated as far away as possible.