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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me it was less about her looks but rather the fact that she was completely uninteresting. She had no hobbies outside of shopping, no interests, no opinions on anything that mattered in the world. I never understood people who identified as “Carries”, to me that was the equivalent of saying “Hi, I’m selfish and vapid.”[/quote]

Agree with all of this but I also think her dating life on the show is fairly realistic (not perfectly, it is fiction). She's a sex columnist for several high profile publications, very professionally successful. She's been in the NYC social scene for a long time and knows a ton of people, has a history of being a party girl, is really into fashion. It's absolutely realistic that someone who goes out that much, is that connected, and is very successful in a very competitive field in NYC would be able to date a broad variety of successful men, from a finance guy to a furniture designer to a fellow writer. Extremely typical.

One thing to note about SATC (original flavor) is that the men were ALL deeply flawed too. Big is divorced (then twice-divorced) and non-committal. Aiden is sensitive and self-righteous, and the very fact that he stays with Carrie, and gets back together with her, is evidence that he makes poor relationship choices. So many of the men these women date lack self-awareness, are deeply insecure, or are shallow and rude. Which also rings true.

The truth is that most people kind of suck, especially when you are talking about single professionals in a city like NYC. Lots of egregious behavior out there. The show actually showed a lot of it, which was kind of radical. That's what being a single professional in your 30s and 40s in NY is like, for the most part. It's actually not great! But if you can afford it and put the time into it, the clothes can be nice and the bar/restaurant scene is great. The dating? S.U.C.K.S.[/quote]

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