There were 15 minutes left on the flight! The wife wanted to buy coffee, so the husband “let her go” at the airport and flew away

A couple in the United States recently took a flight to visit their college daughter on the East Coast, but because his wife insisted on going to another terminal to buy Starbucks coffee, they missed the boarding time. The husband was angry and chose to board the plane alone, leaving his wife stranded at the airport. The incident caused heated discussions on social platforms.

The 47-year-old husband shared on the forum Reddit that his wife has a casual personality and the two often have frictions due to different time concepts when traveling many times. The trip was originally scheduled to take a 10 am flight on the weekend, but because his wife spent time making coffee, taking a shower and eating breakfast that morning, she missed the boarding time. The airline refused to refund the ticket, and the two had to rebook the flight for the next day.

The next day, they successfully boarded the first leg of the flight and arrived at the transfer point at 9:15 am. It is expected to board the second flight at 9:40. Because the transfer requires taking a shuttle bus to another terminal, there are only 15 minutes left before boarding. At this time, the wife suddenly expressed that she wanted to buy Starbucks coffee. Although the husband suggested buying it nearby, the wife still insisted on going to Starbucks in another terminal.

The husband said that his wife had vowed to come back, but the ground staff did not see his wife after broadcasting several times. He called her and found out that she was still on the way. In the end, the husband decided to “let his wife go” and boarded the plane alone. He asked his wife to buy a ticket and take the next flight. The two agreed to meet at the destination.

The husband later revealed that his wife behaved normally after arriving at his daughter’s university and seemed to be indifferent to these unpleasant things, which made the husband mistakenly believe that his wife realized her fault. Unexpectedly, the two of them started a week-long cold war after returning home and did not talk to him at all, which made him helpless to post a message asking: “Am I a jerk?”

After the incident was exposed, it triggered a lot of discussion among foreign netizens. Most netizens believed that the husband’s approach was reasonable and criticized his wife for not considering others and time arrangements. Afterwards, the husband updated that the two had reached a consensus on the future travel mode. They would book tickets and go to the airport independently to avoid similar conflicts again. “She can freely arrange what she wants to do. It is up to her to decide whether she can board the plane on time. Although she was not very satisfied with this approach, she finally accepted it reluctantly.”