Cover of Girls Just Want to Have FunFreddy is not a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker.I must say, myself, I have a dear, dear spot in my heart for Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, and Shannen Doherty, for having starred in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (a.k.a THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME).
I also owe a debt of gratitude to Sex and the City (the series; have not seen the movies yet): after going on a whopping two(?) dates in high school and spending all my college years (all six of them) with the same (controlling, abusive) boyfriend, SATC was my instructional video on dating and relationships. (Also loved He's Just Not That Into You [book, haven't seen the movie], because, sometimes... he isn't. And you need to move on, because you're worth more than that.)
Freddy's experience with SATC is a litle different... a (supposedly monogamous) girlfriend of his flippantly informed him that the show "inspired" her to be "liberated" and sleep with another guy when she and Freddy were dating (in a supposedly monogamous relationship), because that's what "modern women" do (or something). (Now, I watched all six seasons of the show back to back, thanks to Netflix, and I saw nothing in there about cheating on your super-awesome boyfriend... but I digress.)
Author's note: I, myself, prefer monogamous relationships. Clearly, so does Freddy -- which is good, we match. I have no problem with people in open relationships or polyamorous relationships, because that's what works for them. But you gotta pick one! And make sure your partner(s) and you agree on which one y'all are in!)
Because Freddy has this resentment, which he has projected onto the main star of SATC, he jokingly likes to point out that... her face has some horse-like features.
Yesterday, while hanging out with Freddy's sister and her kids, SJP's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? came up in conversation... and Freddy, gentleman that he is, asked if any equine members were discovered in SJP's ancestry. At his sister's confused expression, I explained that, in Freddy's opinion, "Carrie Bradshaw" looks... like a horse.
Freddy's horse-loving 10-year-old niece, taking things a little too literally, asked, "Do people ride her like a horse?"
Well... that role did call for her to be in the "cowgirl position" quite often...
Zach has a love/hate relationship with that series (ok "love" might be a bit strong... "like" maybe). He's watched episodes with me off and on and sometimes the women annoy him to high heaven, other times he finds them pretty amusing.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that that old girlfriend ruined Freddy's image of that show, especially since from what I remember *anytime* any of the characters cheated on her steady boyfriend, it resulted in nothing but pain and agony and very, very bad things. Yes, sleeping around was at times encouraged.. but NOT when you're already attached to someone else.