A cream rotary telephone with its handset off the cradle beside a potted fern on a teal surface.

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Lewis

I tell any girl I'm going out with to assume that all plans are soft until she receives confirmation 30 minutes beforehand.

— The American President • 1995

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Lewis describes dating plans as provisional until confirmation shortly before the event. It states his expectation without presenting it as considerate practice or specifying how confirmation is sent.

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