The "Midwest goodbye," sometimes called the Minnesota or Wisconsin goodbye, is a drawn-out farewell ritual of hugs, small talk and leftover offers from door to driveway.

An airport wants the drop-off goodbye to be short ... real short. No more staring into each other’s eyes for an eternity, saying how much you’ll miss the other person. New Zealand’s Dunedin Airport ...

Emotional farewells are a common sight at airports, but travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to be quick. A new three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs in the airport's drop-off ...

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