Sex and the City

[carrier76]

The guilt tripping Charlotte was retarded. I wanted to cheer when Charlotte told Carrie she needed to grow up, and then they ruined it later by having Charlotte give her the ring. What?

I liked Carrie too, despite the way it looks. She just had some REALLLLLY really lame behavior and it grated, when as an audience we're expected to fall all over her like she is the prototypical heroine we're supposed to idolize.

As much as I hated her when she cheated on Aidan, the inner fights she had seemed pretty realistic. When she wore his engagement ring around her neck? No way. Noooooo way. That was idiotic. And how could Aidan have trusted her that way?? If I were a guy, and had been cheated on, then got back together w/ the cheater, and they wouldn't wear the ring on their FINGER? What would that make you think?

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Good point.

I loooooooved Aiden. What a sweetheart and a nice and understanding and open guy. She was lucky to have him! I am still conflicted about Carrie ending up with Big. On the one hand, I wanted her to go back to Aiden because he is such a nice guy. Basically, I just wanted him to "get the girl." On the other hand, I didn't want them to wind up together because I love him so much that I don't want him to be with someone that keeps breaking his heart.

[winncienzo]

Aiden was a nice guy and their relationship was cute, but I was happy she ended up with Big. Asshole or not, Big and Carrie and smokin' chemistry. I liked Berger too, (okay, it may have had a lot to do with the whole Ron Livingsotn thing) and was bummed when they turned him into such a jackass. It just seemed so all of the sudden and out of nowhere.

I loved Miranda and want to be her when I grow up.

[ownlife]

Some other instances of annoying Carrie: the "booth bitch" episode and the one where she bitched at Aiden for making a chair for Charlotte as a wedding gift instead of buying a cheapie set of steak knives.

I liked Samantha (I wish I had her moxie) and Charlotte. I hated Miranda intensely, it's ok to be ballsy but she was an an all-out bitch all the damn time.

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MaryWebGirl said:

Something else to add to the "Carrie is an asshole" list is when she kicks Samantha out of her bath so Carrie can have sex with Big in San Francisco. Carrie herself said she got another room, so why didn't she just use that one?

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Yes, I thought that was pretty rude too, but I think if the shoe was on the other foot Samantha would have done that to her as well if she hooked up with a man.

[Ginger]

I liked Berger too, (okay, it may have had a lot to do with the whole Ron Livingsotn thing) and was bummed when they turned him into such a jackass. It just seemed so all of the sudden and out of nowhere.

What? He was an ass from the beginning. Ok, maybe not the first couple of episodes (although I always thought his constant wisecracks were smarmy and not funny at all). 1. He was immature about his ex-girlfriend--remember the double middle-finger to the answering machine? 2. He couldn't take even the slightest little bit of criticism about his book (the scrunchie thing) and was passive-aggressive and mean in return. 3. He was so insecure he couldn't handle Carrie making more money than him or being more famous. The way he took her on the motorcycle ride to the premiere and then ditched her was total asshole behavior. 4. Then the bickering/criticism and the dumping via post-it note. And he was terrible in bed! He didn't have any redeeming qualities as far as I was concerned.

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I actually just watched that 'Scrunchie' episode... yes, he was a little bit too sensative about some things.. that in particular. Did not like him as much as Aidan.

[beniciosgal]

I used to date guys like Berger, back when I thought miserable meant interesting and Chandler-humour was funny. Not so much anymore. All that self-deprecating bullshit gets so tiresome.

Much as I detest Carrie, I found her quite relateable. But perhaps that's just because her character was more fleshed-out and less of a carricature than the others. Until the last season, Charlotte was an upper East Side Rules Princess, Sam was a ho, and Miranda was a cynical, hard-nosed lawyer. Period. It was nice to see the supporting characters grow and change toward the end. I came to like each of them more and related more to them. Carrie, by contrast, become a narrower and less interesting character, and by the end, not only did I hate her, but I couldn't understand her at all.

[eveschmeve]

I haven't watched the show since the beginning, but I've been a faithful watcher of it on TBS. I just can't get over the rudeness of some of the girls.

One of the worst cases for me was when Charlotte, Carrie and Samantha were in a children's clothing store, and Charlotte told them she and Trey were going to try and get pregnant. Carrie and Samantha just stared at her, and Samantha said, "Why?" There was not even one utterance of "I know this means so much to you and is your dream- congratulations!" Maybe it's because I love Charlotte, but it always seemed like no one in that group of friends ever supported her. Of course, they're very supportive after she gives them big honking pieces of jewelry to help them pay off their debt that they racked up irresponsibly.

[beniciosgal]

I'd suggest renting the DVDs. I caught one ep on TBS and it wasn't even the same show. IMO, you can't have Sex and the City with all the sex taken out.

I could never hate Charlotte because she did have a good heart and meant well, but I never liked her very much (until the last season). I don't think I'd be very supportive of a friend who was so desperate to get married and yet so completely dismissive of every man she dated, for everything from his interest in anal sex to not sharing her taste in china. I'd get so sick of it after awhile.

I actually thought it was brilliant how Charlotte finally did find her "perfect" man, only to find that he was far from perfect, and to find love with a short, bald, sweaty, Jewish man. I was glad that she found happiness in the end, but very pleased that the character found it where she never even thought to look.

(Anyway, if I had a friend who was unhappily married to an uptight bore who couldn't/wouldn't fuck her, I probably wouldn't have said "Why?" but "Why? And how?!")