Reply To: sitting next to opposite gender on plane

I flew to Israel alone recently so was able to accomodate others who needed to switch (families separated, etc.) and did so twice. But when the person next to me was asked to switch with a man who was sitting next to a mother who had to nurse during the flight I offered to swith b/c I thought I’d rather sit next to a woman and an infant than a man- I had visions of falling asleep and waking up with my head on his shoulder! However when I switched it wasn’t a mother with an infant it was a mother with a toddler so whenever she nursed I got kicked in the kidneys. And I got chewed up smushed cracker all over me and my pillow taken. Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20 and I would’ve much rather have sat next to the man but we all survived!