seems, u r travlling for the 1st time in train. Secondly, would you not pay the fare in a bus, if you do not get a seat ? or did you not pay the school fees, in summer vacations, when schools closed for 45-50 days ?. Come on, be practical. You could had cancelled the ticket. THe railways did not pressurise you to travel. If you got a W/L 2 months ago, you could had booked a Tatkal quota seat and travelled in a full berth of your own. Maybe, you could had taken the seat with you, since you bought the seat :p