OK, I have joined this club, but it wasn't exactly the most romantic and uplifting experience.
First, the setting: College girlfriend and I are returning from a somewhat tulmultuous trip through Europe in the late 80's. Air France flight from Paris to JFK during the day.
At the time, they served free little bottles of wine (an all you can drink extravaganza). The GF and I have a couple. She gets a little amorous and starts working me underneath our shared blanket. At first, it feels nice, then she keeps going until it's at the, "Stop now or I am not going to be able to hold my piece" point.
She leans over, whispers in my ear, "Follow me to the bathroom," proceeds to drag herself over me, grabs my hand and hauls me off. I am somewhat apprehensive, but my body tells my brain to shut up and get busy.
We arrive at the bathroom door, and she marches right on in. But there are flight attendants milling around, so I have to do the old, "Act casual and whistle outside the door routine" for a minute (seemed like an hour). Eventually, the coast seems relatively clear, so I slide through the barely opened door and lock it behind me.
We are both small people, but it is still cramped in there. Besides, the lighting and the general odor are not exactly conjuring images of satin sheets, lacey curtains, and rose petals. But, what the hell, she has her skirt hiked up and my pants are coming down.
Quite quickly, and with a minimum of noise and banging, I'm done and she ... she seems happy, but no way did she get over the top. Still, she starts wrapping things up, uses the facilities ("Hey, I'm already here anyway.") and unlatches the door.
She, of course, just sashays right on out. I decide that it would be most discreet if I just let the door close, wait a moment, and then head out as well. I guess I figured that any bystanders would have somehow forgotten that someone else had already come out of that toilet not 30 seconds earlier.
Either way, as I am reaching for the door, it opens. I am now face to face with a somewhat sour-looking and momentarily bewildered older lady (think the Church Lady from SNL). Doh! She apologizes, then tries to figure out what SHE is apologizing for. I apologize (knowing exactly why) and slither away red faced.
Maybe I imagined the accusing looks from the flight attendants on my way back to my seat. I don't know for sure.
What I do know for sure, is that within a half an hour, my girlfriend is reaching for the airsickness bag. And using it for the better part of the next hour on on the flight.
I have always held out hope that the retching was a result of a few too many of those cute little wine bottles. I have always feared that it was a reaction to my prodigious love-making inabilities.
Mile High: Not always all it is cracked up to be.