“Selfish” husband leaves wife behind for first class upgrade on their honeymoon
A woman has shared her frustration over a journey she took with her new husband to their honeymoon destination.
The wife’s “selfish” husband was quick to ditch her on their way to Mexico for their honeymoon after he was offered an upgrade to business class.
The woman took to Reddit to share the story of what began at the airport shortly after their wedding, while also explaining that as a frequent flyer, she had racked up a hefty amount of points.
In comparison, her new husband is an anxious flyer, who often relies on her to keep him calm during take off and landing.
“When I booked our flights I requested to use my points if an upgrade to business class became available, but made it clear I only wanted this upgrade if two seats became available... and then I basically forgot about it,” the wife explained in a Reddit thread.
“Then comes the day of our flight. I was so excited for this trip, I checked us in online, all is going well, and then when we go to board, the employee scanning our boarding passes stops us.”
“She says it seems that my husband was upgraded to business class, but only him and asks if that is okay.”
The wife immediately replied, “No, we are on our honeymoon and would like to stay together”, however, her husband interjected, saying, “No it’s fine, I’ll go to business class.”
Approximately 500 of her hard earned points went to his upgrade, while she was left alone in economy for the trip.
Stunned by his response, she said: “I look at him in complete shock and he tells me that I fly all the time and have been in business class before, but he hasn’t. So he deserves a chance to experience it.
“I see we are holding up the line, so I feel like I just need to agree and get on the plane.
“To say I am p***ed off is an understatement.”
After boarding the flight, the woman became overcome with emotion over her new husband’s actions.
“Within maybe five to 10 minutes of sitting there, trying to hold back tears because my husband left me alone on our flight during our honeymoon — and use my points for his upgrade no less, he starts to text me saying he feels anxiety over flying.”
Instead of expressing sympathy, she decided to ignore his texts.
“I stopped looking at my phone,” the wife said.
Just one hour into the flight, her husband began looking for her in economy class.
“He comes to the back of the plane to find me, offers me half of his business class breakfast and asks me why I was ignoring him... because he was scared and needed me to tell him it’d be okay since I am such an experienced flyer,” she explained.
“I told him maybe he should have thought about that before leaving me alone before our honeymoon even really began.”
“He gets angry, tells me that this may be the only time he gets to fly business class and he was giving me half his breakfast to make up for it so I could at least be supportive of his genuine fear.”
When they landed in Mexico, she tried to just “move on and forget” about what her husband did so they could enjoy their honeymoon.
“But he guilt tripped me about not comforting him via text before take off and now I am wondering if I am being unreasonable and should have just let him enjoy his time in business class and assure him it’d be okay?” she wondered.
She asked the internet whether she was being the a**hole for not being supportive of her husband.
Many jumped to the wife’s defence, with one suggesting, “Definitely not the a**hole. Tell your husband actions have consequences and since he wanted to be in business class without you, he gets to fly without you. The fact he did this on your honeymoon trip just makes it worse.”
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