A man has asked the internet to judge his actions after he allegedly refused to give up his seat for a pregnant woman.
As the man in question explained, he was looking forward to his nephews’ graduation ceremony which is why he camped outside the venue at their school hours before the event so that he could get front-row seats when the time came.
To make it easier to pass the time and ensure his ailing knees wouldn’t ache during the waiting period, the man also brought with him a foldable chair that he used while in line outside the school.
“About 40 minutes before the school would let us inside, a pregnant woman got next to me since somebody let her in line (I assume her partner). She asked me within 5 minutes if she could have my chair as she was going to have trouble standing the whole time,” the man explained.
“I said no, sorry I need it more (bad feet/knees) and went back to my things. She asked me again within 2 minutes and the answer was the same.”
While the man admitted the pregnant woman was polite in asking him to give up his seat on both occasions, he remained determined to keep his chair to himself.
“She however got a little mad at me and said that she was going to be struggling the whole time and asked her partner to tell me,” he continued.
“He asked me himself (politely) and I again responded that sorry but I need it more and suggested she could wait in their car or just sit in the ground. At this point the husband directly called me an a**hole but left me alone.”
Feeling guilty after the incident, the man took the matter to Reddit to ask fellow users if he was in the wrong for not giving in to the pregnant lady’s demands.
Plenty of people have since voiced support for the man saying it was his right to sit on the chair he brought with him. Some also called the woman and her partner “entitled” for thinking a stranger would go out of their way just to cater to their needs.
“You refused to give up the chair you brought because you needed it due to your own health conditions. I do feel for the woman, but she and her partner should have brought their own chairs and not assumed they were entitled to yours,” a top comment read.
“If you’re pregnant and going to wait for over half hour, come prepared and don’t expect strangers with possible problems of their own to give up their seat,” another critic wrote.
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