Sex in the City . . does anyone watch?

James · #1 05-09-2001, 02:17 AM

One of my friends gave me the entire first season of Sex in the City . . . I thought it would help in my studies of the enemy

Wow do women really think that way? I'll need to take more notes . . .

And ladies, do you honestly find that much of a difference between the way you feel towards men, or what attracts you, to be different at 16, 21, 25, 30+?

Just curious.

shopgirl · #2 05-09-2001, 03:48 AM

I have watched Sex And The City since it's first season and I LOVE IT!!!

I really can't answer whether women think like that or not. I'm sure some do. Although I love the show, that lifestyle is far from my own. I guess one could say that I live vicariously through the show.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love the show and that those who haven't seen it are truly missing out.

sigmagrrl · #3 05-09-2001, 09:36 AM

I LOVE SATC!! It's probably my fave show! I never miss an episode and just love the storylines. I find that as you get older, the qualities that you want in a man change. When I was in college, I wanted a long haired, rocker type. Now, I want a nice guy who loves to eat out, but enjoys a night home as well...I think it's all superficial when you are younger, but you really end up with the one you connect with on a soul level...

ZTAngel · #4 05-09-2001, 09:38 AM

I love that show! But, as for the question on if women really do think that way, I'd have to say that for the most part...no. I think that the show exaggerates some of things that women think or go through. Some of things are right on the money but the majority isn't. So, men...don't worry too much!

veruca76 · #5 05-09-2001, 11:21 AM

Season Two: Out on video May 22nd! I already have mine pre-ordered on amazon.com.

Anyway, to answer your question YES - I feel that what I'm looking for in a man has changed a lot. This might just be me but I've found that as I get older I get stronger and gain more self esteem. Naturally, what I will and won't accept from a man has changed a great deal. (By the way - I'm turning 25 next month.) I used to be into chasing the bad boy, the one who would play games and mess with my head and cause as much drama as possible. I'm glad to say that learning to love the nice guy was a maturity issue that I grew into in my mid 20's. Hope that helps.

amycat412 · #6 05-09-2001, 02:09 PM

SATC-- IS my life...sadly. But, I am the same age, roughly, as the characters and live in a huge urban city...maybe that has something to do with it.

that show cracks me up and every week, i swear, its like they've been reading my journals and listening to my conversations with my friends.

A

KillarneyRose · #7 05-09-2001, 07:22 PM

I did my stint in New York City when I was in my early twenties but left after a few years to get married and raise a family. A lot of my girlfriends still live and work there, and they are roughly the same age as the Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte characters on "Sex and the City". According to those I asked, the show hits pretty close to home as far as the difficulty in meeting nice men in New York. The glaring difference is, of course, that the vast majority of my thirtysomething friends in New York don't have the fabulous apartments and designer wardrobes and I can think of maybe two of them who could afford Carrie's Manolo Blanik shoe obsession!

As for how my taste in men has changed, bear with me while I tell you a tale from my youth. When I was in 9th grade, I was madly in love with Kevin, the school bad boy. He was in 10th grade at the time. Lo and behold, the next year we were both in 10th grade together! Well, the year after that, I moved on to the 11th grade and left dear Kevin behind. Soon after that, he left school and the only contact I had with him for a few years afterward was when I would read about his adventures in the "Crime Log" section of my little hometown newspaper! Kevin is MIA at this time. By the time I got to college, I was seriously into the preppy boys phase and then the Cure Wannabees phase which lasted until I graduated and got a job in New York City. There, I moved on to the EuroTrash guys. These are men, many of them from America's heartland, who moved to New York in the late '80s, affected what they no doubt thought was a sophisticated accent, grew out their hair so they could slick it back and wear a ponytail, wore nothing but black and discussed philosophy while sipping espresso and smoking unfiltered cigarettes. Think Dieter from Saturday Night Live. NYC at that time was a veritable breeding ground for Dieter-types!

I eventually got tired of always paying the way for these brilliant but penniless men and that's when I met my husband. Just a nice, refreshingly normal man to whom I have been married for 9 years

I think the nice, normal guys were always out there but it was a matter of my growing into them which took until I was about 24!

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG; I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO SQUEEZE 19 YEARS INTO A FEW PARAGRAPHS!

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Proud to be Delta-Z :-)

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AKA2D '91 · #8 05-09-2001, 07:39 PM

Yes, I love it!

The new season starts June 3rd!

MsDetroit1920 · #9 05-09-2001, 08:52 PM

I LOVE the show too!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately I started watching it last season(I wish I would have been watching it since it began).....Have you all been to their website...its really cool....they have a game where you can test you SATC knowledge.....It took me a few times but I finally cleared her closet......
http://www.hbo.com/city/trivia/trivia_flash.html

MsDetroit1920

amycat412 · #10 05-10-2001, 01:46 PM

oh how sad-- I got all the trivia right on the first try! ha ha ha I need a life!

DST Love · #11 05-10-2001, 02:35 PM

I'm having a problem with the quiz. When I answer the first question correct, I can't do anything else after that. Can someone please tell me what might be the problem? Thanks.

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amycat412 · #12 05-10-2001, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DST Love:
I'm having a problem with the quiz. When I answer the first question correct, I can't do anything else after that. Can someone please tell me what might be the problem? Thanks.

[This message has been edited by DST Love (edited May 10, 2001).]

you have to click on something in her closet to dress carrie, then it will let you choose another question.

DST Love · #13 05-10-2001, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by amycat412:

you have to click on something in her closet to dress carrie, then it will let you choose another question.

Thank you so very much, amycat412.

James · #14 05-10-2001, 05:31 PM

I was wondering . . . one of the topics in sex and the city, and also mentioned in Bridgette Jone's Diary (yes I snuck in and saw it disguised as a girl, to avoid being stoned . . . I must say I look fetching as a girl in a black cocktail dress

) was that women have all the advantage in dating until about age 25 and then the pendalum (sp?)gradually swing back towards men . . . until its totally on our side after 30 . . .

Any insights or experiences in that area?

Quote:

Originally posted by James:
One of my friends gave me the entire first season of Sex in the City . . . I thought it would help in my studies of the enemy

Wow do women really think that way? I'll need to take more notes . . .

And ladies, do you honestly find that much of a difference between the way you feel towards men, or what attracts you, to be different at 16, 21, 25, 30+?

Just curious.

James · #15 05-17-2001, 05:09 PM

That was a nice complete answer

Quote:

Originally posted by KillarneyRose:
I did my stint in New York City when I was in my early twenties but left after a few years to get married and raise a family. A lot of my girlfriends still live and work there, and they are roughly the same age as the Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte characters on "Sex and the City". According to those I asked, the show hits pretty close to home as far as the difficulty in meeting nice men in New York. The glaring difference is, of course, that the vast majority of my thirtysomething friends in New York don't have the fabulous apartments and designer wardrobes and I can think of maybe two of them who could afford Carrie's Manolo Blanik shoe obsession!

As for how my taste in men has changed, bear with me while I tell you a tale from my youth. When I was in 9th grade, I was madly in love with Kevin, the school bad boy. He was in 10th grade at the time. Lo and behold, the next year we were both in 10th grade together! Well, the year after that, I moved on to the 11th grade and left dear Kevin behind. Soon after that, he left school and the only contact I had with him for a few years afterward was when I would read about his adventures in the "Crime Log" section of my little hometown newspaper! Kevin is MIA at this time. By the time I got to college, I was seriously into the preppy boys phase and then the Cure Wannabees phase which lasted until I graduated and got a job in New York City. There, I moved on to the EuroTrash guys. These are men, many of them from America's heartland, who moved to New York in the late '80s, affected what they no doubt thought was a sophisticated accent, grew out their hair so they could slick it back and wear a ponytail, wore nothing but black and discussed philosophy while sipping espresso and smoking unfiltered cigarettes. Think Dieter from Saturday Night Live. NYC at that time was a veritable breeding ground for Dieter-types!

I eventually got tired of always paying the way for these brilliant but penniless men and that's when I met my husband. Just a nice, refreshingly normal man to whom I have been married for 9 years I think the nice, normal guys were always out there but it was a matter of my growing into them which took until I was about 24!

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG; I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO SQUEEZE 19 YEARS INTO A FEW PARAGRAPHS!