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The Moms of the Upper East Side Facebook group has sparked another controversy: An anonymous member allegedly posted a tone-deaf message asking advice on flying private to her son’s travel soccer games.
“My son is joining a travel soccer team. He has never flown commercial and I haven’t flown commercial in a while,” wrote the anguished mum in a post to the private group seen by Page Six.
“Would it be wrong of me to fly private while my son flies with the team in coach? I know that parents often serve as chaperones so I am thinking about hiring his former nanny to serve as a chaperone,” posted the parent.
“Am I a bad parent,” they then wondered to the group. “I want to support him but I want to be comfortable and not travel coach and stay at Holiday Inns. I feel like it’s OK and actually better that he get exposed to flying commercial.”
The message to the group with over 35,000 members sparked polarizing replies, parodies and some saying it can’t be real. (Page Six has anecdotally heard enough about private jets and travel sports to know that it is a thing among the upper crust.)
Either way, replies included remarks such as, “Can you adopt me,” “What did ChatGPT recommend” and “You’re the worst,” as well as, “My friend’s kid was on a team a few years ago where some of the parents had planes. Turns out flying the coaching staff private helped with playing time.”
Others accused the post as being pure “rage bait.”
Another commenter chimed in by saying, “Girl fly private if that’s what you normally do… Trust me I get it. You can never turn right again when you get on a plane and I’ve flown private a handful of times.”
Someone else joked in a parody post, “My son is joining a travel baking team and competing for the Great British Bakeoff. The rest of the team is riding by boat in steerage,” before getting more ridiculous from there.
TikToker Bryce Gruber then picked up on the controversy and posted about it in her popular feed.
The group’s rival chain, UES Mommas, was previously featured in The Post when it was mysteriously temporarily shut down to the delight of the Moms of the Upper East Side group.
The UES moms groups have previously been mired in various controversies involving topics from Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to BLM to giving out-of-touch advice about keeping kiddies warm with “cashmere socks.”
