home sick watching SATC and wow

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big's romance has always been a mystery to me. It didn't feel authentic back then, it didn't feel authentic 3 movies and a marriage later. Her decision to stay with Big will always stick out as the epitome of foolishness.

I could never understand why she was so afraid of her relationship with Aidan. I don’t know if he was the perfect man for her, but he was sure a better match than Big!

I have a friend who was dating a man like Aidan, and she pulled a Carrie and had to split. I think it’s deep rooted insecurity. Carrie too always seemed to toe the line of insecurity, even though she was so bold and eccentric on the outside.

It’s not deep rooted insecurity. Carrie was attracted to Aiden primarily because of his stability. What did they actually have in common?

They had nothing in common. She hated anything he liked and lied about herself like half a dozen times on their first date.

Agreed. They had nothing in common. He was like Skipper in the first season. Checked a lot of boxes and was the nice guy but just not the right fit. I'm glad they didn't end up together

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I thought of one more thing - none of them have manicures! There's a scene where they're all out at some fancy party (basically every episode) and their nails all look natural.

Miranda has a line about getting her nails done on Saturdays - but it does not look like today, where it's expected that women will have painted nails for any fancy occasion if not for every day. It really struck me because at the ancient age of 49 I have started getting my nails done, and I like how it looks - but also my lord it takes up a lot of time and money. It was refreshing to see them without manicures.

This tracks for me. I’m from DC but spent the summer of 2001 at a beach town in the NYC orbit, and I remember noticing that EVERYONE there had their nails done but me. It’s like it suddenly became the law or something.

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big's romance has always been a mystery to me. It didn't feel authentic back then, it didn't feel authentic 3 movies and a marriage later. Her decision to stay with Big will always stick out as the epitome of foolishness.

I could never understand why she was so afraid of her relationship with Aidan. I don’t know if he was the perfect man for her, but he was sure a better match than Big!

I have a friend who was dating a man like Aidan, and she pulled a Carrie and had to split. I think it’s deep rooted insecurity. Carrie too always seemed to toe the line of insecurity, even though she was so bold and eccentric on the outside.

It’s not deep rooted insecurity. Carrie was attracted to Aiden primarily because of his stability. What did they actually have in common?

They had nothing in common. She hated anything he liked and lied about herself like half a dozen times on their first date.

Agreed. They had nothing in common. He was like Skipper in the first season. Checked a lot of boxes and was the nice guy but just not the right fit. I'm glad they didn't end up together

Me too, I never bought them as a couple.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I thought of one more thing - none of them have manicures! There's a scene where they're all out at some fancy party (basically every episode) and their nails all look natural.

Miranda has a line about getting her nails done on Saturdays - but it does not look like today, where it's expected that women will have painted nails for any fancy occasion if not for every day. It really struck me because at the ancient age of 49 I have started getting my nails done, and I like how it looks - but also my lord it takes up a lot of time and money. It was refreshing to see them without manicures.

This tracks for me. I’m from DC but spent the summer of 2001 at a beach town in the NYC orbit, and I remember noticing that EVERYONE there had their nails done but me. It’s like it suddenly became the law or something.

Nails have been a thing in NYC and surrounding areas for a LONG time, much moreso than other places. There will be salons on every block and it's been this way since I was growing up there in the 90s. Weekly manicures were the default, for some starting in middle school. I remember being about 14 and making a friend at camp who said they had never had their nails professionally done and was :SHOOK: that's how common it was and is, at the very least for events.

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big's romance has always been a mystery to me. It didn't feel authentic back then, it didn't feel authentic 3 movies and a marriage later. Her decision to stay with Big will always stick out as the epitome of foolishness.

Gold diggers generally try to marry the richest guy from their body count.

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Anonymous wrote:This show is the worst. Glamorized sleeping around and spending 394873829293 dollars on shoes. Everyone moved to NYC to live like that and then when they got there realized how inauthentic it was. Now all those women are in their 40s and 50s childless and unhappy but boozing it up at brunch looking for their Mr big. But will never find him bc he's marrying a 20 year old and having babies.

+1. Literal propaganda, down the rigged awards it won to give it more credibility. All a con on viewers who are still too simple to realize they were being brainwashed. Still worshiping a show that was programming them to abandon their families and become childfree worker-bee rootless cosmopolitans. Sleeping around, $3,000+ month rent, designer shoes, brunch, and an email job! And spending holidays with spinster friends because your family is 1,000 miles away and you have no husband and no children. What a life!

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Anonymous wrote:Remember when we all drank cosmos?

I still like Cosmos. I don't drink now, however.

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big's romance has always been a mystery to me. It didn't feel authentic back then, it didn't feel authentic 3 movies and a marriage later. Her decision to stay with Big will always stick out as the epitome of foolishness.

I could never understand why she was so afraid of her relationship with Aidan. I don’t know if he was the perfect man for her, but he was sure a better match than Big!

I have a friend who was dating a man like Aidan, and she pulled a Carrie and had to split. I think it’s deep rooted insecurity. Carrie too always seemed to toe the line of insecurity, even though she was so bold and eccentric on the outside.

Carrie never wanted to be normal, and she didn't want to be in a relationship where she might be challenged to examine herself or her motivations, or her true desires. That's why her relationship with Big was perfect. It was showy, surface in a lot of ways. Neither one of them had to change or grow.

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Big jilting Carrie at the aisle- and then she TOOK HIM back- was the end for me. I can’t even rewatch the oldies. I hate them all.

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This has brought back so many great memories for me. My roommates and I used to watch together, and at one point we went to a nearby bar that served cosmos during each week’s new episode.

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Anonymous wrote:i still order cosmos!

Do young bartenders know what this is? I tried to order lemon drop shots recently (no judging 😅) and bartender was like WHAT??

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Anonymous wrote:This show is the worst. Glamorized sleeping around and spending 394873829293 dollars on shoes. Everyone moved to NYC to live like that and then when they got there realized how inauthentic it was. Now all those women are in their 40s and 50s childless and unhappy but boozing it up at brunch looking for their Mr big. But will never find him bc he's marrying a 20 year old and having babies.

+1. Literal propaganda, down the rigged awards it won to give it more credibility. All a con on viewers who are still too simple to realize they were being brainwashed. Still worshiping a show that was programming them to abandon their families and become childfree worker-bee rootless cosmopolitans. Sleeping around, $3,000+ month rent, designer shoes, brunch, and an email job! And spending holidays with spinster friends because your family is 1,000 miles away and you have no husband and no children. What a life!

In other words, great entertainment. That's why they still show the old shows -- people still watch it. It's TV after all. A show about a regular happy family doesn't make for interesting watching.

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Anonymous wrote:Remember when we all drank cosmos?

Don’t knock cosmos - still my favorite drink!

I’m not knocking cosmos! I was newly 21 when the show started, and I felt very grown up ordering cosmos at bars, having my first apartment, and paying for HBO

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Carrie has daddy issues—that’s why she ended up with Big. Big got old and tired—that’s why he settled down. Not a great love story—but not entirely unbelievable.

Aidan was great, but she was too messed up to be in a healthy relationship. I hated the movies—especially the second one. Aidan wouldn’t have cheated with her. So annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big's romance has always been a mystery to me. It didn't feel authentic back then, it didn't feel authentic 3 movies and a marriage later. Her decision to stay with Big will always stick out as the epitome of foolishness.

What other options did she have?
She needed Big as a retirement plan