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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Travel
Paige Freshwater

Woman forced boyfriend to strip and use T-shirt to protect £169 suitcase

A woman has been slammed for forcing her boyfriend to give up his T-shirt at an airport to protect her new £169 suitcase. Jen was travelling home to San Diego, California, after enjoying a holiday in Mexico with her boyfriend when she went into panic mode at the airport.

An airport worker told her she'd have to check in her new BEIS Travel suitcase because it was too big for the overhead bin. Thinking on her feet, she asked her boyfriend to part with his T-shirt so she could wrap it around her £169 ($218) suitcase to prevent it from being scratched in transit.

In a viral TikTok video, she wrote: "When you're forced to check in your new BEIS carry-on and you decide your boyfriend can buy a new shirt." While some users praised her quick thinking, others claim her relationship is doomed as she prioritised a suitcase over her partner.

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