Hmmm.

If he’s unwilling to make even the slightest adjustment for you, that makes me inclined to be concerned that he doesn’t respect you.

The ability to clear browsing history is what’s keeping most modern marriages alive.

Sunscreen!

It’s been too long, I’m glad you're posting again.

Maybe she thought that she didn’t have to give us a wedding gift because she was a bridesmaid?

The same happens on military flights. My unit was weighed on their way to Iraq. It made sense, what with how much people weigh with all their gear.

You went that far, and didn't go with Mansplaneing?

Agreed. I've been on the 19-passenger planes (where the pilot is also the flight attendant, and he doesn't give a shit about the standard flight attendant protocols), and they've just eyed the passengers up and made them change sides of the plane accordingly.

I’m probably in the boat that would be a little self conscious about my weight if weighed at the airport but fuck that shit, weigh my ass if that is going to keep us safe in the air, cause once up there and shit go sideways, all bets are off. ALL. ALLL BETS ARE OFF

By “mansplaining” do you just mean “being male and participating in a discussion”? There are times and places to call out men who insert themselves obnoxiously into a conversation that isn’t about them, or who condescendingly claim to be experts about women’s experiences — but that doesn’t mean we’re never allowed to…

I took a smallish plane that required weighing once. Luckily, they allowed you to get on the scale with your luggage so it wasn’t too traumatizing. I was ok with it, what I wasn’t ok with was that on the return journey they didn’t weigh us and actually had people sitting all down the middle aisle. It was a very, very,…

Same here. Not seeing g a big issues here, unless the airline employees are going out of their way to be jerk about it.

How is this mansplaining?

You’re an idiot.

That isn't mansplaining you boring tool. This isn't a gendered issue, unless you think that poor sad womenfolk are walking around being especially vulnerable to being weighed because of their poor sad fragile hysterical brains.

Troll is bad at trolling. I demand you present your troll certification. Cause you suck.

Think about what you just said.

A couple people on a small plane with limited luggage is necessary.

LOTS of people and LOTS of luggage on a large plane is still just as necessary.

My dad owns a plane and I have to listen to him talk about this stuff ALL the time when we fly places. Weight matters and the most exacting,…

In my experience (tiny 8- and/or 10-seater planes in and around Costa Rica), this was not some sort of public shaming. I stood on a special scale, and the number was actually not visible to me or any of the other flyers. Instead, it displayed facing the other direction, for the single employee who was weighing…

Likewise. I’ve been on small flights where this is important information.