Priority seats on mrt

Am 22 weeks pregnant and my bump is super obvious already. I also wear tight clothings to make it more obvious and rub my tummy often to show that I’m pregnant. I also stand in front of the priority seat to see if people do offer their seats but no. So far nobody offered any seats to me. Just feel so sad for the society. And realized that this is something that I feel strongly only after being pregnant. Because before I was pregnant I always gave up seats to pregnant women and elderly. So I thought that is what you should do and a norm. Being courteous as a human being with feelings. But everyone is so self entitled now that they don’t care, they just act they using phone etc. Plus what makes me disheartened is that those not giving up seats are ppl in 20-30s perfectly healthy adults who are not carrying heavy items , they just want a seat. Why should I be asking them for a seat if I have the priority to the priority seat as a pregnant woman? People should be more auto to give right? I think maybe Singapore or SMRT should increase this awareness cause I realized a lot of pregnant mummies are facing the same issue. And it’s also very dangerous for mummies to stand so long cause if leg to be swollen and fall risk! This is why pregnant mummies need the seats, and people should be educated on this.

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i dont take MRT as frequently, but other mummies around me have also been complaining. So far I've only boarded the MRT once after I got pregnant (back then at ard 20 wks), was seated at the seat beside priority seat (my 60+ YO mum was seated in the priority seat). Then this uncle came and demanded I give up my seat to him. HAHAHA. My preggy bump was already pretty obvious back then. Bus rides are "safer" in a sense that as long you managed to get a seat, you usually wont get asked to give it up by the self-entitled "needy". But also don't expect anybody to give up their seats for you if you can't get one. Plus, if you are boarding at bus stops, you also need to be careful of taichi-master aunties and uncles, who may pull some weird moves on you just to shove you behind and cut your "queue" to board the bus first. My take on this is, nobody is obligated to give up their seats to us. If you really feel rather poorly and thinks you need to sit down, politely ask for it. Do also understand that some seemingly healthy youngsters might also be suffering from autoimmune diseases and other forms of chronic pain, and who knows they may really need the seat more than us. :)

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