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Harry Burns

There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.

— When Harry Met Sally... ‧ 1989

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reduces women to two categories defined by how much effort they supposedly require. The maintenance metaphor treats relationships like upkeep, making the classification sound practical while exposing how little space it leaves for individual personalities or differences within a person.

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