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So we get to the airport and when the first class passengers are called, I looked at my girlfriend and told her \u201clet\u2019s go\u201d. She said they didn\u2019t call our cabin yet, and I told her to look closer at her boarding pass, she looks and is stunned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Her father \u201cjust laughs and shakes his head,\u201d while her mother \u201cis stunned but doesn\u2019t look happy.\u201d They loved<\/b> first class and the girlfriend gushed over it \u201cagain and again.\u201d Her only regret was that she hadn\u2019t \u201cdress[ed] more bougie.\u201d (While you should dress comfortably and modestly, you don\u2019t need to dress up to act the part.)<\/p>\n

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At the end of the flight, things took a turn for the worse because her mother was angry<\/u>.<\/p>\n

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She said how could you leave [them] to rot in coach while we live it up in first. ..[H]e said he slept the whole way [and said] he\u2019d have left us too if he had the money. <\/p>\n

[She] said we should all go first together or not at all, that it isn\u2019t really fair or a good look to have two parties be in different classes like that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His girlfriend\u2019s mother said he should have paid to upgrade everyone rather than invest in first class<\/i> for the two of them. And that spoiled the experience for his girlfriend, who decided that he \u201cshould have saved it for a private trip for the two of [themm] rather than with her parents.\u201d Let\u2019s be clear: <\/p>\n

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• This wasn\u2019t selfish, it was done for his girlfriend. The parents should be happy for their daughter!\n<\/li>\n
• They were going to be in a different class of service anyway \u2013 business versus coach \u2013 so what difference does it make if the couple enjoy first class instead?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  You shouldn\u2019t wish discomfort on anyone, and should be happy that anyone you ostensibly care about can escape coach. Leave an expectation for \u2018solidarity\u2019 (shared misery) to the French.<\/p>\n

  At the end of the day, be happy for anyone<\/i> who upgrades when it isn\u2019t taking an upgrade away from you.<\/p>\n

  (HT: Paul H<\/b>)<\/p>\n