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Greetings from the middle seat
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Well hi there! I’m on a plane to Chicago in the middle seat behind my husband’s middle seat. (Wrote this on Friday, before the nationwide ground stop — WUT IS HAPPENING) I’m a princess. I don’t do middle seats. Thing is, our original flight was canceled, and United (which has pulled shenanigans like this before) bumped us to an earlier one. From 10am to 9am. Who does that? Good thing Steven looked at his phone at 6am. Also good thing I packed last night. I guess we’re lucky we got on a flight at all. We’re going for an art event, which I wouldn’t die if we had to miss, but we also scored tickets to the Obama Center. I mean, come ON. Right after the blue wave, too, LFG. In place of the clichéd “wild horses,” I’ll say seat 30E couldn’t keep me away. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been stewing over the armrest sitch. Both my seatmates have taken possession of our shared armrests with their elbows, so I’ve been having a come-to-Jesus talk with them (in my head, of course) about how those go to the person in the middle seat. Clearly they don’t live on Threads like I do and read post after post from flight attendants confirming the unwritten but sacred rules: window seat gets executive power over the shade, aisle seat gets to pee whenever they damn please, and middle, the Jan Brady of Economy, gets to lord over the inside armrests. That’s the booby prize, and it’s rightfully mine. It’s only a two-hour flight, though, so not worth actually schooling my seatmates out loud. This is all a metaphor for writing, of course. Psych! It's not. Though I'm sure I could make it one with my handy AI tool The Point Finder. Airplane seating is, however, an apt analogy for tickets to my NYC writing retreat, Bingeworthy Live — because I’ve released a limited number of spots at the super-early-bird price ($1000 off the full fare), and just like with flights, the lowest fares always go fast. And you, smarty that you are, snagged one. I'm so excited that you're coming! Got a friend you'd love to have join you? Forward this to them so they don't miss out: Hey, Reader’s friend — check out Bingeworthy Live and get your super-early-bird ticket here. There are no crappy seats or elbow wars at Bingeworthy Live. xoLaura Love Shrimp Mail? Forward this to a friend so they can get in on the action and sign up below.
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Laura Belgray (Talking Shrimp)
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