When booking a flight for the entire family, one mom thought of a clever way to enjoy some alone time while also saving money on family travel. Not only did she make sure her partner and baby were seated away from her so she could enjoy some peace and quiet, but she also treated herself to an upgrade by buying a first-class ticket for herself.
A reel shared on Facebook shows the woman’s partner holding their baby while boarding the place and searching for their seats.
In the humorous video, the mom enjoys her luxurious seat β alone.
As he and the baby enter the plane together, they see the woman, Kimmy Houghton, seated in first class, scrolling on her phone and drinking from a pink water bottle. Immediately, their baby smiles upon seeing her mom β but Kimmy’s partner looks much less enthused.
Her partner checks his tickets.
Double-checking his seat number makes it super clear that he will not be sitting next to Kimmy during the flight. As the dad and child make their way to the back of the plane to find their seats in economy, Kimmy smiles and waves before blowing them a kiss.
Over the video, the couple wrote, “POV: your wife booked the flights.” In the caption, Kimmy jokingly shared, “Babe, I saved a bunch of money on our flights!”
People were not amused.
The video was likely a skit, but it still sparked a ton of backlash. Some men said they would leave if their wives did something similar. “I would honestly just go home if my wife did that,” one person wrote. “‘Here’s the baby, have fun, let me know when you land.'”
Similarly, another person commented, “Bro if I was married and it happened to me I would just get right off. Drop my kid off at my parents house and have my own vacation.”
Several others pointed out that people would probably be pretty angry if a man did the same thing to his wife. “Imagine the outrage in the reverse,” one of them wrote.
A fourth critic simply commented, “Seems like a healthy marriage.”
However, many people defended the mom.
In spite of the haters, some people said moms deserve a break. “All the mad men in these comments 
its a JOKE and moms deserves breaks yall act like the kids have to be with mom every second of the day,” one person wrote in defense of the mom.
Others didn’t understand why some men in the comments were complaining about watching their children on the flight.
“All y’all ‘men’ talking about divorcing your wife bc you had to sit with YOUR BABY in a plane for a few hours and she got to read a book or take a nap,” another person commented. “sounds like SHE is dodging a bullet!!”
“Funny!” a third person wrote. “Mom deserves it. Plus, Iβm sure sheβll be taking care of baby the entire time during their vacation.”
Several people noticed that the baby appeared to be on her mom’s side.
Controversy aside, a lot of people couldn’t get over the baby’s adorable reaction.
“Even the baby was impressed with that move!” one person joked. A second person noticed how supportive the baby seemed and added, “The baby was like ‘okayyyyy twinnnn, I see what you did there.'”
