“When Harry Met Sally” is the Ultimate Lesson in Love

“Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it.” -Nora Ephron

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It is probably the only movie I know by heart.

When Harry Met Sally is a rainy day movie, the one I can never turn off anytime it crosses my screen. It’s the ultimate falling in love movie. Your soulmate? You knew him all along. You hated him in college. You ran into him at the airport. He didn’t bother to remember your name.

Then life intervenes.

You become best friends. You accidentally sleep together. It ruins everything. Until it doesn’t. Love is complicated. Right up until the moment you figure it out. And then it seems like the easiest thing in the world.

We Needed to Fall in Love

1989 was an interesting year. The Exxon Valdez crashed spilling millions of barrels of oil into the waters of Alaska. The Cold War anxiety was dying down. The Savings and Loan fallout was still falling. The 80’s, known as an age of big hair and decadence were drawing to a close. The world felt huge and complicated. And amidst the mess, screenwriter Nora Ephron decided it was time for us to fall in love…