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men as seat buddies

i always walk on the plane searching for the best middle seat.  southwest of course.  i refuse to pay an additional $10 to pre check-in & board in the A group.  On top of that I always get to the airport at the last minute.  so i bring up the rear.
there are very rarely aisle or window seats so i scour for middle spaces without heads, once i see no heads, i take a quick glance at the people surrounding the middle seat.


i avoid the men.


i swear they think they're entitled to more space than me.  i've gotten off planes all stiff before because i pull myself so tightly small as possible as the guy next to me sprawls out and is clearly in my seat area.
today i ended up between TWO!  
how you may ask.  i had my eyes on another seat that the person in front of me stole.  i was thrown off guard & without thinking grabbed this one.
as i climbed in, i thought i made an awful mistake as i registered two men & one of them had the arm rest up, the only possible divider.  if there's a girl on the other side usually i can scoot a little away from the space hogger.  but with two.  i'm just stuck.


what was i thinking?


well, i was pleasantly surprised.  immediately.  
i sat down with a messenger bag & holding my big coat.  one man immediately offered to put my coat above for me.  i refused and threw it under the seat as usual.  then i tried to get situated:  book out of bag, etc. while holding a coffee.  then the other man (no arm rest man) asked if he can hold my coffee for me.  sure you can.  thank you.
they both stayed in their space & i didn't walk off stiff today.


maybe i've been proved wrong.


one of them even blessed me when i sneezed.  why thank you.

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