Woman Picks Business Class Upgrade Over Ex And His Son After Holiday Ends In Breakup

A 30-year-old woman has become a viral sensation after revealing that she upgraded to business class following a breakup with her boyfriend during a trip, leaving him and his son in economy. The woman on Reddit explained that she had been dating the man for almost a year, who also has a son. The couple decided to go on vacation, but the trip took an unexpected turn when she discovered that the person was still involved with his ex. This led to their breakup. On the flight back home, all three of them were in economy class when a flight attendant offered her ex-boyfriend an upgrade to business class. As she had purchased the tickets, the woman argued that she should be the one to receive the upgrade. After a brief discussion, she got the upgraded seat, as she wanted to relax after taking care of her boyfriend’s son.

She explained, “I (30f) have been dating Matt (33m) for about a year. Matt has a kid Alex from his first relationship, the kid is under 2yo. Every now and then I used to look after Alex when Matt was at work (we don’t live together but they stay at mine every now and then). We decided to go on holiday for 10 days at the start of May and due to some family drama Alex had to go with us. The flights were over 8 hours long and I have booked the tickets for all of us. During the flight and the holiday I have spent nearly all my time looking after Alex while Matt had the time of his life. Some things came to my attention (he was still seeing his ex) which resulted in us breaking up at the end of our stay.”

“On the flight back we were all sitting together and a flight attendant approached us and asked my ex if he wanted an upgrade to the business class. Before he could say anything I have mentioned it was me who bought the tickets and used my own account to pay for them, so an upgrade should go to me, the flight attendant was trying to argue at first as she assumed Alex was my child, but I told her that’s not the case and ended up having an upgrade so I can relax after spending all this time looking after Alex,” the woman added.

After the flight, she mentioned that some other passengers, as well as family and friends, criticised her for not giving the upgrade to ex-boyfriend. Everyone assumed she was the boy’s mother and called her selfish. In the post, she clarified that the flight attendant did not mention anything about Alex being allowed to join Matt in business class.

Redditors in the comments section supported the woman’s decision to take the upgrade. Some claimed that the flight attendant was being unfair by assuming the father deserved a break from the child instead of the mother. Users believe that both parents should have been considered equally for the upgrade.

A user wrote, “That sucks, paying for a flight, in a breakup, taking care of a child on YOUR vacation. You by no means are the as***le, hell the audacity of the ex is unbelievable. It just pisses me off so much that I can’t even begin to imagine your frustration. Honestly, it would say move on but you seem to already be doing that so I got nothing else to say. Oh and btw the real as***le is the ex.”

Another shared, “Sadly that’s the world we live in. Mom has to sacrifice everything for their kids. While dad can have fun. I’ve seen it first hand with my husband.”

“He doesn’t deserve anything. I bet if she announced what happened, the whole plane would be on her side anyway,” a comment read.

One more added, “He’s lucky you didn’t cancel his tickets. You deserve an actual vacation instead of an unpaid nanny gig. Being stuck with most of the childcare would have been grounds for a breakup even if you were the bio mom.”

Ever since the 30-year-old shared her situation on Reddit, it has gone viral and garnered over 10,000 upvotes.