A funny but true story.
So I'm a 737 FO flying up to Boston from Orlando, and one of the flight attendants is in the cockpit chatting (pre-9/11).
Anyway, she's telling us about how much she misses her boyfriend and how it's hard to meet good guys, yadda yadda yadda.
I tell her that there are a number of single, young captains at Delta that she might be interested in, matter of fact, Captain "Blank" here is single, never married and quite the catch I'd think!
"Oh GAWD! I'd never date a pilot. Eeeewwwwww!"
Hmm, ok.
So she continues talking about her boyfriend and how she's going to be able to see him in another 8 months.
My captain asks, "So is he on military deployment somewhere?"
"No," she says, "He's in the county jail down in Osceola County because he got into a fight that wasn't his fault while he was on parole and had a mean parole officer, etc etc etc... But he's supposed to be out maybe a few months early because he's getting credit for getting his diploma".
THAT'S a true story!