the big picture

You can always rely on three things when it comes to relationships; there will always be a Big, there will always be an Aidan, and you will always be caught in between the two. This reason alone allowed Sex and the City to live on for six seasons and two movies. Everyone can relate to the feeling of Carrie when she teeters on the edge between the two men. You feel bad for Aidan because he's the nice guy who just wants her all to himself. However, it's his own insecurities that leak poision into their relationship. And you hate Big for dragging Carrie through the mud but you always applaud the scenes where they work it out and something as stupid as red balloons on her birthday make you weep. Dating in Manhattan, much like the show, is a circus. Full of classic bad boys, established men from 'far, far away' places like Connecticut and those random cute guys who look normal and interested until their girlfriends return from the powder room. So what happens when you are caught between your own Aidan and Big? Do you sit comfortably with Aidan in hopes for smooth sailing and the simple life? Or do you risk it all, put it all on the table for a chance with Big who could up and leave you ruined at the end? Everyone knows that in the end Carrie and Big work it out but 'you can't believe everything you see on tv' so what's a twenty-something girl to do but carry on and hope for the best.