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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm now 48 and so was definitely the target demographic for this show in SITC was at its prime.

I didn't watch it in my 20's because I find it kind of depressing -- these women going from one failed relationship and hook-up to another.  I had kind of tried that myself at one point, and just didn't like it.  So watching the show was not entertaining for me.[/quote]

I kind of agree -- they never seemed that liberated, in the sense that they had a lot of sex, but it never seemed to make them happy.  Their relationships were usually a mess, they seemed to define themselves by their connection to a man, and they had a lot of "stuff" but never really seemed to enjoy it.  [/quote]

Yeah I think this is a lot of it.  They act all fancy free about being independent but then all they do is obsess over men.  Also agree that watching Samantha is so cringey - she doesn't come off as sexually free but actually super desperate and gross.  Charlotte and Miranda are both just caricatures (innocent wannabe Ralph Lauren housewife; bitchy corporate lawyer with a soft side).  I may be in the minority but I actually find Carrie less annoying than the others - at least I can relate to some of her sentiments.[/quote]

Carrie was annoying, but she was also the most realistic and “three dimensional.” The others were pretty flat caricatures. 
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I also thought it was unrealistic how none of them except Charlotte wanted to get married and/or have kids.[/b] I know Miranda and Charlotte both ended up married with kids but, in my experience, when you get to your early 30s women’s desire to settle down is a huge aspect of dating. It seemed very unrealistic that only Charlotte was concerned about it - and even then it was like her whole character so that wasn’t realistic either. [/quote]

I don't. And I say that as a late 40's woman that always wanted to get married and have kids. I think a lot of women are making this choice more and more. I am on Twitter and there is a whole SATC-like crew in NYC. Although some of them are partnered.

Miranda's reasons for being averse to settling down were totally apparent at her mother's funeral. And in the end she did marry and have a child, and even moved out of Manhattan. I don't think we ever really got Carrie's backstory so it's hard to say.

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