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I remember when my youngest was teething and would...not...stop...screaming...for hours. I was sitting her that day and I had a major tooth ache to boot.

I calmly picked her up...hugged her...then put her down in her cradle. Then I went outside and smoked a bunch of cigarettes quickly until I calmed down.

I've heard of cases of 'shaken baby syndrome'. But that day...the crying...the toothache...but I managed to keep my cool. Anyone with a bit less patience may have done something to regret.

So I'd take the two arguing passengers over the screaming baby any day of the week.
 

Beezer said:
I remember when my youngest was teething and would...not...stop...screaming...for hours. I was sitting her that day and I had a major tooth ache to boot.

I calmly picked her up...hugged her...then put her down in her cradle. Then I went outside and smoked a bunch of cigarettes quickly until I calmed down.

I've heard of cases of 'shaken baby syndrome'. But that day...the crying...the toothache...but I managed to keep my cool. Anyone with a bit less patience may have done something to regret.

So I'd take the two arguing passengers over the screaming baby any day of the week.
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I had a similar experience. My second daughter was born just 12 months after my first daughter, almost to the day. I was so frazzled and had virtually no support; neither set of parents offered to help, and my then-husband was 50 miles away at his job in DC. One day was particularly bad; she'd been crying all morning. (I'm pretty sure she was picking up on my stress level.) At one point I knew if I went back into her bedroom and picked her up I may have shaken her, so I went into my bedroom and shut the door, went into the en suite bathroom and shut the door, and then into the walk-in closet and shut that door.

When I woke up, she was quiet.

I've read that plenty of babies have been shaken to death, but none has ever cried itself to death.
 
LadyEmeraude said:
Would you rather be on an airplane between two arguing passengers or sit next to a screaming infant?
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I'd take the arguing passengers.

I took a redeye flight once with all three of my young kids. My son was about 2-1/2 at the time. He started screaming the minute we boarded the planeā€”so it wasn't just the change in pressure that was bothering him (i.e., his ears)ā€”and cried the entire. damn. flight. I was so mortified; nothing I could do calmed him down. I wanted to just magically transport all of us somewhere else. Ugh! It was one of the most stressful experiences of my life. I'm sure the entire plane wanted us gone.

I still get knots in my stomach when I think about it.
 
Passengers any day because unless the plane is packed you can tell them tales about wacky things you did in your youth , excuse yourself go to the bathroom and when you return BOTH have changed their seats and now you have all three seats to yourself .

And sadly this is no tale it happened to me while flying to Ca to visit my daughters , even the flight attendant looked at me strange .
 
I would take the crying baby since the 2 arguing passengers may escalate into physical violence. I've watched too many videos online in the news over the last few years of people physically fighting on planes. I'm so glad I did all my flying back in the day when people were still civilized on flights. I have no desire to fly ever again. Too many places in the US I haven't seen that I can drive to instead.
 
Can't do anything about a screaming infant because the cause is not always possible for a parent to address. But flight attendants can do something about adults arguing. Temporary inconvenience of adults arguing needs to be taken in stride.
Really annoying is having a passenger that is a stranger next to you that won't shut up when you want to nap.
 
Knight said:
Can't do anything about a screaming infant because the cause is not always possible for a parent to address. But flight attendants can do something about adults arguing. Temporary inconvenience of adults arguing needs to be taken in stride.
Really annoying is having a passenger that is a stranger next to you that won't shut up when you want to nap.
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You can speak up.
 
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