Missed connection: American woman seeking South African man sat next to me on flight
Probably a strange and hopeless request but giving it a shot here I guess?
I’m an American woman who recently was sat next to a very sweet and polite man from South Africa on an American Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida to Chicago, Illinois. We both had about an hour layover/connection there Sunday morning (9/27).
Unfortunately, he caught me at a bad time. I was exhausted and recovering from a long weekend heading home on a very early flight and I wish I had been more conversational but I was struggling to be present. This is definitely not the kind of thing I do, but the interaction has been on my mind since getting off the plane and waking myself up with some coffee. It’s stuck with me for one reason or another and the internet exists, so why not embarrass myself?
Honestly, I barely felt coherent and I couldn’t hear him very well, but I will try my best to relay what I think he told me about himself...
He was tall (stuck in the middle seat he could barely fit in), white or white passing, and handsome. Maybe green eyes? Probably in his 30s or early 40s at the oldest? He’s been working agriculture in America. I believe he was working in Alabama (maybe Birmingham?) last and he is heading to work in Iowa (somewhere on the eastern border) for the next 10 months. I think he recently went to a college football game here in the states and I think he was visiting a married friend in Florida? He’s been cage diving and I think has a sister in Cape Town (why I was advised to post here). He doesn’t mind snow and isn’t a city person.
If you made it this far and know him or are him, I’d be very interested in trying that conversation again.
CONTINUED:
Thank you guys so much for the advice and support! I’m not all that well versed in reddit or an active user so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but everyone has been so kind and I really appreciate it.
A couple things:
I don’t really use social media so I don’t have Facebook. Even though most of you think that’s my best option, I think making a page for this purpose is too weird. I also will not contact the airline because even if they did give me his info, I think that’s taking it too far and I want to leave him the option of not contacting me. I’ll update if this goes anywhere and thank you all again!
*A lot of those Facebook pages are private also, but if anyone here is in them I am okay with them sharing this post!