Once we landed at San Francisco International Airport and were on our way to US Customs, I wondered whether she would be OK with a little goodbye hug after sharing so much on a 5,000-mile flight. To ...

E.T. hugs Elliott in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) In the final scene of Steven Spielberg’s directorial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, when E.T. 's spaceship arrives to take him home, he shares a ...

This international airport is reminding visitors that goodbyes should be short and sweet in the drop-off zone. Hugs that linger too long could reap fines.

Ohanian recalled a recent goodbye with Olympia, where she gave him an extra-long hug, clearly sensing that he would be away for a while. "I had a goodbye from Olympia. It was the first goodbye hug.