"Sex and the City" -- a Microcosm of Real Life?

On the other hand, these story lines do raise questions that young women do well to consider, if only in their own hearts: Are their own dating habits, acquired over decades of "no strings" encounters, going to mellow into, in the words of Sam's friend Carrie, "... ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without it love"? Love that keeps the husband gazing warmly at his wife's photo on his desk instead of the perky new secretary's caboose? Love that trusts (with good reason) when an "old friend" blows into town for a week? Love that perseveres when one or both lose that six-figure income and they need to start paying for college and/or a triple bypass?

Heidi Saxton has not only seen the series (so she's one up on me ...) but she has given it a great deal of thought. An excellent post with what seems to me to be wonderful analysis of young women in our society as viewed through the show.