Took my mask off on the aeroplane AIBU

[Tsubasa1]

I was on a 5-hour flight recently alone with my two kids under 3. I once every few years might suffer from travel sickness and unfortunately on this day it was the worst I've ever had. I believe it may have been caused by having to wear the mask on the aeroplane. I used 20+ sickbags and felt better during the last hour (vomited for 4 hours, 5th hour was better).
I felt really bad but after I started vomiting I couldn't physically put my mask on because I couldn't breath and it made me gag. The air stewards were furiously coming and telling me to put my mask on every 5-10 mins. I had tears in my eyes during all of this and to be honest I can't comprehend how little compassion they had. They kept coming until I firmly said I would be putting my mask on when I felt better. I was keeping my distance from everyone and had no one sitting in front of me, behind or next to me (apart from my children). I didn't have a fever and it had I had been checked before boarding the plane. AIBU to think there was no reason to harrass me while I was throwing up with my face in a bag? Are you scared of people who don't wear masks? Would you go up to someone ill and tell them to put their mask on?

You can't deny that the OP was incapable of seeing to the most basic needs of her two small children, @PablosHoney, and that her careless decision not to take travel sickness tablets, which are cheap and widely available, put those children in a horrible position.

Oh please please please can this thread not end up being all about hooves like so many previous threads.

Please!

Every single mask thread 😝

Covid is a potentially deadly virus.

NO WAY! Call the newspaper and Number 10! This is groundbreaking!

I've certainly missed any compassion from you towards any other human being on the planet that is not you.

Yep. When you see other threads with zebras on it you'll notice a distinct pattern there. It's all about zebra. Compassion is not a word zebra understands.

Actually math keep going with being such a sanctimonious unpleasant person and you'll derail this thread nicely yourself.

mathanxiety
out of curiosity, do YOU take travel sickness medication when you travel in any other way than your private car?

@mathanxiety

You can't deny that the OP was incapable of seeing to the most basic needs of her two small children, *@PablosHoney*, and that her careless decision not to take travel sickness tablets, which are cheap and widely available, put those children in a horrible position.

Can you just stop with the complete assassination of OP and her parenting abilities. Just remember there is very likely a not very happy reason for her making the flight in the first place.

I'm afraid that, unless it was a matter of life and death, I think you were unreasonable to fly alone with two such young children at this time, let alone with an occasional history of " travel sickness".

From your description I'm wondering if it is in fact something like vestibular migraine or a stomach migraine, both of which are hideous, but don't put yourself in that position, especially at this time.

@TheFirstRuleOfAIBUClub

Are you trying to tell me that the OP was able to care for her children while vomiting copiously and feeling nauseated for four hours?

Ad hominems are the last refuge of people who can't come up with an argument against an undeniable fact.

I'm astounded anyone could vomit 20 times and not need hospital treatment?
That's a fair amount of puking.
I always take travel sick meds as a precaution..they really work .
Transderm Scōp is a very effective one for multi vehicle journeys.

A while ago {early 2020} a video of a bumpy flight was shown on social media, the sound of praying and vomiting made me feel chunderous, despite only hearing it on a small screen..

It makes me wonder how Cabin crew cope... Can't be fun for them.

A choppy crossing there and back on the Irish Sea was thankfully puke free, but the steward said ''You should have been on here a few days ago..Puke everywhere!''...
Boak.

Don’t do it @TheFirstRuleOfAIBUClub 😂😂 remember the first rule, don’t rise to it or it’ll lower you too.

Ad hominems are the last refuge of people who can't come up with an argument against an undeniable fact.

there are plenty of arguments around the fact, but your very vile and unacceptable post ON A PARENTING FORUM no less gives the right to the posters to respond directly and query your disgraceful attitude.

AIBU to take my mask off to vomit?

YABU and you're a shit mother to boot.

I genuinely would be absolutely mortified to be such an unpleasant mean human being. Seriously, how can people be so unkind and unfeeling?

The irony is that that is much worse behaviour than taking off a mask to vomit FFS.

@Rwoolley

YABU

You put others at risk in a tight space

If you suffer with travel sickness I wouldn't have gone on the flight, it's not worth the risk to yourself or others

amen amen

Don’t worry, Latin is the last refuge of people trying to look clever 😂😂

Some of the comments on here are absolutely vile. Posters should be ashamed of themselves. Talk about continually putting the boot into someone.

Should anyone be flying full stop.

These days I don't even know what ad hominem means.

But on balance I would prefer to be slightly ignorant of Latin phrases than be a total twat. It makes for a much happier life, I'm sure.

Hope you're OK @Tsubasa1

PablosHoney

true! 😂

@PablosHoney

Don’t do it *@TheFirstRuleOfAIBUClub* 😂😂 remember the first rule, don’t rise to it or it’ll lower you too.

I know, they beat me with their experience every time

I’ve already explained that I wasn’t laughing at people not wearing masks in a ‘oh ho aren’t we clever way’. It was more an aghast laugh at the lengths people will go to in order to get around the rules.

Your subsequent post once again suggested that you thought that I found it funny. I think we actually agree re mask wearing so I would be really grateful if you could try to understand my position please. 🙂

What a load of totally ridiculous responses as per mumsnet these days. Seriously what has this site become? Yanbu op obviously 🙄

I honestly can’t believe the posters on here these days

Can you just stop with the complete assassination of OP and her parenting abilities. Just remember there is very likely a not very happy reason for her making the flight in the first place

It's not a character assassination. It's a statement of fact.

She seems to think that including the detail that she was traveling alone with small children somehow makes her more worthy of sympathy. I think it makes everything far worse.

The fact that she didn't ask if she was unreasonable to plan a trip alone with small children and take no precautions against a known condition of travel sickness only serves to highlight her lack of responsibility.

If she had a compelling reason to travel she should state it, because otherwise her account very troubling both because of covid and because she couldn't possibly have taken proper care of her children if stricken by vomiting.

She should have taken travel sickness pills.

Are you trying to tell me that the OP was able to care for her children while vomiting copiously and feeling nauseated for four hours?

I would imagine the op would have done her best. I've managed to care for two small children whilst vomiting copiously. It's what you have to deal with as a single parent. Alongside this, the op clearly wasn't expecting to be incapacitated by it, as you will see in her first post, she said this was the worst she'd ever had it.

Anyone could be struck down with something at anytime and be in this position. No-one is invincible. So why don't you put your spiteful claws back in and do something a bit more productive with your life than ripping other people down.