A woman stood her ground when it came to a fellow mom trying to switch seats with her on a flight, and now she's getting praise for standing up for herself with kindness. Tammy Nelson, who is a mother of three, explained her side of the story in an interview with Good Morning America.
Apparently, she specifically booked a window seat on a flight, but to her surprise, when she got on the plane, another woman was sitting in her seat. Her kids were sitting in the two seats next to the window seat that Tammy had booked, so the mom assumed she would be able to just trade seats.
Tammy was initially open to switching seats with the mom, as long as she got a window seat. She explained that she needed that particular kind of seat because 1) she gets motion sickness during takeoff and landing if she can't see out the window and 2) because she had a big business presentation she had to give upon landing and needed some sleep. But the fellow mom revealed that her seat wasn't a window seat, but instead the middle seat one row behind.
"I told myself like, 'You have to take care of yourself. Like you need sleep on this flight. You picked this seat in advance. Stick with the seat,'" Tammy shared. The fellow mom, as expected, was not happy and made a big deal out of going to her assigned seat. Tammy said that during the flight, the fellow mom was trying to fuss to another woman about the whole ordeal, but the woman kindly defended Tammy while giving the mom advice on how she could make sure she's seated next to her kids on a flight.
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People in the comments absolutely agreed with Tammy standing her ground. "As a mom with kids around that age, I fully support you holding your boundary and saying no!" one person said. "Tammy you seem like a really lovely, genuine, honest person and you certainly didn't deserve to be inconvenienced by someone who shows none of your good qualities," another person commented. "You also taught those kids a valuable lesson that their mother would never be able to do."
