[Little32]

To jump back in:

First, in comparison to what Big put her through, Aidan was child's play. I have been watching season four over the last couple of days, and I read Aidan's behavior as more of him trying to do something that he wasn't wired to do--forgive this woman for breaking his heart so that he could be with her--than him deliberately trying to punish or hurt Carrie. I think that as a character he is genuinely a nice guy who deeply loved a woman but could not accept that those things that he loved about her were the very things that meant that she was not going to fit into some traditional, rigid notion of what love looks like.

But you all are right, Big was what she wanted. He gave her the drama that she craved. So it does make sense that he would be the one that she was drawn to. However, given the way that their relationship has played out--in the series and the movies (which was plausible up until this movie)--I still can't say that it was necessarily a good thing.

/sidebar: Actually, as frequently as I have watched the series, I am much less forgiving of the characters. Samantha is the only one who really holds up as sane, after a lot of scrutiny. Charlotte next. Miranda and Carrie are completely nuts. sidebar/

Ultimately, I think that if she and Aidan had stayed together, Carrie would have been better for it. Yes, she is a city girl at heart who craves drama, but I think that Aidan mellowed her--and she needed mellowing (because did I mention she is nuts). Sometime what a person needs is not someone like who she is (or who she think that wants), but someone who is different from her and complements her.

Next post: the movie.