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I am about to commit gender treason with the next seven words I'll say: "I'm sooooooo over Sex and the City!" Aside from the fact that these four women are like 50 years old (and there's nothing wrong with being fiddy and still having lots of sex), it's just not fabulous to hear about their sexcapades any more.
Granted, I was never a big Sex and the City fan. I liked the show, and thought it was entertaining. I'd watch it if it was on, but if we're really being honest about the whole thing, how entertaining could it possibly be to hear a bunch of women nearing mid-life talk about their sexual exploits unless you're a member of said age group? If I were a 45-year-old blogging about my dating life, would you still find it entertaining, or would you think I needed to get a life? (Arguably, you may still think I need to get a life, but that's another blog for another day). When was the last time you heard Oprah talk about her vajayjay without squirming? C'mon...be honest. Carrie ain't that much younger--even with her fantastic wardrobe. It's like a 2008 movie version of Golden Girls. LOL.
And it was unrealistic. I'm a writer; I know lots of writers. None of them have a closet full of Manolos & Choos...unless they write for the fashion section. Maybe we're just losers or terrible writers...or maybe the show was just unrealistic.
And Mr. Big. Don't get me started. Ladies, let's keep it real. If Carrie was your friend, you know you'd tell her to drop that loser a long time ago. Ten years off and on with the same dude without no inkling of a commitment?! Gimme a break. How many women would really accept that in real life?
And New York City is only so big. Do you mean to tell me that between the four of them (ok, between Carrie and Samantha...Miranda never really got much action and Charlotte was, well, Charlotte) they haven't slept with all the eligible men in their "circle" in NYC?
Puhleeeese. Much ado about nothing. I'll go see it...I may get some good fashion ideas, and it's a great time to hang out with my girls, grab some food, and hope that by the time we're almost fiddy, we'll have this whole dating thing sorted out. (However, at the rate I'm going, they may tap me to star in Part 3).
Hey, at least I'm being honest...LOL
posted by SimplEnigma @ 9:22 PM
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26 Comments:
dunno...I wasn't a big fan of the show either, but I'll bet cash money that there are more women who are single and professional in their 40's than you think.
It's the tail end of the boomers and the gen-x'ers are right up there too.
If you listen to Moses Znaimer, he believes that marketing has started to pay more attention to the demographic that is older, established and has expendable income.
So, while I could give a crap about Sex in the City...there is obviously a demographic for it.
Don't like it?
Turn the channel, don't buy the magazines.
Egads. I sometimes wonder if you misunderstand on purpose. LMAO.
I know there's a demographic for it; I work in marketing. The movie will be sold out. I said nothing about women over 40 being single. There are a lot of 'em, and given my views on marriage, I'll be prolly be one of 'em. LOL.
My point was that the storyline isn't practical, and in real life, after you get to a certain age, no one wants to hear about your dating exploits.
But I guess that's why it's a movie...and why I'm here. Hehe.
I think I understood you very well.
Yes, it's irritating...but, their movie is coming out shortly, isn't it?
Since you're in marketing, you know the drill then.
btw, I'd read a blog by a woman in her 40's in the dating world...women over 30 have infinitely more complicated things going on than 20somethings do.
Trust me...I read a lot of blogs.
Maybe it's a language barrier?
I am usually last in line to complain about this and to be fair I watched maybe 2 episodes, tops.
How come they rarely if ever ran into any nonwhite people?
I just could not relate to the show. That's not the New York I know.
Well Radmila is speaking English but I don't know what language fiddy or vajayjay is.
None of the sitcoms set in NYC is the New York many of us know.
But then, I've never made 6 figures or lived on the upper west side either.
When I lived in NYC I lived at East 14th and 1st, just before alphabet city. Certainly nothing like what I see on Sex in the City or Friends.
@GC: I dated a dude who appeared in one episode. He's half-black. LOL. To be fair, Blair Underwood was on a few episodes (hooked up with MIRANDA of all people!)
@Karabekian: You should stop by more often.;)
@Radmila: my sentiments exactly. I lived on the Upper West side and didn't experience any of it either. But I guess that's why it's supposed to be entertaining. :)
Ahh the conversation between you and Rad are like a PS to the post.
I quite liked the show, though I thought it lost its roots at the end and got a little too fairy like...
i LOVE satc!!!! i'll be first in line at the theatre and im getting the series on dvd man
Hmmm. SATC started when the girls were 32. Arent you, uh, 30ish?
Second, this blog is about as blatant a derivative of SATC as you could get, the whole "watch me travel alone and dreg up stories about my ex-loves, or lack of love..." Some might say you owe "memoirs" to the culture they created.
Last - 40 will sneak up on you. You're planning on closing your blog down, right??? According to your own theory, the world won't care.
Cheers!
LMAO @ Anonymous comments. They really are funny. That's why I don't delete 'em.
Yes, I'll be 30 this year. Looking forward to it. Couldn't tell ya how old they were when the show started. If you read, you'd see I didn't watch that much.
Umm, let's see...what else did you ask...
LOL @ derivative. You probably didn't read how this started (although I see you've been a loyal fan of mine for a little bit since you're able to relate my posts in painstaking detail), but I assure you it had nothing to do with "SATC". Hehe. Maybe if I cared enough, I'd dreg up the post, but I don't. Besides, you're the one reading MY blog at 8:42 at night. LOL.
Yes, I'll be 40 one day (if God spares my life). However, I'm not that self-involved to think that anyone but my closest friends will care about my dating life at that point. And if I'm still blogging about failed dates at 40 (and people are still reading it!) then we both have larger problems.
Don't take it so seriously, Anonymous. I didn't mean to offend you; 40's a fun age. My mom had me when she was 40...
ROFL Love the comments here, thus far.
Only one thing to add, really....you lose MAD cool points for not being a fan of the awesome foursome (LMAO).
Seriously, though...I feel you on the lost appeal for dating adventures....
but guess what, I'll be having a grand time watching SATC when it plays....but you can be sure I won't be with my girls on the first viewing....I'd have to kill the wenches for talking during the movie (LOL) I'll watch it in the comfort of my boudoir with a bottle of red and some popcorn (besides, I despise the thought of forking over $10 for a scrunched up seat with whiny, cholicky babies, and a bunch of obnoxious women yelling at the scream while I'm trying to catch that oh so meaningfull dialogue ---SHHADDUPPP AARRREAADDYY, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!! (wooosahhh)
dang it..that should read:
"...yellilng at the screen..."
LOL @ Search. I hear the third time's a try. *ducks*
Babies and kids in SATC? Egads. Don't get me started on seeing little kids in R rated movies.
I'm actually NOT 40. I'm only a few years older than you. That's why I find your post to be so arrogant, not to mention ageist- you say "that other demographic" as if your "youth" somehow makes your dating life interesting (thereby you posting it for the whole 'net to see).
Since you dont watch the show, in the last year, they were in committed relationships, having kids, buying houses, dealing with death, divorce, disease, infertility. Not talking about their fiddy year old vajayjays. Just an FYI. The 32 year old comment was an FYI too, so you'll stop calling them "fiddy."
Although you deny it, talking about sex/dating publicly was started by that show, so you're just a happy victim of the culture, although you claim to be above it.
The funniest part of your response is you insinuate that I'm some sort of loser for reading your blog :) Hahahahaha!! I tend to agree.
More power to you for airing your dirty laundry on the web, it's cathartic I'm sure, just cut others a break when they are different from you.
Laters!
Wooooosah. LMAO.That you would take this post that seriously is quite entertaining to me. I'm sorry, but it is. However thank you for the SATC lesson...I'm glad the show got some substance. Maybe the writers realized the same thing I said about the dating stories after a certain age. LOL.
Arrogant? That's laughable.
I will admit to being a fatist. But an ageist? Now hold on a daggone minute...that is defamation of character, sir, er, ma'am, er Anonymous.
And not accepting people who are different? Umm, so watching SATC makes you different? LOL. A few of my closest friends are SATC fanatics, sheeit, they can even act the parts. LOL. Matter of fact, I'll probably go to see the movie with them. Hehe.
The "culture" you talk about existed way before SATC, I assure you.
And I didn't imply that my readers were losers; I implied that you were a loser for a) taking it so seriously and b) failing to realize the irony of you disparaging my blog, but knowing the stories in great detail. LOL.
My readers are all opinionated individuals, very different from myself. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don't. They give me a different perspective on many issues and I appreciate them for it.
Bottom line: have some fiber and lighten up! It is, after all a TV show/movie with paid actresses none of whom contribute to my salary. (And I'm sure they could care less about what lil ol' me thinks).
Come back often! I'd love to hear opinions on my opinions!
lmao @ 2008 movie version of Golden Girls! ouch! i was always disgusted by the women who said they were most like samantha or were inspired by her. who aspires to copulate w/anyone w/in several feet? and like you said, at her age? shudder! at some point all the sleeping around has GOT to get old! i'll see it in the same mind as you-- w/an eye toward toasting to never being in that same boat.
and yikes! there's quite a bit of hostility over this huh?
I'm not interested in debating you, so this is my last post (besides, I've been home sick the past few days, hence the only reason I'm finding crap on the net).
It's cool you don't like the show. Express a dissenting opinion. Explore a new point of view. I'm all for it. It's the reasoning that's lacking.
I'll repeat my main point. You assume YOUR dating life is worth reading online because you are 29/30. And then you go on to say that someone who is in their 40s is by default, not worthy of discussing their love life with the public. That is both ARROGANT and AGEIST.
Enjoy your last few years of "youth", hon, before all the twentysomethings declare you washed up and uninteresting.
BTW, shouldn't you be working instead of blogging?
well I guess I lied about it being my last post, I forgot to address the "loser" comment (great marketing girlfriend! call your readers losers!)
in a cold-medicine induced stupor I stumbled, for the first time, onto your blog yesterday. I skimmed 2 earlier posts for a total of 45 seconds, and I got the gist about you traveling alone and complaining about your ex (plus there is a TOC on the side which sums it all up). So I dont know your blog in "painstaking detail" as you , again, ARROGANTLY say, I just came across it.
I actually dont take it all that seriously (not like you, blogging defensive responses on your employer's dime).
Agree to disagree. Peace.
@ Anonymous: My dating life isn't interesting because I'm "young". My dating life is interesting because it's ME. (How's that for arrogance?)
At least 90% of what I do is interesting. LOL.
Site tracker says this won't be your last post (or your last visit either). LOL. For someone who was just "bored" with nothing better to do and has read only two posts, this has certainly put your feathers in a bunch!
I don't need to market my blog. I'm so fabulous people "stumble" upon me accidentally every day (thanks Site Tracker). Hehe. Long live guilty secret pleasures.
My employer thanks you for being so diligent about their dime. But according to my boss, I'm the "best thing that ever happened to this department", so I think they're ok with me taking a break every once in a while. It's good that you're concerned though. Thanks.
Take care of that cold and feel better! I hope your health (and sense of humor) are speedily restored. :)
@Jameil: I'm getting my wine glass ready for the toast.
Methinks The 40-Year-Old Skank should be the sequel to The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
It hasn't been this exciting around here since I said I wouldn't date fat dudes. Hehe.
LOL...I'm vakempt at us actually agreeing on something!?!
Well done!
LMAO @ this "non-debate"
and yeah yeah yeah....third time my foot! take away an -l, and everything is okay. ROFL
Anonymous...do I know you? LOL
SE you'd be surprised how many women would put up with a relationship like Carrie's and Mr. Big's.
Damn! Where was I when Blair Underwood was on the show?
ahhhhh I love the friendly banter going on in these comments lol
@anonymous, I think you should read the posts and then read them again b4 you answer sometimes. It's funny from reading what is going on here, you are not liking that SE isn't "cutting others a break" when they are different from her yet you are getting your panties, err boxer briefs umm whatever in a bunch over her differing opinion? I don't quite understand, but this has been entertaining.
SE I'm not the biggest fan of SATC but I feel like I should watch it after all of this confusion lol
Uhm, you like SUCK. You're too young to be crochety and cynical.
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