1. Why didn't I feel like this when we were actually together?""Maybe... maybe your mango wasn't ripe."I squinted at Cat. "I'm not following. You're going to have to take me there.""There's a part in You've Got Mail when Kathleen and Joe have been hanging out together. Joe knows their online identities, but she doesn't. And they go to the farmers' market, and before parting ways she says, 'I hope your mango's ripe,' and he gives her this considering look and tells her that he thinks it is.""That is a very obscure reference.""The point is, the mango was a metaphor for their relationship. He'd waited until she'd grown and softened under the sunlight, and once she'd gotten there, he made his move---both before and after revealing his identity.
Together at the Table
