A white paper aeroplane rests on a small teal suitcase against apricot orange.

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Harry Burns

You take someone to the airport, its clearly the beginning of the relationship. Thats why I have never taken anyone to the airport at the beginning of a relationship.

— When Harry Met Sally... • 1989

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims that taking someone to the airport obviously signals the start of a relationship, and so has deliberately never done it early on. It's a quirky personal rule, argued with confident, tidy logic that sounds oddly like a theory about romantic timing.

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