EPTTo the girl on the plane: - Page 2
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
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Cr4zyH0r5e
Peru1308 Posts
Nice story, very well written. I had something similar happen to me on a city bus about 4 years ago; I went for it and said something. Turns out, I attended high school with the girl; we had a fun conversation and started dating shortly after--It wasn't meant to be, but it was still a fun experience. I still don't quite understand people's reluctancy to engage in conversation in those situations. If you somehow come out as creepy, does it really matter? (you might never see her again), and if you hit it off, it's a nice experience, at least for the rest of your flight--it may very well be the beginning of something awesome.  + Show Spoiler [alternative ending] + OR... it could lead to a 6 year marriage with 3 kids, an awful divorce, fights over custody of the kids, and she could keep the house.  | ||
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MrCynical
United States99 Posts
![[image loading]](http://macromeme.com/cat/people.png) I feel like this comic is appropriate. | ||
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oDieN[Siege]
United States2905 Posts
On June 26 2011 14:59 wrekkless wrote: Probably the same reason most people don't say hello in situations like that. Or at least the same reason I don't... I don't want to come accross as being a really creepy guy, and make a fool of myself in the process. Great writing though, too bad it didn't quite work out. :/ Well, knowing that you would never see this person again, at least go up to her when the plane has landed outside the terminal and say strike a conversation. Who knows what might have happened? | ||
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StorkHwaiting
United States3465 Posts
I think more guys should realize that life is not all about meeting a pretty girl. It's actually got a lot more going on in it and pretty girls are a dime a fucking dozen. And the more you're taking care of your own life and living it to the fullest the more pretty girls are going to come right up to you and just talk. All these comics and crap are just teenage insecurity type bs. | ||
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Gogleion
United States534 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
next time wink and smirk. then walk slowly to the bathroom. leave the door unlocked. + Show Spoiler + seriously tho winking is awesome. | ||
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Marradron
Netherlands1586 Posts
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LokitAK
Japan90 Posts
On June 28 2011 00:39 StorkHwaiting wrote: Yuck. Man, this just sounds like a total creeper. Maybe she was looking back at you because she was disturbed by your leering. I think more guys should realize that life is not all about meeting a pretty girl. It's actually got a lot more going on in it and pretty girls are a dime a fucking dozen. And the more you're taking care of your own life and living it to the fullest the more pretty girls are going to come right up to you and just talk. All these comics and crap are just teenage insecurity type bs. I'm sorry you feel that way. I wasn't leering at her, but in a cramped plane when you look up from your book, it's hard not to see everybody in front of you, and its hard not to notice the person who is turned around and looking at you over the seats. You clearly live in a world where quaint little happenstances don't often occur. I meant no distress by writing this blog, I simply felt the need to express that chance feeling. I don't understand how looking at somebody the same way they look at you out in the human wilds and thinking about it makes me a creeper. The event has been left for what it is, or for what I believe it is at the very least, and no further pursuit has been carried out, let alone conceived. | ||
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PUPATREE
340 Posts
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Ravencruiser
Canada519 Posts
On June 26 2011 14:10 LokitAK wrote: A comic comes to mind as I review the experience: two people glance at each other on passing subway cars and glance in to each other's eyes. The subtext reads "And you will never see him again." I recently took a flight to St. Louis from Philadelphia, and as I was walking to the back of the plane looking for a seat, my eyes met those of a woman in a window seat ahead of me. Maybe I'm just lonely, or maybe just hopeless, but I feel like our quick glance was met with a certain level of mutual respect. I would have taken the seat next to her, if I were not unfortunate enough to be behind a woman and her son who proceeded to occupy the rest of that row. I have come to realize, however, that these meetings sew the most perfect human relationships possible. Two people communicate for a short time through their eyes, an act which reveals a lot more than one would think were possible. With no verbal or physical communication to follow up, the rest is left to the imagination. Now, I am not saying that given the chance I wouldn't have spoken to her, but given the current circumstances I am more than happy to cherish our meeting for what it was. Two or three times during the flight, I looked up from my book at the exact moment she happened to turn around, and our eyes met again. Each time was another heart fluttering experience, the kind where you feel like you shouldn't look at people you had never met that way, but you can't help it. The connection, however, was mutual. While I would take far longer to look away than I should (three or four seconds), she would do the same. Then, eye contact would break and we would both return to our respective activities. So, to the girl on the plane in the window seat two rows from the back: You seemed nice. I hope you enjoyed our short, awkward glances as much as I did. An edit: This is not meant as a statement of regret or any form of desire to have talked to or to in the future talk to the woman on the plane. I simply felt the desire to capture the moment as I saw it. Here's a healthy dose of cynicism to balance out the fucktonbucketload of niceness: People stare at pretty people (99%), rest is irrelevant. I know it's just meant to be a heartwarming blog, but eye contact reveals a little more than zero information regarding the other person. You only FEEL as if you've gotten to know the person because of your imagined preconceptions regarding the other person. | ||
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Livelovedie
United States492 Posts
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fusefuse
Estonia4644 Posts
On June 29 2011 06:25 Ravencruiser wrote: People stare at pretty people (99%), rest is irrelevant. I know it's just meant to be a heartwarming blog, but eye contact reveals a little more than zero information regarding the other person. You only FEEL as if you've gotten to know the person because of your imagined preconceptions regarding the other person. But that doesn't matter. What the OP describes is just emotional. A stare. A set of stares. Mostly mutual. With no strings attached. Its just one of those situations that makes you feel good. With no reason to overanalyze it. The people commenting here have all felt the same. And the negative responses are just deflections of their own life/current mindset/mood at the moment. @OP - you paint a nice vivid picture with your words | ||
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