A woman asked the universe what it was doing when it put her in a dream situation for a single person on a flight, even though it was right after she had started a new relationship.
Eve Tilley-Coulson shared a clip on TikTok explaining how the flirty, 6-foot-4-inch man sat beside her during a recent flight. "He was lovely, sat down and started talking to me immediately," she told Newsweek.
A woman drinks sparkling wine with the man who sat beside her on her flight. Her TikTok video of the encounter has gone viral.A woman drinks sparkling wine with the man who sat beside her on her flight. Her TikTok video of the encounter has gone viral.@ebtilley/TikTokIn the viral video, which has received 4.5 million views since it was shared on December 22, Tilly-Coulson says that she "has a man for the first time in six years" but the universe decided to seat her beside the man, who bought her wine and told her how lovely it was to talk to her during her flight.
"Okay universe, what are you doing?" she wrote in the caption of the video.
She told Newsweek: "We had similar backgrounds, both with one British parent but from the [U.S.] South. [It] was just funny because I'm talking to a guy now for the first time in six years, and that's when I get seated beside a cute guy who's interested."
She added: "We had sparkling wine on the flight and great conversation."
The video shows the man sitting beside her with a cup of sparkling wine on a tray in front of him.
Tilley-Coulson is one of millions of people who traveled by plane in a near-record-breaking year for the global airline industry. Many of them traveled solo. A recent survey by Skyscanner found that 43 percent of people who traveled by plane over the past year did so by themselves.
The passenger's video has received over half a million likes as well as thousands of comments with people sharing their reactions.
User Jude commented: "Please tell me you got his number."
Marwa wrote: "Go for it babes I don't see a ring on your finger."
Danny Hyde wrote: "Imagine if the 'kinda' man found this out. He wouldn't be your 'kinda' anymore."
Tiki said: "Why is it when you're single everyone avoids you like a plague but when you finally have someone they just swarm out of nowhere."
Responding to comments from TikTok users, Tilley-Coulson wrote: "It's not that serious - just funny how I finally let my wall down for a man and now the universe sends this across my path."
User Brittany said: "Universe showing you what you deserve."
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