Last night, I wasted $10 and saw the Sex and the City movie.
I think I saw maybe 1/2 of one episode of the show when it was on, if that helps you have any idea just how amazingly interested in it I was. I think because really the women in that show have absolutely nothing to which I can relate -- let's consider:
They're into fashion. I wear Birkenstocks. All year. I just put socks on first when it's cold.
They spend $500 on shoes. I wince if I have to spend $50.
They have this little group of women with whom they sit and giggle and gossip and without whom life would be incomplete. I much prefer the company of guys. Always have. Very likely always will.
Then there's the whole indiscriminate sex thing which has decidedly never been my scene.
So why did I find myself in the movie theater at 8:15 last night? Because my friend emailed me on Friday asking if I'd go. I said that I wasn't particularly interested, thanks. And I hoped that would be the end of it. She called last night at 7 with a long sob story about how she had two friends who were going to go with her and one called at 6 and bailed because her husband forbade her to see that movie (I'm leaving that alone...but we'll summarize with the fact that I am very thankful not to have a marriage wherein Tim forbids me to do things. Though, of course, that's one of the dynamics that makes his parents question why he wanted me in the first place. I'm not what you would ever term "biddable.") And the other friend, on hearing the first wasn't going, decided not to go either, tendering the excuse that she needed to "stay home and pay bills." I'm pretty sure that's right up there with washing one's hair. And so, in the wake of her sad, sad tale, I felt guilty and said I'd go. (Though I did drag my other friend with me - though she watched the show and enjoyed it while it was on.)
I'm adding this one to my friend's tab. And also? She never gets to pick the movie again, because it is due to her that I have seen:
- Along Came Polly
- Rumor Has It
- The Break Up, and now
- Sex and the City
I need to find a monster movie to drag her to on principle.
I have a friend who is similarly trying to drag me to this movie, but like you, I just never "got" the show. I would much rather hang out with a group of guys (while wearing my birkenstocks)...less gossip and discussion of fashion is better. But then, I'm not much of a sports fan either, so really, my options for hanging out are kind of limited. ;-) You were a good friend to go with her.
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