David McWilliams

Rob just made a noise.

I'm glad they got to go.

We had a mix-up when rebooking our seats.

So instead of sitting next to one another, we were sat across the aisle from one another.

My boyfriend saw Dax get on the plane and tap me because he knows Armchair is my favorite podcast.

While I was trying to act cool, the girl sitting next to me struck up a conversation, which is why my boyfriend wasn't talking to me and didn't appear to be with me when Monica first sat down.

When I went to talk to him, I saw Monica sitting there.

In an effort to give her privacy, I started texting my boyfriend rather than leaning into the aisle to talk.

I also think people were still boarding the plane, so it was difficult to talk anyway.

The irony is that while Monica was building this scenario out, I was thinking two things.

One, Sim.

I just downloaded all of season five of Friends to watch on this flight.

I was locked into Friends, and he was locked into his book.

Two, I've listened to the podcast for years and so I've heard Monica talk about meet-cutes.

Immediately when I saw her sitting next to him, I was hoping she wasn't thinking about this as a meet-cute because she deserves one and my boyfriend is a little oblivious and wouldn't notice if she flirted with him.

It was also hard enough for me to get attention on that flight.

That said, Sam was looking great, that must be the boyfriend, and reading, so I wouldn't have blamed her.

I had a crush on him too.

I've listened to the podcast for years.

And realized I was being a little over the top thinking this person I've never met would think about a meet cute with my boyfriend when in reality the girl is really just trying to sleep on this late night flight.