For Better Or For Worse

Thank God for TBS. Along with my life being in storage, my Sex and the City DVD library is in boxes, as well. And while I don't live and breathe the show anymore, it is always a good pick-me-upper during the down times.

After two months of abstinence, I caught a mere twenty minutes of the episode where, despite the fact that Mr. Big gives Carrie a wretched looking swan purse, she realizes at that moment she loves him. And then utters the forbidden three words. Though they had been spending every waking (and non-waking) moment together, his only response was that of silence.

It was then that I realized that the show made me feel worse, because these days, that's how it goes. You can't tell a guy you like his shirt without him thinking you want to have some wild love affair with him. Actually, he usually wants the wild love affair, he just doesn't want the commitment.

I spend my nights as a counselor to my single girlfriends.
Men of today's society need to figure out what the hell they want. And if they don't know, they can stop stringing my girls along in the meantime. Because quite frankly, it pisses me off.

Seriously, a simple "we need to hang out [more]" or an "I miss you"...just because she might, heaven forbid, like the guy...ends up with him running, because he thinks that she has more or less asked for his hand in marriage. And I'm not talking first dates...this is after weeks or months of seeing each other.

I'm not being judgemental here, but I just don't get it. Why bother dating (extensively) if you don't want a relationship? In defense to all you guys out there, I know there's plenty of girls that don't know what they want, either. So I guess it's even. And Carrie did end up with Big in the end. So maybe there is hope. Maybe one day I'll have it all figured out.

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn’t fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it’s comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you’re very lucky, a plane ride away.

Carrie Bradshaw; Sex and the City

*****

UPDATE: For more of the SSW Daily Show, check out Nashville Is Talking's, Sticking Up For Her Girls. Or, from the guy's perspective, look what Big Orange Michael has to say.

UPDATE #2: And if you want to talk music, go read Newton's latest so you can book your flights to Boston while the gettin' is still good. Then you can check back here later for more music news concerning the Exit/In tomorrow night.