Bethie

? ? WE MET ON AN AIRPLANE! We actually met on the flight back to Cleveland from Las Vegas. My best friend who I was traveling with wanted a window seat and due to our late check-in after a fun weekend in Vegas, the only window seat left was the last one on the plane. There were three seats so I promptly sat my purse in the vacant seat as to deter any strangers from sitting next to me. The plane was full aside from the one my purse was sitting in. A handsome man walked onto the plane and asked me if the seat was taken. I said "no" and moved my purse. We got to talking (well, to be honest, I was doing most of the talking) and we had a lot in common! I asked him who he was traveling with... He had come to Vegas with a large group of friends. He may or may not have drank a little too much the night before (haha, can you blame him?!) and fell asleep in his hotel closet while packing up that morning (not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas... sorry, Fred!). His friends tried to wake him but he was a lost cause. They all went to the airport and left him in the hotel room with another friend who had a later flight. At some point he woke up and realized all of his friends had left to catch their flight and he raced to take his own taxi to the airport. Luckily he was able to get to the airport on time, but because of his late check-in and Southwest's lack of assigned seats, he had to sit in the last seat on the plane next to me while all of his friends were seated at the front of the plane. Our chance meeting has truly made me believe in fate. ? ? ? WE WERE ENGAGED ON AN AIRPLANE! Fred proposed to me in the air on a flight to Belize. It could not have been more perfect or romantic.