Originally Posted by
mikew99
This thread has been interesting discussion about a question that the OP didn't ask. The OP asked, "Why the need to sit together?", but most people seem to be answering the question, "Why the desire to sit together?"
It's obvious why most people would want to sit together, but other than to give care to a seatmate with special needs, it's still not clear to me why they need to -- especially to the point of seat poaching, getting the FA involved, or having such a sense of entitlement that they raise a fuss when they don't get their way.
I've sort of checked-out of this thread for a bit, but you raise a good point and I think I may have actually meant "need." I kind of zone out when I travel, and have only had flights of 7+ hours once in my life so I look at a flight as a short-term problem. If traveling with a companion, I will attempt to have us sit together (usually isle/isle) but it's not the end of the world if I don't. Once we are more than a few rows apart, we might as well be 15 rows apart and I won't make a fuss about it.
I can't tell those who want to spend as much time with their companion they are wrong, just as they can't tell me I am wrong for my view. Each of us has the view that is best for us. However there should be no expectation or demand put on someone to switch.