Manspreaders - do you call them out?

[Floofydawg]

I've just done a 4.5 hour flight; when I boarded the plane the bloke in the seat next to me had his legs spread such that they took up literally half my seat space. Oh he'll move, I thought to myself as I sat down. Did he fuck move. So I thought I can either sit here seething for the duration of the flight and trying to make myself as small as possible, or I can call him out. So I did. His wife tittered, like I was joking. But he bloody moved his legs.

So I'm posting this to encourage others to have the difficult conversation instead of being embarrassed about claiming your own space that you've bloody well paid for!

So actually your 6’4 husband does manage to sit without man spreading? You were making out it was an impossible feat for him @Applestroodle

No, I ended up sitting next to him. So, his legs were able to encroach into my space.

It really is a good idea to read the whole thread before posting.

But she did say that they try and book extra legroom seats.

Or just...in the UK?

Someone did this to my husband. When he moaned about it later I told him not to put his feet under other people's chairs

Also my daughter was sat at the end of the aisle at the cinema and the man behind her stretched his foot out so his stinky trainer was right next to her arm rest. She was upset so I swapped chairs with her and flung myself down into the chair so my elbow hit the man's trainer and he soon moved his foot back to where it should be

I am trying to imagine this in real life and I can’t!

Has this scenario ever been the case @Applestroodle ? Where you haven’t been with your husband and he hasn’t been able to book extra leg room?