Have you ever found yourself in a situation when...a total stranger is suddenly inside your personal space or bubble? It is pretty hard on me when that happens, especially when I am not expecting it. Like on a plane, it is predictable to have someone sitting beside me...so I have time to prepare myself for that to happen. Never book a middle seat.
One person is plenty for me to live thru, and when it is a two hour flight, I can do it.
I have season tickets to a women's college basketball team, and for the past 8-9 years the two seats on my left side have rarely been sold, and so they are empty.
Meet the Sasquatch??
The game was finishing the first quarter, then suddenly I look up to people coming down the row. OMG! They are sitting right beside me. The huge man sat down right beside me. Now, this was not a normal, ordinary size human. He was a giant, very large...I messaged my daughter that a Sasquatch just sat beside me. That is how I felt. My personal space was invaded, I was very uncomfortable, there wasn't enough room for my long legs, my knees were hurting. I couldn't handle it. I really wanted to move, or leave. I had to sit thru three more quarters of basketball. What to do? I just practiced on breathing and stayed there, watching the minutes tick away.
