there’s something you might want to check.” She handed me a note. It was from the woman behind me explaining that she was 8 months pregnant and had been experiencing discomfort throughout the flight. The sudden recline had pressed against her stomach, causing her distress. She wrote that she couldn’t afford first class as she was traveling to see her sick mother one last time before giving birth. Now I feel conflicted. My wife says I was completely in the wrong and should have been more considerate. She’s been giving me the cold shoulder since I got home and told me I need to “fix this somehow.”My brother,

on the other hand, says that reclining seats are a feature of the airplane that I’m entitled to use, and the woman should have spoken to me politely first rather than yelling about not being able to breathe, which he thinks was an exaggeration.I keep going back and forth on this. Was I being reasonable given how exhausted I was, or should I have checked behind me first? If the seats recline, doesn’t that mean we’re allowed to use that feature? But then again, I can’t stop thinking about her situation.Am I the bad guy for using the recline function on my seat even though it caused distress to a pregnant woman?