^^^ too hard, not to hard. sorry.

You can't just look at the couple and not the story line.

As far as Sex and the City, Big DID date and marry a younger woman (who was beautiful and a socialite), and it didn't work out. I think that is part of his character development. People are also discounting that in the show, Carrie had fame of her own and was a fashion icon. So it wasn't like Big married some unknown frumpy woman. He still stayed within his circle, so to say.

I actually think the more unrealistic story line was Samantha and Smith Jared. Although I think their early relationship was realistic, I don't think IRL they would have stayed together. I saw them kind of like Demi Moore/Ashton Kutcher. A more realistic story line would have been that Smith Jared moved on when he got more famous (even though that kind of depresses me admitting that).

I actually thought that Sex and the City did address a lot of the unpleasantries of dating and pairing up and the unfortunate realities of it all. Where that show went wrong was in the ending. It was like they tried to hard to make all of the stories end nicely. It would have been far more realistic if at least one of the four women actually remained single (and that it was *okay* to be single, not tragic but normal).

As for unrealistic TV pairings, I actually think that it's not so much mismatched looks (unattractive with attractive) that makes sitcoms and TV romance so unrealistic, but rather, it's the way things all work out and all ends get tied up.

But that's in part because it's what people want to see. Writers don't write shows to be realistic. They write them to get viewers to watch the show. Most people want to see the two characters get together at the end, et cetera, et cetera.

Just found out that Charles (the older dude) from Younger is married to Mariska Hargitay. Now that is a cute couple!

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Anonymous wrote:A couple that was annoying-couldn't stand either actor so only saw them in ads was "mad about you" couple Helen hunt and ?? Some twerpy whiny guy.

They were both anxious, self absorbed and unfunny and I have no idea who could have watched/enjoyed this show. Unrealistic because there COULD NOT be a couple this annoying and also they were always fussing w each other-no love was apparent. Why r u together?

But then I review the relationship board and realize there must be many couples like this and that is who was watching.... people who think it is normal to go through life w a sourpuss frown always nagging each other.

Also that parent couple from the 70s show w the hawt mum and furry headed short stout dad is so real because gene Simmons and Shannon tweed.

Fun fact, Friends was a spin off of mad about you!

Wrong! Burn! Friends wasn't a spin off.

https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070525200128AAJvFvR

Anonymous wrote:A couple that was annoying-couldn't stand either actor so only saw them in ads was "mad about you" couple Helen hunt and ?? Some twerpy whiny guy.

They were both anxious, self absorbed and unfunny and I have no idea who could have watched/enjoyed this show. Unrealistic because there COULD NOT be a couple this annoying and also they were always fussing w each other-no love was apparent. Why r u together?

But then I review the relationship board and realize there must be many couples like this and that is who was watching.... people who think it is normal to go through life w a sourpuss frown always nagging each other.

Also that parent couple from the 70s show w the hawt mum and furry headed short stout dad is so real because gene Simmons and Shannon tweed.

Fun fact, Friends was a spin off of mad about you!

A couple that was annoying-couldn't stand either actor so only saw them in ads was "mad about you" couple Helen hunt and ?? Some twerpy whiny guy.

They were both anxious, self absorbed and unfunny and I have no idea who could have watched/enjoyed this show. Unrealistic because there COULD NOT be a couple this annoying and also they were always fussing w each other-no love was apparent. Why r u together?

But then I review the relationship board and realize there must be many couples like this and that is who was watching.... people who think it is normal to go through life w a sourpuss frown always nagging each other.

Also that parent couple from the 70s show w the hawt mum and furry headed short stout dad is so real because gene Simmons and Shannon tweed.

Anonymous wrote:Every single couple on Younger.

Which ones?

Kelsey and Thad?

Kelsey and Anton?

Liza and Josh?

Maggie and Lauren?

Diana and the "Feminine Mystique" author?

Diana and the plumber?

Liza and David?

Liza and Charles?


I think the characters of Liza and Charles would be perfect together.

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Anonymous wrote:Most unrealistic couple award:

The Ina Garten one wins. She is so fat and disgusting. He seems to adore her though. can't understand why.

Wow you are mean. I think they are a realistic looking couple. Also, Ina's face emanates joy, she always looks so happy. Really, she looks like someone I would like to know in real life.

NP. I thought that PP who posted the picture was referring (tongue in cheek?) to the fact that Jeffrey is so obviously gay. I thought it was funny.

What part of calling her fat and disgusting is funny? I don't even like her and that's not funny or called for.

Clarifying: I thought the original posting was funny, assuming that it was about Ina and Jeffrey being in a "marriage of convenience." It would not have been funny if it was insulting Ina.

But I think you know that, and are being willfully obtuse.

This is not the PP, but I also didn't get the joke and don't see how calling her fat and disgusting is a tongue in cheek way of calling Jeffrey gay.

Oh dear lord.

One poster posted the photo if Ina & Jeffrey, saying that they were unrealistic. That was the funny part.

Another poster (who apparently doesn't know how to use the quote function) commented that Ina was fat. That was offensive and not funny.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are focusing too much on looks. I think it's more about chemistry.

When Ray Romano and Lauren Graham got together on Parenthood, I didn't really buy that.

You win. That coupling was terrible and completely unbelievable.

Disagree! She was flighty and immature and had no sense of reality. Mark and her were a worse couple; a mid twenties guy would give up having kids for her...?

Hank, however, was as grounded in reality as you could get. He settled her down, in a good way.

I liked them together, too. It helps that Hank reminds me of my husband.

You lucky duck you.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are focusing too much on looks. I think it's more about chemistry.

When Ray Romano and Lauren Graham got together on Parenthood, I didn't really buy that.

You win. That coupling was terrible and completely unbelievable.

Disagree! She was flighty and immature and had no sense of reality. Mark and her were a worse couple; a mid twenties guy would give up having kids for her...?

Hank, however, was as grounded in reality as you could get. He settled her down, in a good way.

I liked them together, too. It helps that Hank reminds me of my husband.

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Anonymous wrote:Most unrealistic couple award:

The Ina Garten one wins. She is so fat and disgusting. He seems to adore her though. can't understand why.

Wow you are mean. I think they are a realistic looking couple. Also, Ina's face emanates joy, she always looks so happy. Really, she looks like someone I would like to know in real life.

NP. I thought that PP who posted the picture was referring (tongue in cheek?) to the fact that Jeffrey is so obviously gay. I thought it was funny.

What part of calling her fat and disgusting is funny? I don't even like her and that's not funny or called for.

Clarifying: I thought the original posting was funny, assuming that it was about Ina and Jeffrey being in a "marriage of convenience." It would not have been funny if it was insulting Ina.

But I think you know that, and are being willfully obtuse.

This is not the PP, but I also didn't get the joke and don't see how calling her fat and disgusting is a tongue in cheek way of calling Jeffrey gay.

Any and all couples on The Affair.

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Anonymous wrote:Most unrealistic couple award:

The Ina Garten one wins. She is so fat and disgusting. He seems to adore her though. can't understand why.

Wow you are mean. I think they are a realistic looking couple. Also, Ina's face emanates joy, she always looks so happy. Really, she looks like someone I would like to know in real life.

NP. I thought that PP who posted the picture was referring (tongue in cheek?) to the fact that Jeffrey is so obviously gay. I thought it was funny.

What part of calling her fat and disgusting is funny? I don't even like her and that's not funny or called for.

Clarifying: I thought the original posting was funny, assuming that it was about Ina and Jeffrey being in a "marriage of convenience." It would not have been funny if it was insulting Ina.

But I think you know that, and are being willfully obtuse.

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Anonymous wrote:Most unrealistic couple award:

The Ina Garten one wins. She is so fat and disgusting. He seems to adore her though. can't understand why.

Wow you are mean. I think they are a realistic looking couple. Also, Ina's face emanates joy, she always looks so happy. Really, she looks like someone I would like to know in real life.

NP. I thought that PP who posted the picture was referring (tongue in cheek?) to the fact that Jeffrey is so obviously gay. I thought it was funny.

What part of calling her fat and disgusting is funny? I don't even like her and that's not funny or called for.

Yes, I believe she's his beard and maybe vice versa.

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Anonymous wrote:Most unrealistic couple award:

The Ina Garten one wins. She is so fat and disgusting. He seems to adore her though. can't understand why.

Wow you are mean. I think they are a realistic looking couple. Also, Ina's face emanates joy, she always looks so happy. Really, she looks like someone I would like to know in real life.

NP. I thought that PP who posted the picture was referring (tongue in cheek?) to the fact that Jeffrey is so obviously gay. I thought it was funny.

What part of calling her fat and disgusting is funny? I don't even like her and that's not funny or called for.