We asked people what social rule they'd enforce during flights. One sweet answer dominated.

If only we could actually make this an official rule.

By Annie Reneau

Flying on airplanes with dozens of perfect strangers is, in many ways, a social experiment. We're forced to sit in seats that aren't big enough for most of us, uncomfortably close to people we don't know (some of whom are stressed out or anxious), with unclear social etiquette rules we haven't all collectively agreed upon.

And yet we do it because the miracle of human flight enabling us to travel in hours to places that used to take days, weeks, or even longer, is too awesome to pass up. Most of us have things we'd prefer our fellow passengers do or not do to make the experience better for everyone, however, so we asked our Upworthy Facebook audience, "If you could enforce one social rule during flights, what would it be?" The responses were largely what you might expect and you can see them below, but there was one unexpected comment that stood out.

💘 Opposites might attract, but the happiest couples share these 7 important things in common

Experts (and real couples) agree: it’s the little things you share that make love go the distance.

By Heather Wake

We all love the idea of two polar opposites coming together to balance each other out. But according to experts who study relationships, the most lasting ones share a majority of common ground…at least when it comes to certain aspects of life.

Mark Travers, psychologist and CNBC Make It contributor said, “Long-term relationship health depends less on how different two people are and more on what they actually have in common.”

Famed relationship expert John Gottman seconded this sentiment, saying that while most couples are “more dissimilar than similar,” that also have “core values they share.”

Everybody, meet Bob. The world needs more people like Bob. 🎷

15 nostalgic foods kids thought were super 'fancy’ but as adults realized were decidedly average

"When you’re eating leftover chicken casserole and spaghetti most nights, Red Lobster felt like fine dining."

By Tod Perry

Kids don’t have the most incredible sense of what’s truly fancy and what is just excellent marketing. That’s why when you get older, a strange feeling hits where you wonder, was this restaurant ever really fancy at some point, and got worse? Was it never really that great to begin with? Or did it only seem great because we didn’t have much money growing up?

To make things a bit more confusing, social class, culture, and money are all relative, so what’s fancy to one person may seem a bit down-market to another. Further, status symbols and trends change over time, so a type of food that was seen as a delicacy 30 years ago may be seen as gauche in 2025.

5 tricks to make sure you never run out of things to say in a conversation

One is a simple "game" that works for both starting a conversation and keeping one going.

By Annie Reneau

Those of us who aren't inherently gifted in the socializing department have all experienced the dreaded conversation lull more than once. You're chatting with someone and things are going fine, then suddenly there's an awkward silence. You feel like it's your turn to talk, but you have nothing to say. Your mind races but comes up empty.

Running out of conversation topics is a core fear of social anxiety, and unfortunately, that fear gets realized more often than we would hope. But there's hope. Charisma on Command has five tips for never running out of things to say and avoiding the dreaded long pause.