To think YOU should YOUR pg wife YOUR seat?

[MammyT]

Tube this morning.. Man tries to reserve the last two remaining seats so I ignore him and take one.

He then complains aggressively that the other is for his pg wife and asks me to give it up. I do, as pg women need a seat, no question.

Then I stand there thinking I'm a complete mug. AIBU to think he should have given up his OWN seat?
(they were Eastern European so may not have the same implicit rules on public transport).

yanbu of course he should have given his own, he seems rude

Yes of course he should have given up his seat for his wife. Cheeky!

You were being a mug. I would have stayed sat where I was and told him he should stand up and let his wife sit down.

Of course he should!

YANBU.

Yup, you are a mug.

Id have said 'im pregnant too' and rubbed my belly affectionately (im not but deliberately stay plump in an effort to make such an excuse more plausable ).

Oh dear - really big mug - I'd check the mirror to see if it is actually written on your head!

YANBU

it will read 'GUM' if your looking in the mirror though .

Ugh he sounds awful.

No you shouldn't have given up your seat but hard not to when an angry man is having a go at you.

He's a bully. Poor baby.

Ha ha @ GUM

sigh I am the mug I thought I was.

Poor wife. I bet he's a selfish shit in all other aspects too.

He should've used his own arse to reserve a seat for his wife, not used his attitude to reserve yours for her.

Dick.

YANBU.

Molly'sChamber has it. Someone who bullies women, randomly, out in public is not going to be the partner of most women's dreams.

Poor you. Hope the rest of your day goes better.

Hideous, though. I'm guessing she'd have been left standing if you hadn't given up your seat. What a horrible man.

what a horrible man - of course he should have given up his seat for his wife -
or any other person who needed it more than him

YANBU. What a tosser. Unless he was pregnant or disabled then of course he should have given her his own seat. Can understand why you did it though; I'd probably be so taken aback I'd do the same, then think better of it after the fact. Esprit d'escalier, innit?

Actually you were on a loser either way.

You gave up your seat and felt like a mug.

If you hadn't he would have intimidated and harassed you and you'd be upset about that.

In Poland and Czech Republic all the men leap from their seats when women (old or young, pg or not) get on the trams, so I don't think he was very fair was he. I'd always give up my seat for a PG woman but come on, the husband should have on this occasion. YANBU!

When I was a London commuter, I kept my head down all the time and only glanced at people's middles, so could see if a PG woman needed a seat, lol

I don't think you were a mug. You did the right thing and showed him up to be a vile twat. Pity his poor wife.

you aren't a mug, you're a nice person . He isn't nice.

I try to see the good in people (just call me Pollyanna) - perhaps he had some physical problem that made it just as difficult fir him to stand as for his wife.

But if so, then he should have explained politely why he could not stand.

But then, maybe the aggressive machismo that had him protecting his dw, also prevented him from showing himself up as weak and incapable.

Or maybe he was just a twat and you were a too-nice mug