Relationships/Communication

The Couple Sitting Across From Me On A Plane Flight Made Me Rethink My Relationship

An in-flight mystery.

Heart Affairs
Published in
4 min readSep 7, 2023

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Photo by Annie Williams on Unsplash

It wasn’t until halfway through the plane flight that I noticed the couple across the aisle from me. The woman was incredibly well put together with a glossiness about her hair, skin, and makeup that gave her an almost unearthly sheen. Not a single hair was out of place.

The man sitting next to her was presumably her significant other, as I noticed him putting his hand on her knee at one point and attempting to give her a loving nuzzle. He appeared to be a bit older than her and reasonably attractive from my viewpoint. He was undeniably physically fit with muscles bulging out of his t-shirt sleeves.

Unfortunately, the smooth beauty seemed to want absolutely nothing to do with this man and I was instantly curious about it. Whether he was her boyfriend, husband, or something else, she rebuffed every attempt he made at verbal or physical contact.

She sat there and stared at what looked to be a social media or photo feed on her phone for the entire 3 hours of our flight. With no internet on the plane, that was odd, but it didn’t seem to stop her level of absorption into the screen.

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Michelle Brown
Heart Affairs

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