Business, Food , Travel - My Life: Galley Gossip: Love on the Plane - plus enter to win More Than This by Margo Candela

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Love on the plane, it happens. In fact, it happened to me. That's where I met my husband, on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. I'm guessing we were somewhere over Illinois when I gave him my phone number. The interesting thing about it is he wasn't even my type (not at all), which was good because my type, I soon realized, had a tendency to suck.

Love on an airplane. It happens. I don't know why it doesn't happen more often.

I mean where else but on an airplane (or at an airport) do you get such an interesting mix of people from all walks of life? Not to mention, you can tell a lot about a person by how they travel, particularly when it comes to how they treat the flight attendant. Don't believe me? Next time you find yourself cramped in a middle seat, just watch the people around you.

I noticed my husband right away. What I liked about him was he didn't flirt, but he was nice and very polite. Always he said please and thank you, and he looked me in the eye whenever he addressed me, which rarely seems to happen these days. The thing that stood out the most about the passenger who would soon become my husband, was a very tasty looking sandwich he had brought on-board from a deli in Manhattan. That said it all. It said he liked good food. It said he was a man with a plan. It said he knew how to take care of himself. When he noticed me drooling over his seat, he offered me a bite. I didn't take the bite, but I knew right then and there he was the guy for me. Eight months later we were engaged. Six years later we have a two year-old son.

Love on the airplane. It happens. Has it happened to you?

Ever been at the airport, or on an airplane, when you spot that hot guy (or girl) at the exact same time he (or she) looks at you, and you swear you can actually feel your heart beating just as he (or she) is boarding a flight, deplaning the flight, or in the process of taking another flight, and you want to yell out WAIT! STOP! But you don't. Because...well...normal people just don't scream out in public places at strangers, even if that stranger makes your heart go thump thump thump. Yet later you find yourself wishing you'd actually done just that. And you wonder what would have happened if you had done just that - yelled those two little words that may have changed your life forever.

Chances are, if you've ever been in a situation like the one mentioned above, you're going to love More Than This by Margo Candela. I know I did. Oh sure Margo is a friend, and one of the writers in my writing group, but this girl can write! Trust me. In fact, movie deals for this book should be rolling in any day now. I've already offered (okay fine, I demanded!) to play the role of the flight attendant when the movie comes out.

So tell me all about your experiences with love on the plane - whether it happened, almost happened, didn't happen (but wish it had), or maybe it did happen and you really wish it hadn't happened - and you'll have a chance to win an autographed copy of More Than This, a story about missed connections, written by Margo Candela. The perfect read to pass your time on the next flight. We'll draw a lucky winner by Friday, August 8, 2008

Good Luck!

To enter, simply leave a comment below telling us all about your experience finding love on an airplane.
The comment must be left before Friday, August 8, 2008 at 5pm Eastern time
You may enter only once.
One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
One Grand Prize Winner will receive a free, autographed copy of More Than This, by Margo Candela.
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
Book is valued at $14.
Click here for complete Official Rules.