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Once upon a time,
an English journalist came to New York.
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Elizabeth was attractive and bright.
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And right away she hooked up
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with one of the city's
typically eligible bachelors.
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The question remains...
Is this really a company we want to own?
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Tim was 42, a well-liked
and respected investment banker
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who made about $2 million a year.
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They met one evening,
in typical New York fashion...
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at a gallery opening.
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Like it?
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Yes, actually.
I think it's quite interesting.
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What?
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I feel like I know you from somewhere.
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Oh, doubtful. I only just moved here
from London.
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London? Really?
That's my all-time favorite city.
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- It is?
-Absolutely.
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It was love at first sight.
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You know...
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I think perhaps I have met you
somewhere before.
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For two weeks they snuggled...
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went to romantic restaurants...
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had wonderful sex...
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and shared the most intimate secrets.
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One warm spring day...
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he took her to a town house he saw
in Sunday's New York Times.
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How about if we start at the top
and work our way down?
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There are four bedrooms upstairs.
Do you have any children?
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Not yet.
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That day,
Tim popped the question.
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How'd you like to have dinner
with my folks Tuesday night?
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I'd love to.
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On Tuesday,
he called with some bad news.
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My mother's not feeling very well.
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Well, gosh, I'm sorry.
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-Could we take a rain check?
- Of course.
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Tell your mum I hope she feels better.
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When she hadn't heard from him
for two weeks, she called.
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Tim, it's Elizabeth.
It's an awfully long rain check.
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He said he was up to his ears
and that he'd call her the next day.
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He never did call, of course. Bastard.
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She told me one day
over coffee.
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I don't understand.
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In England, looking at houses together
would have meant something.
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Then I realized no one had told
her about the end of love in Manhattan.
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Welcome to the age
of "un-innocence."
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No one has breakfast at Tiffany's,
and no one has affairs to remember.
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Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 am
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and affairs we try to forget
as quickly as possible.
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Self-protection and closing the deal
are paramount.
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Cupid has flown the co-op.
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How the hell did we get into this mess?
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There are thousands...
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maybe tens of thousands
of women like this in the city.
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We all know them,
and we all agree they're great.
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They travel. They pay taxes.
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They'll spend $400 on a pair
of Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals.
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And they're alone.
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It's like the riddle of the Sphinx.
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Why are there so many
great unmarried women...
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and no great unmarried men?
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I explore these sorts of issues
in my column,
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and I have terrific sources,
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my friends.
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When you're a young guy in your 20s,
women are controlling the relationship.
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So by the time you're
an eligible man in your 30s,
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you feel like you're being
devoured by women.
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Suddenly, the guys are
holding all the chips.
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I call it the mid-30s power flip.
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It's all about age and biology.
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I mean, if you want to get married,
it's to have kids, right?
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And you don't want to do
with someone older than 35,
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'cause then you'll have to have kids
right away
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and that's about it.
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I think these women should
just forget about marriage
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and have a good time.
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I have a friend
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who'd always gone out
with extremely sexy guys
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and just had a good time.
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One day she woke up, and she was 41.
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She couldn't get any more dates.
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She had a complete physical breakdown,
couldn't hold on to her job
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and had to move back to Wisconsin
to live with her mother.
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Trust me, this is not a story
that makes men feel bad.
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Most men are threatened
by successful women.
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If you want to get these guys,
you have to keep your mouth shut,
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and play by the rules.
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I totally believe
that love conquers all.
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Sometimes you just have to
give it a little space,
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and that's exactly what's missing
in Manhattan.
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The space for romance.
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The problem is expectations.
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Older women don't want to settle
for what's available.
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By the time you reach your mid-30s
you think, "Why should I settle?"
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You know?
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It's like the older we get,
the more we keep self-selecting,
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down to a smaller and smaller group.
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What women really want is Alec Baldwin.
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There's not one woman in New York who
hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys
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because they were
too short or too fat or too poor.
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I have been out with some of those guys,
the short, fat, poor ones.
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It makes absolutely no difference.
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They are just as self-centered
and unappreciative
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as the good-looking ones.
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Why don't these women
just marry a fat guy?
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Why don't they just marry
a big, fat tub of lard?
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Happy Birthday, dear Miranda
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Happy Birthday to you...
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Another 30-something birthday
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with a group
of unmarried female friends.
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We would all have preferred
a nice celebratory conference call.
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-You were saying?
-Look.
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If you're a successful single woman
in this city, you have two choices.
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You can bang your head against the wall
and try and find a relationship,
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or you can say "screw it,"
and just go out and have sex like a man.
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-You mean with dildos?
-No, I mean without feeling.
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Samantha Jones
was a New York inspiration,
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a public relations executive.
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She routinely slept
with good-looking guys in their 20s.
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Remember that guy I was going out with?
Oh, God, what was his name? Drew.
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- Drew.
-Drew, the sex god.
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Right. Well, afterwards,
I didn't feel a thing.
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It was like, "Hey, babe, gotta go.
Catch ya later."
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And I completely
forgot about him after that.
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But are you sure that isn't
just 'cause he didn't call you?
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Sweetheart, this is the first time
in the history of Manhattan...
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that women have had
as much money and power as men...
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plus the equal luxury
of treating men like sex objects.
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Yeah, except men in this city
fail on both counts.
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I mean, they don't want to be
in a relationship with you,
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but as soon as you only want them
for sex, they don't like it.
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All of a sudden they can't perform
the way they're supposed to.
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That's when you dump them.
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Oh, come on, ladies,
are we really that cynical?
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What about romance?
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-Yeah!
-Who needs it?
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It's like that guy,
Jeremiah, the poet.
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I mean, the sex was incredible.
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But then he wanted to read me
his poetry and go out to dinner...
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and the whole chat bit, and I'm like,
"Let's not even go there."
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What are you saying? Are you saying
you're just going to give up on love?
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-That's sick.
- No, no, no. Believe me.
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The right guy comes along, and you two
right here, this whole thing...
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-right out the window.
-That's right!
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Listen to me! The right guy
is an illusion.
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You understand?
You can all start living your lives.
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So you think it's really possible
to pull off this whole, um...
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women-having-sex-like-men thing?
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-You're forgetting The Last Seduction.
-You're obsessed with that movie.
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Okay, Linda Fiorentino fucking that guy
up against the chain-link fence.
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And never having one of those "Oh,
my God, what have I done?" epiphanies.
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I hated that movie.
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Was it true?
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Were women in New York really giving up
on love and throttling up on power?
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What a tempting thought.
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You know,
I'm beginning to think
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the only place where one can
still find love and romance in New York
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is the gay community.
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It's straight love
that's become closeted.
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Stanford Blatch was
one of my closest friends.
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He was the owner of a talent agency,
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who at the moment
was down to a single client.
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So, are you telling me
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that you're in love?
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How could I possibly
sustain a relationship?
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You know, Derek takes up like,
a 1,000% of my time.
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Don't you think that's a bit obsessive?
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Carrie, I'm a passionate person.
His career is all I care about.
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When that's under control, then I can
concentrate on my personal life.
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Stanford, he's an underwear model.
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With a billboard in Times Square.
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Oh, my God. Don't turn around.
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The loathe of your life is at the bar.
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It was Kurt Harrington.
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A mistake I made when I was 26,
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and 29,
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and 31.
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Carrie, don't even go there.
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What? Do you think I'm a masochist?
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-The man is scum.
- Good.
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Because I don't have the patience to
clean up this mess for the fourth time.
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Will you relax?
I don't have a shred of feeling left.
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Thank God.
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Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to visit the ladies' room.
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Carrie!
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It was true.
I no longer felt a thing for Kurt.
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After all these years,
I finally saw him for what he was,
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a self-centered, withholding creep,
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who was still the best sex
I ever had in my life.
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However, I did have
a little experiment in mind.
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Kurt!
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Wow. What are you doing here?
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Hey, babe.
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-God, you look gorgeous.
- Thanks.
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So, how's life?
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Not bad. Can't complain. You?
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Oh, you know, just writing the column.
The usual.
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So, you seeing anyone special?
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Not really. You?
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Oh, just a couple guys.
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-Well, you look good, though.
-So do you.
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So...
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what are you doing later?
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I thought you weren't talking to me
for the rest of your life.
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Who said anything about talking?
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What do you say to my place,
three o'clock?
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All right. See you there.
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Are you out of your mind?
What the hell do you think you're doing?
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Oh, calm down. It's research.
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Oh, God. Oh, Kurt.
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Kurt was just like I remembered...
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better...
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because this time there would be
none of that messy emotional attachment.
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All righty. My turn.
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Oh, sorry. I have to go back to work.
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What? Are you kidding? You're serious?
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Oh, yeah. Completely.
But I'll give you a call.
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Maybe we can do it again sometime.
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Yeah, but...
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As I began to get dressed,
I realized that I'd done it.
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I'd just had sex like a man.
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I left feeling powerful,
potent and incredibly alive.
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I felt like I owned this city.
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Nothing and no one could get in my way.
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- Number one...
-There you go.
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...he's very handsome.
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Number two, he's not wearing
a wedding ring.
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Number three, he knows
I carry a personal supply
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of ultra-textured Trojans
with a reservoir tip.
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Thanks a lot.
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Anytime.
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Later that night,
Skipper Johnston met me for coffee
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and confessed
a shocking intimate secret.
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Thank you.
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Do you know that it has been,
like, a year?
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Really?
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I don't understand that.
You're such a nice guy.
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That's the problem, you know.
I'm too nice, you know?
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I'm a romantic.
I just have so much feeling.
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Are you sure you're not gay?
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No! I'm sensitive
and I don't objectify women.
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You know, most guys,
when they meet a girl,
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the first thing that they see is, um...
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-You know...
-Pussy?
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Oh, God! Oh!
245
00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:26,324
I hate that word.
246
00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:30,036
Don't you have any friends
that you can hook me up with?
247
00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:33,581
-No. They're too old for you.
-I like older women.
248
00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:35,792
Maybe.
249
00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:40,421
-Maybe my friend Miranda.
-When?
250
00:14:40,838 --> 00:14:44,258
Tomorrow night. We're all going
downtown to this club, Chaos.
251
00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:45,551
Great.
252
00:14:47,095 --> 00:14:49,055
-Don't tell her I'm nice.
-Mmm.
253
00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:52,475
Miranda was gonna hate Skipper.
254
00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,937
She'd think he was mocking her
with his sweet nature
255
00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:57,730
and decide he was an asshole...
256
00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:01,442
...the way she had decided
all men were assholes.
257
00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:10,701
-Hello?
-Hey, Carrie, it's Charlotte.
258
00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,370
-Hey, sweetie.
- Hey.
259
00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,414
Look, I can't meet you guys
for dinner tomorrow night
260
00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:16,541
because I have an amazing date.
261
00:15:16,624 --> 00:15:17,708
With who?
262
00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,212
Capote Duncan. He's supposedly some
big shot in the publishing world.
263
00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:22,630
-Do you know him?
-Did I know him?
264
00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:25,716
He was one of the city's most
notoriously "un-gettable" bachelors.
265
00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,636
Wait, wait,
don't even answer that question
266
00:15:28,719 --> 00:15:30,680
because, frankly, I don't care.
267
00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,223
And another thing.
268
00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:35,977
I'm not buying into any of that
women-having-sex-like-men crap.
269
00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:39,355
I didn't want to tell her
about my afternoon of cheap and easy sex
270
00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:40,773
and how good it felt.
271
00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:43,192
All right. Fine.
Listen, have a good time,
272
00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,610
and promise to tell me everything.
273
00:15:44,902 --> 00:15:46,279
Well, if you're lucky.
274
00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:48,531
- Bye.
-All right. Bye.
275
00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,203
Friday night at Chaos...
276
00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,832
It was just like that bar in Cheers
where everybody knows your name...
277
00:15:58,499 --> 00:16:01,919
except here they were likely
to forget it five minutes later.
278
00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,297
Hi.
279
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:09,177
Still, it was the creme de la creme
of New York whipped into a frenzy.
280
00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:12,138
Sometimes you got a souffle,
281
00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,475
sometimes cottage cheese.
282
00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:18,519
It is like a model bomb
exploded in this room tonight.
283
00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:22,064
Is there a woman here aside from me
that weighs more than a hundred pounds?
284
00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:24,525
I know.
It's like "Undereaters Anonymous."
285
00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:26,611
That's funny, Skippy.
286
00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:29,197
-Skipper.
- I have this theory
287
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:31,407
that men secretly hate pretty girls
288
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:34,160
because they feel that they're the ones
who rejected them in high school.
289
00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:37,038
Right. But if you're not
part of the "Beauty Olympics"
290
00:16:37,121 --> 00:16:40,583
you can still become
a very interesting person.
291
00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,293
Are you saying
that I'm not pretty enough?
292
00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:44,378
No, no, no. Of course you are.
293
00:16:44,462 --> 00:16:46,797
So, ipso facto, I can't be interesting?
294
00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:48,883
Women either fall
into one of two categories.
295
00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:50,885
Beautiful and boring
or homely and interesting.
296
00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,220
Is that what you're saying, Skipper?
297
00:16:52,303 --> 00:16:54,055
No, that's not what I meant.
298
00:16:54,889 --> 00:16:57,308
Excuse me. Is this your hand on my knee?
299
00:16:57,391 --> 00:16:58,559
No.
300
00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,145
All right, let's just keep them
where I can see them, all right?
301
00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:04,273
Well, I guess you must
find me beautiful...
302
00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:06,526
Or interesting.
303
00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:08,361
I was about to rescue Skipper
304
00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:11,072
from an increasingly hopeless situation,
when suddenly...
305
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:12,573
-Hey.
-Hey!
306
00:17:12,657 --> 00:17:14,408
Lucky me, twice in one week.
307
00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:18,162
Well, I don't know if you're going
to be getting that lucky.
308
00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:20,540
You know, I was really pissed off
the way you left the other day.
309
00:17:20,623 --> 00:17:22,250
-You were?
- Yeah.
310
00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:23,960
Then I thought, how great!
311
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,295
You finally understand
the kind of relationship I really want.
312
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,005
Now we can have sex without commitment.
313
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,510
Yeah. Right. Sure. I guess.
314
00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,638
So whenever I feel like it,
I'll give you a call.
315
00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:36,597
Yeah, please.
316
00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:40,017
I mean, whenever you feel like it.
If I'm alone, I'm all yours.
317
00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,686
Right.
318
00:17:41,978 --> 00:17:43,354
I like this new you.
319
00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:44,814
Call me.
320
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:46,190
Yup.
321
00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:50,027
I didn't understand.
322
00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:54,615
Did all men secretly want their women
promiscuous and emotionally detached?
323
00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,243
And if I was really having
sex like a man,
324
00:17:57,326 --> 00:17:59,287
why didn't I feel more in control?
325
00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:02,290
You see that guy?
He's the next Donald Trump.
326
00:18:02,373 --> 00:18:04,709
Except he's younger
and much better looking.
327
00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:07,878
Hi.
328
00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,548
-You know him?
-No.
329
00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:12,258
I've never seen him in my life.
330
00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:16,012
He usually dates models, but, hey,
I'm as good-looking as a model.
331
00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,723
Plus, I own my own business.
332
00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,225
Samantha had the kind
of deluded self-confidence
333
00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:24,061
that caused men like Ross Perot
to run for president.
334
00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:26,188
And it usually got her what she wanted.
335
00:18:26,856 --> 00:18:29,567
Well, if you're not gonna hit on him,
I will.
336
00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,152
And there she went...
337
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,155
off to take her best shot with Mr. Big.
338
00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:38,576
Meanwhile, Charlotte York was passing
339
00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:41,203
the most splendid evening
with Capote Duncan.
340
00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:43,914
Wanna go back to my place
and see the Ross Bleckner?
341
00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,917
I'd love to,
but it's really getting late.
342
00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:48,461
No problem.
343
00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:50,296
Uh...
344
00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,465
What year was it painted again?
345
00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:55,217
'89.
346
00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:57,637
Though Charlotte was determined
to play hard-to-get,
347
00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,097
she didn't want to end the evening
too abruptly.
348
00:19:00,181 --> 00:19:03,601
Well, maybe just for a minute.
349
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,692
This could easily go
for a hundred grand.
350
00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:14,236
Ross is so hot right now.
351
00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:18,199
It's beautiful.
352
00:19:19,784 --> 00:19:21,327
No, you're beautiful.
353
00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:28,000
-Thank you for tonight.
354
00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:29,877
-Yeah?
- I had a wonderful time.
355
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,462
-Well, it was my pleasure.
-Mmm.
356
00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,897
I have to get up really early tomorrow.
357
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,858
I'll get you a cab.
358
00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,323
Charlotte told me later that
359
00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,368
she thought she had played
the entire evening flawlessly.
360
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,626
So, what are you doing next Saturday?
361
00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,004
I'm having dinner with you.
362
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:22,304
Hey.
363
00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:26,726
-You're going to the West Side, right?
-Right. West Fourth and Bank, please.
364
00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:31,689
Hey, scoot over, will you? Two stops.
365
00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:34,024
Fourth and Bank and...
366
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,651
West Broadway and Broom.
367
00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:40,573
-You're going to Chaos?
-Oh, yeah.
368
00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:42,783
Why?
369
00:20:43,993 --> 00:20:45,953
Look, I understand
where you're coming from...
370
00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:47,621
and I totally respect it.
371
00:20:48,038 --> 00:20:51,292
But, uh, I really need
to have sex tonight.
372
00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:59,258
Back at Chaos,
things were swinging into high gear
373
00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:01,719
and Samantha was putting
the moves on Mr. Big.
374
00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:04,138
I've been smoking cigars for years,
375
00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,515
back when they were terminally uncool.
376
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:09,894
I've got this great source that sends me
Hondurans. Do you want to try one?
377
00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,354
-No, thank you.
-Why? You can't find them anywhere.
378
00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:16,484
Cohibas. That's all I smoke.
379
00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:26,160
Look, I do the PR for this club
380
00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:30,039
and I have the key
to the private room downstairs.
381
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:31,957
Really?
382
00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,543
You want a private tour?
383
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,633
No, thanks, but maybe another time.
384
00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:53,270
Meanwhile, Skipper Johnston was
hopelessly smitten with Miranda Hobbes.
385
00:21:53,521 --> 00:21:56,106
-So, uh, where we going now?
-Listen, Skippy.
386
00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,194
You know, you really are a nice,
sweet guy, but...
387
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:02,655
Oh, I understand.
388
00:22:02,780 --> 00:22:04,406
Good night.
389
00:22:11,914 --> 00:22:14,500
Miranda told me later
that she thought he was too nice,
390
00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,044
but that she was willing
to overlook one flaw...
391
00:22:19,922 --> 00:22:22,383
and Capote Duncan found his fix
for the night.
392
00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:27,805
Where is it?
I wanna see the Ross Bleckner.
393
00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:29,265
Wait. Later.
394
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:31,684
Later.
395
00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:42,319
Oh, listen, I, uh...
396
00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:45,406
I gotta get up really early,
397
00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:47,241
and actually, you can't stay over.
398
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,285
Cool?
399
00:22:49,952 --> 00:22:52,037
Sure. I have to get up really early too.
400
00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:10,556
Taxi! Taxi!
401
00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:17,271
And so, another Friday night
in Manhattan crept towards dawn.
402
00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:18,564
Taxi!
403
00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,862
And just when I thought
I would have to do the unspeakable...
404
00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,156
walk home...
405
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,003
Well, get in, for Christ's sakes.
406
00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:54,016
- Where can I drop you?
- 72nd Street and Third Avenue.
407
00:23:54,975 --> 00:23:56,894
-Have you got that, Al?
- Yes, sir.
408
00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,023
So, what have you been doing lately?
409
00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:03,442
You mean, besides going out every night?
410
00:24:04,234 --> 00:24:06,153
Yeah. I mean, what do you do for work?
411
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:07,780
Well, this is my work.
412
00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:10,658
I'm sort of a sexual anthropologist.
413
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,328
You mean like a hooker?
414
00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:15,955
No...
415
00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:19,083
I, um, I write a column called
"Sex and the City."
416
00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:22,169
Right now I'm researching an article
about women who have sex like men.
417
00:24:24,171 --> 00:24:26,882
You know, they have sex
and then afterwards, they feel nothing.
418
00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:31,261
-But you're not like that.
-Well, aren't you?
419
00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:35,265
Not a drop. Not even half a drop.
420
00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:38,978
Wow. What's wrong with you?
421
00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:44,066
I get it.
422
00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:46,527
You've never been in love.
423
00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:49,405
Oh, yeah?
424
00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,115
Yeah.
425
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:55,619
Suddenly I felt
the wind knocked out of me.
426
00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:59,081
I wanted to crawl under the covers
and go right to sleep.
427
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:11,051
- Thanks for the ride.
- Anytime.
428
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:16,724
Wait.
429
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,814
Have you ever been in love?
430
00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:27,943
Abso-fuckin'-lutely.