Tuesday, February 19, 2013

flying in planes with boys

Pop quiz!  You and your significant other are flying across the country for an awesome vacation together.  Your ticket gets upgraded to 1st class, but your s/o's doesn't.  Do you:
  • A:   Switch your seat so you can snuggle back in steerage.
  • B:   Tell your honey "See you in [somewhere across the country!]"  and enjoy the free food, free drinks, and extra legroom guilt-free.
  • C:   Give the upgrade to your significant other so they can enjoy the perks of 1st class.
  • D:   Pay for your partner's upgrade so you can sit together.
  • E:   All of the above. 
If you chose:

A:  You are an awesome girlfriend/boyfriend that can't be tempted from your sweetie's side by mere human comforts.  You may also just want to make people jealous as you hold hands for 5 hours and use your partner as a pillow.  Bonus: You can make them take the middle seat and avoid sitting next to strangers!

B: You are secure in your relationship and you know that 5 hours apart isn't going to put a damper on a 5 day trip, and you're not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.  Alternatively, you're just greedy and selfish (hopefully this isn't the case).

C:  You're sickeningly sweet.  You ride a unicorn as your car on rainbow paved roads.  Or maybe you take sedatives on planes, so you wouldn't enjoy 1st class anyways.

D:  You are rich.  You aren't worried about spending a couple hundred dollars extra on an already-extravagant vacation.

E:  Just kidding, this doesn't apply to this Completely Hypothetical Situation.


Me?  Try as I might, I'm just not nice enough to be C, and I'm far from rich, so D is out.  So I'm choosing between A and B.  On the one hand, airplane food isn't all that special, and I'm not really looking for a ton of free booze.  Plus, I'm on the small end of the human spectrum, and I don't really need the extra legroom.  Also, it would be nice to hold my boyfriend's hand and make people jealous cozy up for a long flight with a non-stranger.  On the other hand?  I've never flown first class before.  I'm dying to know what it's like.  And I do have enough faith in my relationship that a measly 5 hours won't jeopardize anything.  Luckily for me, my awesome man friend immediately told me to stay up in front and enjoy it, so the choice is mine!

Life sure is hard sometimes.  ;)