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I’m a big Sex and the City fan. Have been for a long time, so I was super excited last night when two friends and I got together to see the movie.

It’s funny. I loved it for some things, but I really didn’t like it for others.

Thought I would post about the good and the bad in separate posts.

The idea of friendship has been so strong in this series and still remains in the movie. These are the girlfriends with whom you do everything. I think you don’t really appreciate those types of relationships until you are older.

When younger, you can go from one friend to another. When older you realize how important it is to have a good friend or two with which you can share all of lifes ups and downs.

I loved the fact that this wasn’t a ‘fairy tale’ movie. You know, girl meets boy, they fall in love, all is right with the world. I thought it was so creepy when Mr Big was being so nice to her. Look, that’s not him. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he’s a bad guy (you’ll have to read my THE BAD post to see what I think of him!) but I am saying that he was never ‘gushy’ like that. Never is going to be. Charlotte and her husband have struggled with infertility for years-another struggle that couples can relate to, while Samantha can’t seem to settle down and Miranda, well, her husband pulls a real low one on her.

Life ain’t a bowl of roses. Neither are relationships. I think we all go through ups and downs. I heard once that a married man of like 80 years said this about how they made it work for all of that time:
“Neither one of us fell out of love at the same time.”

I don’t think that you fall out of love, really. I think that you just go through phases where things are tougher than they are at other times,a nd you have to learn to recognize those phases and to understand things will get better. Now, if your bad phase lasts for a few years, that’s another story!

And of course the humor and the fun times and the fashion all rock! The shoes, ya! The bags, ya! Ah, even the nice little Mexican vacation. And what about Samantha’s neighbor? I can’t complain about any of these things!

Overall I loved the movie. Now, skip on over to the BAD post to see what I thought sucked!