💬 Window seat or aisle, and why nobody is neutral about it

Window seat, always. I'll pay the extra ₹600 on the Dubai to Hyderabad flight just for it. My husband likes the aisle because of his long legs and his small bladder. We've had this argument for 4 years. So we book window and aisle with the middle seat between us and pray nobody buys it. Last trip somebody did buy it, a very large uncle, and he fell asleep on my shoulder. Coming into Hyderabad at night you can see the whole ring road lit up in a long orange circle. I always press my forehead on the plastic and my husband tells me I'll leave a mark. On the way back to Dubai it's just sand and then more sand, and I still look. Last month a kid in the next row told his mother he could see our house. We were at 30,000 feet. The window has costs. You're trapped. Once the person in the aisle falls asleep, you're not leaving your seat for 4 hours. I've held it in more than once. I've also climbed over a sleeping man and apologised 6 times. The window shade fights are the worst part. Somebody always wants it shut at noon so they can watch a film. I just keep my hand on it and say, give me 10 minutes of sky, then you can have it. My sister is the opposite. She picks the aisle and walks the plane every hour like it's a morning walk. She says a window seat is a prison with a nice view. I said that's what I want. We agreed we can't sit together on any flight longer than 2 hours. So which one are you, window, aisle, or middle because you booked late? No judgement, only a little.

I used to book whatever seat was cheapest and never cared where it was. Last year my sister made me take the window on the Dubai to Hyderabad flight. I didn't expect much. But I spent the whole landing with my face on the glass like a child. Now I pay ₹400 extra for a window. My sister takes the credit every single time.

Aisle for me. I drink water all through a flight and I'm not climbing over strangers 5 times. On a Hyderabad to Dubai flight 2 years ago, a window seat argument almost turned into a fight. A man wanted his wife by the window. The other guy said, I paid for this seat. The crew moved one of them eventually. I just kept my head down and ate my snack.

I was an aisle person for 10 years because of my long legs. Then I landed in Hyderabad at 11 at night from a window seat and saw the lake lights. Now I pick the window on short flights and the aisle on anything over 6 hours. Overnight flights I want to stretch my legs and I don't want to wake anyone up.