Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s brewing battle is certainly the main event in hip-hop at the moment, but aside from the kerfuffle that’s come from their diss tracks, it hasn’t been all that eventful. If you’re looking for entertainment, look no further than the side beef between Drake and Rick Ross. Things between the friends-turned-enemies reached its peak point when Drake dissed Ross on “Push Up (Drop & Give Me 50),” his response to Kendrick and others. Ross quickly responded with “Champagne Moments” just hours later, but the Florida native had plenty more to say to Drake after he released his response.
Hours after he jumped on social media to call Drake “BBL Drizzy” and OVO Sound “Pastrami Posse,” Ross continued his trolling on Instagram while at a party in Miami. Despite their beef, Ross seemed to enjoy when Drake’s records were played during the party. Nothing seemed to put a bigger smile on his face than when Drake’s verse on Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” played and Ross used that moment to make a big reveal about the song. “Who wrote this?” Rick Ross said into the camera. “Guess who wrote this. You would never guess who wrote this.”
Ross did not reveal the alleged writer behind the song, but it’s not the first time Drake has dealt with ghostwriter claims over the past couple of weeks. Fans were reminded of Future’s songwriter contributions to Drake’s “Feel No Ways” after Future and Metro Boomin put “This Sunday,” the alleged reference track for “Feel No Ways,” on their latest album We Still Don’t Trust You. More recently, Lil Yachty’s reference track for “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin” off Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss album leaked on Twitter.
You can watch Ross make claims about “Sicko Mode” in the video above.
Owning a home was once the ultimate litmus test for achieving the American Dream. A status symbol and an asset for one’s financial portfolio, homeownership was a sort of life measurement, a milestone you were expected to reach by a certain age on par with marriage, kids, and a sizable 401K investment. But, the reality is that buying a home post-pandemic has become a nightmare. Rising inflation rates, high closing costs, low inventory, and the return of student loan repayments on top of mounting personal debt mean that millennials and Gen Z’ers face a metaphorical minefield in their pursuit of stable housing. According to research from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average income a person needs to afford a starter home rose to $107,000 in 2023. And, while a Bankrate survey showed that nearly two-thirds of millennials want to buy a home, the market is currently experiencing a housing shortage that’s fueling the kind of bidding wars younger generations just can’t afford to win.
In other words, it’s not the avocado toast, it’s an economic moment that is crushing wannabe buyers and it isn’t getting better anytime soon. Still, the want persists. And while we’re not here to question that (who isn’t longing for a more stable housing payment with these crazy rent prices?), we do want to pose a few questions worth considering before you head into this most unfriendly of markets.
Why Do I Want To Buy A House?
This is a fairly obvious starting point, but considering the motivations behind your home-buying choice can be a good indicator of whether or not you’re ready to enter the market. If societal expectations are the only thing fueling your desire to sign on the dotted line, weathering the purchasing process might be tough. Are you looking to own simply because it’s the next rung on the traditional ladder to success? Did your parents own a home at your age and you’re subconsciously measuring your life achievements by their timetable? Does homeownership signify the kind of wealth and status you’re hoping to achieve? Chances are, if you’re only inspired by external motivators, the act of buying is going to end up feeling hollow. According to a 2019 survey, 63% of millennials who purchased their first home regretted the decision. And that was before the market chaos of the last 4 years.
It’s natural to experience some level of buyer’s remorse when making such a big financial decision, but you might be able to minimize those feelings by making an emotional investment in the homeownership process. Maybe you want more space for your growing family. Maybe you’re hoping for a lifestyle change, opting to get out of the city and enjoy the suburban slowdown. Maybe the equity attached to homeownership is a key tenant of how you hope to create generational wealth. Personally, I’d love to be able to customize my home – making changes to the flooring, the wall color, and the layout that represent my aesthetic, not my landlord’s. Buying a home can be a rewarding act of independence, a way of funding your future self’s dreams and life goals. Make sure you’re doing it for reasons that make sense to you.
Is Now Really The Right Time?
Unfortunately, we can’t predict the future, but taking stock of where you are and where you might be in the next 6 months to a year will help you calculate if buying now is the right move. Do you feel stable in your job or is your industry’s market in flux? Could you see yourself wanting to move closer to home, or closer to friends out-of-state? Would you want to travel more or would you be okay with spending more of your paycheck on staying put? Measuring how a home will fit in with those not-far-off goals can help you decide if you should buy in the present or push things off to a future date. If it’s the latter, remember, you’re not saying “never,” you’re just saying “not right now.”
Can I Afford This?
Unless you have the rare privilege of not having to worry about money – where it’s coming from and if you’ll have enough – the financial “what ifs” of homebuying should be top of mind. Deciding whether you can afford a house goes beyond the basics of how large of a loan you’re approved for. Can you make those monthly payments on your current income even if your credit history is guaranteeing you more? Have you factored in interest rates, the different types of homeowner’s insurance you’ll likely need, the HOA fees (and rules) if you live in a gated community (or one of the increasing areas open to those unique micro government-like ruling orgs), and the property taxes?
Then, there are the “hidden fees” of buying. Closing costs, i.e. everything you pay for beyond the downpayment (and don’t forget how much the down payment influences your monthly), can often cause first-time buyers to panic once the sale is made. You’re supposed to budget for them from the beginning, but it can be hard to keep track of appraisal fees, attorney fees, and escrow funds during the buying process. Sometimes you can negotiate those costs — another fact new homebuyers aren’t always aware of — but you’ll still likely be paying thousands of additional dollars when all is said and done. And once you’ve moved in, there are more financial drains waiting. Without the on-call maintenance help most renters enjoy, you’ll be tasked with minor and major fixes – either paying for them or attempting them yourself. When those eventual repairs are added to monthly utilities, landscaping costs, appliance upgrades, and needed renovations – especially if you buy a fixer-upper – the total price you’re paying for your home can increase fairly quickly. Make sure you’re keeping track of your bottom line so you’re not scrambling to afford that dream home or adding more crushing debt.
Have I Done All My Research?
Say you’re up to speed on the financials of homebuying, does that mean your days of sourcing information are over? Sadly no. The market is constantly shifting and staying informed on everything from rising mortgage rates to the effects of gentrification and which school districts outpace the others are all topics you need to become well-versed in. According to an Open Door survey, 35% of first-time homebuyers wish they did more research before purchasing their property while 32% listed the toughest challenge of homebuying as a lack of real estate market knowledge.
The fact is, you’ll likely spend dozens of hours touring a shocking amount of homes before you land on “the one,” but any prep you can do before getting boots to the ground will give you peace of mind and make the process less of a time expense. Some key things you can research ahead of time include historical data on the neighborhood/city you’re looking at moving to, home buying trends for that market, property prices in the area (are they rising, falling, or staying stagnant), and comps (or homes similar to the one you’re interested in).
What Are My Must-Haves And Deal-Breakers?
Not every element of homebuying needs to be stressful so when you’re writing down your wish list, think big. An open-concept layout, a backyard pool, a double-island kitchen, heated tile floors – think of everything you could possibly want in your forever home. Give yourself permission to enjoy the act of pursuing this American Dream. Then, once you’ve indulged in some of those affluent fantasies, start ticking off what really matters to you (and what you can actually afford) – lots of natural light, central heating/air, a wraparound porch – and what you can live without. Sure, a steam shower or a double-range oven would be nice, but could you see yourself living your best life in a home you own that doesn’t have those things?
Conversely, making a wish list will help you to identify your personal deal-breakers when it comes to house hunting. Would living on a busy street or too close to a main highway be a turn-off? Is two stories just too much space? Are carpeted floors a nonstarter? You may not be able to afford every luxury, but if you and the market aren’t simpatico in this moment with regard to your must-haves, maybe the time isn’t right. Is it better to wait than to settle? The key home buying question for these times.
Thanks to standout performances in Justified, The Righteous Gemstones, and now Fallout, where he chews the scenery as 200-year-old bounty hunter The Ghoul, Walton Goggins has become the go-to actor for any project looking to add impeccable charm and/or a side of menace.
However, like most actors of his generation, Goggins didn’t instantly became a star. He had to work his way through bit roles that he financed with side jobs that he admits to working longer than he had to because that’s just how he was raised.
“You know, I’m a poor kid from Georgia,” Goggins told Business Insider. “I come from very humble beginnings and I’ve never been afraid of work in my life. I moved to Los Angeles when I was 19 years old. I had $300 in my pocket.”
According to Goggins, he started working at a health club on his very first morning in L.A., and he never stopped hustling since.
“I did that until I decided I was going to start my own business, and I started a valet parking company. I had that for a couple of years. I sold cowboy boots. I became a personal trainer. But along with all of that I was very fortunate to start working as an actor straight away. But I’m conservative, fiscally speaking, so I continued to keep working side jobs and structured my life in a way that I had a job that allowed me to walk away whenever an opportunity to act came up.”
“I actually continued to have side jobs for five years past the point of needing those jobs,” Goggins continued. “I took all the money I was making from storytelling and just put that in the bank. I lived off what I was making on these side gigs. That’s how I structured my money.”
Once he booked a role in The Apostle alongside Robert Duvall, that’s when Goggins finally decided to live off just his acting work.
“I felt confident enough that I had enough cushion to really go for it,” he said.
Fallout season 1 is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
It’s hard to believe that nearly three years ago, Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul, and this year, he’s campaigning himself as the next best action star. What can’t the man do? Win an Emmy, it seems.
Despite his lack of awards, Odenkirk has been doing pretty well for himself since the incident, which ended up being a lot scarier than fans had initially thought.
The Better Call Saul actor appeared on the Multiple Talking Women podcast and recalled his “funny medic story,” but it’s not a “haha funny” type of story, but more of a “scary funny” situation. Like Breaking Bad.
Odenkirk recalled the incident where his heart “pretty much stopped,” and he eventually “turned grey and stopped breathing.” Luckily, a medic was around, but unluckily it was his first day on the job. Odenkirk said, “It was his first day, and he said, ‘Oh no,’” which is not the phrase you want to hear when you are fading in and out of consciousness.
The actor did recover and eventually made peace with the medic. “Weeks later when I came back, he said, ‘I’m so sorry it was my first day, I have been a firefighter,’ — he was retired — ‘I’ve never done CPR. l have only ever seen other people do it,’” Odenkirk said. He would have been in good hands if he spontaneously burst into flames, but he didn’t.
This is your sign to take a CPR course at your local Red Cross. You never know if Bob Odenkirk will need your assistance.
Yesterday (April 14), CBS aired Billy Joel: The 100th — Live At Madison Square Garden… or rather, they aired most of the concert special.
As Consequence notes, CBS’ coverage of the 2024 Masters Tournament ended up running long, so the recording of the Joel concert started airing 30 minutes behind schedule. Late in the performance, as Joel was belting out his signature song “Piano Man,” the broadcast unexpectedly ended and cut to local news. As Awful Announcing notes, this affected viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones.
Viewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man.
As one X (formerly Twitter) user, a former CBS employee, noted, “CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for WEEKS. So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and the cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? C’mon guys.” She noted in another tweet, “There were two logical choices they could’ve made: reschedule or scrap Tracker, or air the entire primetime schedule and preempt local news as needed. I’ve worked in TV for many years. The 11pm newscast has been pushed for lesser reasons.”
CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for WEEKS. So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and the cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? C’mon guys.
I live on the East Coast; it wasn’t fine. There were two logical choices they could’ve made: reschedule or scrap Tracker, or air the entire primetime schedule and preempt local news as needed. I’ve worked in TV for many years. The 11pm newscast has been pushed for lesser reasons.
Another more angry user noted, “Dear @CBS, F*ck off. #BillyJoel #MSG #100 concert not only starts a half hour late, but then you cut off the last 3-4 minutes for local news to start at 1130? Are you serious. Absolutely pathetic decision making, on an event that’s been advertised for MONTHS, and you f*ck it up.”
Dear @CBS , Fuck off.#BillyJoel#MSG #100 concert not only starts a half hour late, but then you cut off the last 3-4 minutes for local news to start at 1130? Are you serious. Absolutely pathetic decision making, on an event that’s been advertised for MONTHS, and you fuck it up
Fortunately, there is a resolution in sight: Today, Joel took to social media to share an update from CBS. It reads, “A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations, and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song. Due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans, BILLY JOEL: THE 100TH – LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN will be rebroadcast in its entirety on CBS on April 19th at 9:00PM ET/PT.”
The Jennifer’s Body actress attended Coachella where she was asked by E! News to give advice for single women this summer. “I don’t know if I’m the best person to give advice, because my advice is like just learn a skill or develop a hobby,” she said, “and do not waste your energy on boys.” She added, “All they’re going to do is drain you. Just move on. Invest in yourself.”
The comments come almost a month after Fox confirmed the end of her engagement to longtime partner Machine Gun Kelly. Kelly has since commented on Fox’s interview, surprisingly in support of his ex-fiancée’s advice for women. Fox shared the interview on her Instagram pairing it with the caption, “Life advice from a relationship expert”, prompting Kelly to comment, “PREACH.”
What an odd thing to say. Anyway, Kim Kardashian also responded to Fox’s advice, writing, “Not No.”
“No” is what Coachella allegedly told Machine Gun Kelly about attending the festival in 2012. “Never been to a Coachella,” he wrote on X over the weekend. “They banned me in 2012 for whatever reason. I was looking forward to finally going this year, but my daughter’s volleyball tournament ended up on the same days, so y’all will have to let me know how it is. She comes first.”
MGK didn’t help his cause by calling Coachella “a huge joke.”
Czech photographer Jan Langer‘s portrait series “Faces of Century” shows them in a different light: as human beings aged by years of experience, but at their deepest level, unchanged by the passing of time.
In the series, Langer juxtaposes his portraits with another portrait of the subject from decades earlier. He recreates the original pose and lighting as closely as he can — he wants us to see them not just as they are now, but how they have and haven’t changed over time. That is the key to the series.
These are the rare faces of people who have lived through two world wars, a cavalcade of regimes, and the rush of advancements in modern life. These photos, and the stories of the lives lived by the people in them, show not only the beauty of aging, but how even as we age, we still remain essentially ourselves.
Vejdělek is a former metallurgical engineer who will never forget the taste of warm fresh goat’s milk.
2. Bedřiška Köhlerová, at age 26 and 103
Originally born in Merano, Italy, Köhlerová wishes to visit Italy one more time.
3. Ludvík Chybík, at age 20 and 102
Chybík is a former postal carrier and says he will never forget the route he worked every day.
4. Vincenc Jetelina, at age 30 and 105
Jetelina spent eight years in prison after World War II. Now, he just wants to live the rest of his life in peace.
5. Marie Fejfarová, at age 101
Fejfarová burned all her material memories, including old photographs, when she decided to move to a long-term care facility. She lived a dramatic life, hiding from the Nazis and then the Russians, but eventually she was able to travel the world with her husband. Her experiences show there’s no such thing as too late in life to start a new chapter.
6. Antonín Kovář, at age 25 and 102
Kovář is a former musician whose daughter comes to visit him every day. He wishes to play the clarinet once more.
7. Anna Vašinová, at age 22 and 102
Vašinová will always remember the day her husband was taken away by the Nazis. She wishes to be reunited with him after death.
8. Stanislav Spáčil, at age 17 and 102
Spáčil was an electrical engineer throughout his life and thinks that it’s too early in his life to think about the past.
9. Anna Pochobradská, at age 30 and 100
Pochobradská was a farmer. She now lives a quiet life and is thankful that her daughter visits her every weekend.
10. Antonín Baldrman, at age 17 and 101
Baldrman was a clerk early in life and keeps up with current events by reading the newspaper.
11. Marie Burešová, at age 23 and 101
Burešová loves talking to her family and wishes to have them all together again.
12. Vlasta Čížková, at age 23 and 101
Čížková cooked in the dining room at the airport in the small village of Vodochody. She’ll never forget reciting her own poetry at wedding ceremonies.
13. Ludmila Vysloužilová, at age 23 and 101
Vysloužilová stays active every day by chopping wood, shoveling snow, and doing work around her house.
The photographer Langer was initially inspired to document the lives of elderly people because of what he saw as the media’s lack of coverage of them. He decided to focus on people over the age of 100 — a very rare demographic indeed. The 2010 U.S. Census reported only 53,364 centenarians, which is only 0.19% of the population of people 70 years or older.
“One should live every single moment according to their best knowledge and conscience because one day we will see clearly what has a real value,” Langer says of what he learned from his subjects while photographing them.
The series was originally part of a story that Langer did for the Czech news outlet aktuálně.cz. You can see more photos from the portrait sessions by following the link.
As if a Canada goose named Arnold isn’t endearing enough, his partner who came looking for him when he was injured is warming hearts and having us root for this sweet feathered couple.
“We often have people ask if they can visit the patients they dropped off, but today we had our first animal visitor!” they wrote. “For the safety of our patients we do not accommodate visitation requests, but in this case we had to make an exception!”
Arnold is a Canada goose that lives on a pond near the facility and is part of a mated pair of wild geese that have been together for several years. The center said the geese usually keep to themselves, but one of their staff noticed that Arnold was walking with a “significant limp” and kept falling over. They were able to capture him and bring him into the hospital for examination.
“Upon exam our veterinary team found that he had two open-fractures on his foot,” they wrote. “This means that the tissue and skin has been pulled away leaving the bone exposed. Our best guess is that a Snapping turtle or other predator attacked him while swimming.”
To save his foot and help him survive, the staff knew they had to amputate one of the digits and suture the other wound closed. They gave him antibiotics and pain meds and prepped him for surgery the following morning.
Then his mate came knocking.
“Today, as we prepared to sedate Arnold and get him ready for surgery, we heard a faint tapping at the clinic door,” the center wrote. “We turned to see that his mate had waddled up onto the porch and was attempting to break into our clinic! She had somehow located him and was agitated that she could not get inside. She remained there throughout the entire procedure, watching us work, never moving from the doorway.”
Aww.
Surgery went well, and once Arnold woke up the staff decided to let him recover by the doorway so he and his mate could see each other.
“We opened the door and gave Arnold his flow-by oxygen in the doorway. His mate immediately calmed down and began to groom him through the door. They both seemed much more at ease in each other’s presence.”
AWWWW.
“Arnold will likely need several weeks of treatment in our hospital before he is ready to rejoin his mate in the wild,” they added. “He will need to be kept inside for the majority of this time in order to keep his wound sterile and prevent infection. We will do our best to get him back out quickly and will perform bandage changes and treatments in view of the doorway when possible so that his mate can check up on him. ❤️”
While attempting not to anthropomorphize too much, it’s so sweet to see animal partners show such genuine care for one another. Canada geese mate for life, and they are known to mourn in seclusion when they lose a mate. Seeing Arnold’s mate coming to find him and comfort him during his treatment is just too lovely.
Feel good story of the day, indeed. Wishing you a speedy recovery, Arnold!
Anyone who grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s—Gen X, I’m looking at you—grew up in a world that was dominated by 8-bit graphics. Back in the day, computers and video game systems had a limited amount of processing power so the graphics had to be simple.
That meant the heroes that we played with such as Mario from Super Mario Brothers or Link from The Legend of Zelda, had to be super simple looking and we had to fill in the rest with our imaginations.
Video graphics have come a long way over the past 30-plus years, but people still love the old designs because it takes them back to a simpler time. This has led to an 8-bit movement where people use their creativity to make art within the confines of the limited medium.
Some people also use the limited 8-bit soundscape to create music that’s reminiscent of the old games. Sure, computer game music may be much more sophisticated these days, but is there anything better than the soundtrack to the original Tetris? Would Super Mario Brothers be the same with a sophisticated soundtrack? I think not.
Swedish artist Johan Karlgren, who goes by the name Pappas Pärlor, creates pixelated 8-bit-looking art and then inserts it into everyday scenes. The interesting thing is that his 8-bit art isn’t done with computer graphics, but Perler beads.
Perler beads are small, plastic beads that one places on a grid, and when the picture is done, they are melted with a household clothing iron. The beads are a fun hobby for kids who love to see the melting beads ooze their way into a fully-formed picture.
Although they weren’t originally intended to make 8-bit art, because the beads are placed on a grid when they melt together the designs look like they came straight out of a Nintendo Entertainment System.
Super Mario 3 Tanooki Suit Perler Beads Timelapsepic.twitter.com/Ywed4B3y47
Karlgren recreates iconic images from comics, cartoons, video games and movies with the beads and then adds them to the scenarios, turning the mundane into the whimsical.
What’s Karlgren’s big inspiration? “Anything that makes me feel something,” he told Bored Panda. “It could be anything from childhood memories to politics or people doing awesome stuff that I wanna interpret.”
For Karlgren, his work is the byproduct of having a good time. “I don’t really choose what to create. My work is sprung from playing, and I’ll try to go with the ideas that come up in my head,” he said.
One of the hallmarks of Karlgen’s work is taking drab places such as a parking lot or other types of urban infrastructure and livening them up with the addition of one of his Perler bead creations. “It’s something that makes me happy, and hopefully other people [when] seeing it as well,” he told Newsweek.
Karlgren is a father of four and started posting his creations on Instagram back in April 2014. Since then, his fun, old-school designs have earned him more than 144,000 followers. Here are some of his coolest, and funniest 8-bit designs.
Traveling with preteens and teens is a breeze in comparison to traveling with little ones but as a parent you still want to sit near your kiddos in case they need you for anything. If you’ve traveled on an airline in the last several years, you know it’s much cheaper to chose the basic seats in the main cabin.
There’s nothing different about these particular seats other than the airline sort of randomly selects your seat and if you’re traveling alone, that’s really not a bad deal. The risk gets to be a little higher if you’re traveling with a party that you’d like to keep together – like your children. One mom took the risk and banked on a stranger accommodating…that’s not quite how it played out.
People sit in the wrong seats on planes all the time, usually because they read their ticket wrong or accidentally sit one row ahead. Takes no time to double check your ticket and move along, but when Tammy Nelson did a double take at her ticket after seeing the mom in her window seat, she realized she wasn’t mistakenly staring at the wrong row.
This mom boarded the plane with her older children and had taken it upon herself to sit in the same row as her children, essentially commandeering a stranger’s seat. Nelson assumed it was a mistake and informed the woman that the seat was in fact hers but the response she received was surprising.
“She said, ‘Oh, you want to sit here?’,” Nelson tells Good Morning America. “She said, ‘Oh, well I just thought I could switch with you because these are my kids.'”
That’s an interesting assumption when seats are assigned and many people, like Nelson, pay extra to have the seat they prefer. Now, there’s no telling if funds were tight and this was an unplanned trip for the mom and kids which caused her to buy the more budget friendly tickets or if she was simply being frugal and was banking on the kindness of a stranger.
Either way, Nelson specifically paid for a window seat due to motion sickness and though she paid extra, she was willing to sit in the other row if that seat was also a window seat. But it turns out, it was a middle seat.
Surely there’s someone out there that loves the middle seat. Maybe a cold natured person that enjoys the body heat of two strangers sitting uncomfortably close. Or perhaps someone that doesn’t mind accidentally sleeping on an unsuspecting passenger’s shoulder. But that person isn’t Nelson, so when the middle seat was offered in exchange for her bought and paid for window seat, she politely but sternly declined.
Having had only 90 minutes of sleep the night before and knowing I had to give a presentation to 500 people, I desperately needed some sleep, so I did not agree to switch seats. 🤷♀️ Before anyone comes after me… the kids looked like they were about 11 and 15 years old. And the mom was in arms-reach of both of them from the middle seat in the row behind us. The mom proceeded to complain for at least 15 minutes to the person next to her loud enough for me to hear. But the woman actually defended me – several times. It was so kind and I appreciated it so much because I was feeling really guilty. 🤦♀️ ##airplaneseat##seatswitching##airplanekarens
Her refusal to give in to the mom’s seemingly entitled request for Nelson’s seat has resulted in parents and child-fee people cheering her on after she posted the details on her TikTok page, MyCONQUERing. The video has over 3.4 million views.
“Nope. If it’s not an upgrade it’s a sacrifice,” a commenter writes.
“You did the RIGHT thing. Folks need to plan their travel together. Lack of planning on their part does not constitute an inconvenience on yours,” one person says.
“I have 3 kids and have sat in different rows when they were passed toddler age. I agree, book your flight earlier,” another writes.
“You were right. As a woman with 3 children, I always pay extra so we’re sat together,” another mom says.
Nelson is also a mom so she knows how important it is to sit next to kids on flights. But since airlines have made that a luxury, as the parent, you have to plan to pay extra or accept that you likely won’t be seated next to your children. Hopefully in the future, this unnamed mom is seated next to her children or pays extra to make sure it happens. In the meantime, people continue to support Nelson standing her ground.
This article originally appeared on 7.28.23
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