Testing A Theory?

Carrie: You said you were a Stewardess?
Miranda: I was testing a theory.
Carrie: A theory being?
Miranda: That men are threatened by powerful jobs. They don't want a lawyer, they want...Aiden: A liar!
Miranda: I'm just saying as a lawyer, a partner no less, I got zero dates and as a stewardess, I got one for tomorrow night.
Carrie: I believe the correct term is flight attendant.
Miranda: Not if you wanna get laid.

I heard the other day on Eric & Kathy that there's some truth to this - that women who are in traditionally lucrative careers (such as doctors and lawyers) and single have quite a hard time getting dates because men are (sometimes even openly) intimidated by them.  


This makes me sad.  I hope this isn't true, or, at least, gets phased out soon.  Women - what have been your experiences?   Is it better to 'lie down' whilst trying to date man?  No, not in that way.  Get your mind out of the gutter.  Is the job for pun-writer on Sex and the City still available?

Boy Talk

Miranda said it well.  Whenever I talk to my girlfriends, the conversation usually goes in the direction of, for lack of a better way to put it, 'boy talk'.  Is this kind of conversation pretty much just what is interesting?  Why is that?  What other kind of talk is interesting?  Housework, laundry, mortgages?  I think not.  Gossip?  That is also interesting, but probably isn't any more respectable or intellectually stimulating.

Your thoughts?  

Back to a Sex and the City-ism

The other day, one of my all-time favorite websites, facebook, was hosting a poll:  who is your favorite Sex and the City boyfriend?

The options were:

--Big

--Aiden

--Steve

--Richard

--Trey

Uh, duh!

No contest.  Steve wins hands down in my book.  Even considering his error in judgment from the first SATC movie - I still forgave him (and at least he did take responsibility for the mistake).  I think he's a genuine guy, he's cute (in a dorky way), he's good for Miranda, and he sincerely cares about her.   I'd date him.

Mr. Big is much more refined and charming (and maybe even better looking), but there was a small part of him that never seemed to be fully into Carrie.  Carrie was running around chasing him, wanting him to love her for a big portion of the series.   It wasn't until the last season that he was good for her.  So, on these grounds, he cannot win in my book.

Aiden was never the right match for Carrie.  He was just so blatantly wrong for her the whole time - although he seemed like a good guy, I could never vote for him.  Maybe if he was cast as Carrie's brother or contractor, I'd see him in a different light.

I have no idea how Richard or Trey even found themselves on this list.  It should have been Smith and Harry instead.  But I digress.

Who is your favorite SATC boyfriend?  Anyone else share my love of Steve?   Do you all feel Big is better (it looked like he won the facebook poll).  Your thoughts?

Sex and the City 2

Say what you will.

I CANNOT WAIT.

I've been watching the first movie, repeatedly, in prep for it.

Sex and the City's 'Taxi Theory'

Yet more wonderful words of wisdom from Sex and the City.

So, according to my cynical counterpart, Miranda Hobbes:

"Men are like cabs. When they're ready to get married, they turn their light on. The next woman they pick up, boom! they marry."

Agree or disagree? It's kind of a blanket statement and I definitely know it's not true of all men, but I think there can be a little truth to this with some men. The counter argument, I suppose, would be that women are just looking to get married and will just marry any guy who asks them. Which, I will say, again, is certainly not true of all women, but I can see some truth to it.

Anyhow. I find both sides to this a little depressing. I am a closet hopeless romantic. I almost secretly want a guy who claims he'll never get married (although I'd never date a guy with this attitude) to propose to me, so I'll know it's me and not just that 'the timing is right'. Conversely, I am not all that interested in getting married. I would want a relationship that could potentially lead to marriage, but I don't just date people for the sake of 'having' or much worse 'needing' someone. I am holding out hope for not just someone but 'the one', if you will - which realize might not always be realistic.

Your thoughts?

Sex in the City, in the City

Where Carrie and Big first met....


Where they were supposed to marry....


Miranda: But if one of us decides not to show, we're rejected and standing on a bridge.



Where Carrie and Miranda stalked Big and his mom in the first season.

Everything Happens for a Reason, Part 2

All this talk of 'everything happens for a reason' is reminding me of my favorite Sex and the City episode, EVER. The one where Carrie and Samantha smoke pot.

Carrie : People say 'Everything happens for a reason.' These people are usually women. And these women are usually sorting through a break-up. It seems that men can get out of a relationship without even a 'Goodbye,' But, apparently, women have to either get married or learn something.

Miranda: If I hadn’t accidentally gotten pregnant by Steve, I never would have had Brady.
Charlotte: Oh.
Miranda: I’m not finished. And had no time to eat.
So I never would have fit into my skinny jeans and realize this city is full of cute men.
Samantha: Now that’s my kind of thinking.

Random Sex and the City Quote

Miranda:  That seems so judgmental.

Carrie:  Miranda, you ARE judgmental.  Try putting it to good use.