Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 21:24     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
OP I have long thought this!!
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 21:22     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
OP --

Yes he was the best. Carrie only had chemistry with him and with Big.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 21:20     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:I thought he was a grumpy dud. To me she deserved Big: a not so great rich and shallow guy to match her not so great wannabe rich and shallow self.


I never thought about it like this but it actually makes a lot of sense.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 21:13     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Aiden was the *best* guy she dated but Big was her match because she wanted to be taken care of to a certain extent even if she did work. She racked up god knows how much debt in clothes/shoes/bags and wanted the fancy penthouse. She wasn’t getting that with anyone but Big.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 12:41     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:And, 3) He was jealous over Carrie’s book deal.


But wasn't Berger a more serious writer who was disgusted by Carrie's shallow sex & dating columns were compiled into a book for dimwits? You could kind of see his point even though he was so childish about the whole thing.

Still, Ron Livingston was hot then and still-hot now.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 11:29     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
And, 3) He was jealous over Carrie’s book deal.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 11:29     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Berger?? Noooooo!!
1) He broke up with Carrie on a Post It note. Coward.
2) Didn’t his home answering machine still include his previous girlfriend? Something like, “You have reached the Jack and X, leave a message.”
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 11:24     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
In the real world, it’s doubtful that anyone would have married Carrie.

How old was she when she finally married Big?

In NYC, age, looks, wealth, and pedigree matter if you want to land a decent husband.

Who wants to marry the old party girl who prioritizes fashion/shoes and Brunching with besties over either career/wealth or family?

I’m failing to see what Carrie brought to any relationship aside from self-centeredness and debt.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 10:31     Subject: Re:Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The behavior and body language of Petrovsky (and to a lesser extent, Big) are used in courses to teach men how to pick up women. If you watch Petrovsky's courting in particular, he's very confident but still emotional, and also didn't put up with any of Carrie's BS.


Op here. Petrovsky was incredibly manipulative and self centered. He was also realistic, in a way. Relationship is all about him, what he wants to take from it, and only as much as he’s willing to give to it. He was also a gaslighter - “I told you this was me all along” type thing, when he coerced Carrie to give up her life in NY to be his groupie in Paris. He was so ick. My least favorite of carries boyfriends.

Another poster is right that Carrie does have terrible taste in men. I still like Berger best.


To be fair though Carrie ruined her own trip to Paris. Life is not a romantic movie. She needed to get out there and see Paris herself and then travel to other countries while on petrovsky’s dime. Don’t sit and fking sulk like a child because he was busy working. That was the golden ticket opportunity for her to grow and a charmed life for awhile and she blew it.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 08:31     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Loved Ben! Carrie messed it up.,
Why isn’t Gabriel macht included? Wasn’t that the first episode?


He was the modelizer who got with samantha not Carrie right?


Yup, he was only a friend of Carrie’s, she didn’t date or sleep with him
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 08:30     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:Loved Ben! Carrie messed it up.,
Why isn’t Gabriel macht included? Wasn’t that the first episode?


He was the modelizer who got with samantha not Carrie right?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2024 08:27     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Absolutely not??
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2024 20:23     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Thank you for reminding me of this, I actually felt sick watching those ones as a teen because I wanted Berger so bad. That actor is still on my top 10 list.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2024 20:05     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Loved Ben! Carrie messed it up.,
Why isn’t Gabriel macht included? Wasn’t that the first episode?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2024 19:32     Subject: Unpopular Opinion: Jack Berger was Carries best boyfriend
Anonymous wrote:Aiden was the best person, but you are right, they just did not mix together.

Big was no good. Petro was no good. Berger just seemed immature.

This is an interesting read, I'd forgotten most of these men:
https://ew.com/gallery/carrie-bradshaw-sex-and-the-city-boyfriends/


What a trip down memory lane that was! Bradley Cooper, Vince Vaughn, Timothy Olyphant, Jon Bon Jovi, David Duchovny, Justin Theroux, John Slattery, and the list goes on and on . . .