In-laws offer to pay for newly weds first-class tickets to their honeymoon in Portugal, son-in-law wants cash instead: ‘It is $6,200 to upgrade us. I am begging my wife to ask for the cash.’

What kind of bonehead rejects a generous gift and asks for cash?  Gift-giving is one of the most criticized love languages. Some people find it shallow to place more value on buying someone a present than on spending time with them, but that fundamentally misunderstands the value of gift-giving. You don’t have to buy someone …
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Man books himself first-class tickets for family vacation, then offers it to wife when she confronts him about leaving her in economy, she refuses: ‘It’s not the seat, but the principle’

Would you have been able to enjoy a first-class seat, knowing your loved one is stuck in economy somewhere in the back of the plane? We’re not sure we would have, but the husband in the story below doesn’t seem to have this problem. While planning a vacation with his family, this husband decided to …
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‘He didn’t speak to me the whole shuttle ride’: 5’1″ Woman is berated by family for not giving her first-class upgrade to her 6’6″ brother

A lot of hoopla is made about short men. Pundits online devote lengthy tomes to the strife of the short king, his disadvantages, and his struggles. But what about their tall brethren? Do they not suffer alike? There are a few situations in life where being a tall man puts you in difficult situations. Like doing limbo at a birthday party. Or going spelunking …
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‘I found excuses to upgrade four other passengers’: Airline Worker Told to Upgrade Douchey Frequent Flyer Only ‘If There Is Room’

The only thing more stressful than using an airport is having to work in one. Dealing with the stressed, the jetlagged, and the customary entitled jerks that may well be some combination of the previous two is not something that everybody can cope with.  Nevertheless, some people out there have to do it. Even it …
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