A COUPLE’S trip to a faraway country turned into a flight for one when a put-out wife left her husband at the airport.
Now her husband is angry — but Redditors insist she did the right thing and he had it coming.
Twenty-eight-year-old Redditor CantaloupeLife7504 said her dad had expressed disapproval of her husband Adam, 30, before they tied the knot.
But when they made a trip back to their home country to visit him, Adam prepared in a way that left CantaloupeLife fuming.
“I have had fights with Adam in the past about how I feel I have made more of an effort with his family, and he hasn’t done the same for me,” she said.
“Both my parents speak our home language and when we started dating, Adam wasn’t conversationally fluent, so there was a barrier to them initially bonding.
“It was more apparent when my dad came to stay with us but in the lead-up to the wedding, my dad stayed with us and it went fine.”
She said Adam agreed to join her on a trip to “surprise” her dad.
But she didn’t think it was funny when he joked about needing to have a drink before seeing him.
She revealed that on the day of their flight, Adam got to the airport early to check in their suitcases and they planned to meet up later.
Their trip took a turn for the worse when a flight attendant refused to let Adam on the plane because he was too drunk.
“I called my BIL [brother-in-law] who could take care of Adam and left my BIL’s phone number with the attendant taking care of Adam,” she said.
“I stayed on my flight.
“My home country is far so tickets are expensive and I took leave off from work for the trip so I didn’t get off with Adam.
“Adam is now upset with me, saying I left him in a situation where he was drunk, and if roles were reversed he would have never left me alone when I was drunk but I don’t think that is fair.”
A flood of responses to the thread reassured the wife that she had made the right decision in the stressful situation.
Many argued that Adam got drunk to avoid visiting her dad.
“This man deliberately tried to ruin your time with your father because your father doesn’t think highly of him,” one person said.
He’s trying to ruin your relationship with your dad
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“Let me guess, your father picked up on Adam being immature, spiteful, selfish, and poor-mannered.
“You need to ask yourself what someone who would do this to spite you brings to the table and why you stay with him.”
“Is he always this manipulative?” another chimed in.
“He planned to get drunk and probably knew they wouldn’t let him on the flight for that reason.
“He weaseled his way out of the trip then gaslighted you and said you were at fault.
Can you legally board a flight drunk?
Refusing passengers who appear to be intoxicated permission to board isn’t just the decision of the airline.
“If you drink too much and threaten or physically assault a crew member, you may face that $35,000 fine or jail time,” the Federal Aviation Administration wrote on Medium.
“Our regulations specify that no airline may allow any person to board any of its aircraft if that person appears to be intoxicated.
“So, if you have one too many in the airport and the flight crew won’t allow you to board, remember they are just obeying federal regulations and keeping the rest of the passengers safe.”
“He’s a grown man, doesn’t he know when he’s getting drunk? Of course, he does.
“You didn’t leave him totally alone, as you called for your BIL.
“A drunk man alone is different and imo [in my opinion] less vulnerable than a drunk woman alone, anyway.
“Good luck with this marriage.”
“He’s trying to ruin your relationship with your dad,” a third said.
“What a horrible, horrible partner in life.
“I can’t imagine the person who is supposed to help you through life choosing to sabotage you instead.
“Don’t feel bad. He doesn’t.”
