“The Big versus Aidan debate is about much more than one man versus the other. They represent two archetypes of heterosexual masculinity – and your preference for one over the other says a lot about you.”
Of all the great cultural debates in our time, few rival that of Big versus Aidan. It’s ketchup versus mayo. A blue dress versus a gold one. Jack versus that damn door.and the two great loves of its heroine, Carrie Bradshaw, chances are you’ve heard of them. Perhaps you’ll be familiar with Aidan’s turquoise rings, his cabin in the countryside, or the moment he asked Carrie to rub his belly after eating too much fried chicken.
As a journalist and author who writes about relationships, has a sex column, and spends a significant amount of money on shoes against her better judgement, I have been told that my life looks a little like Carrie’s. Given the amount of times that character has been ruthlessly assassinated over the years , I’m not sure that’s a compliment. What I do know is that we are both writers and only one of us can afford to rent a studio flat in Manhattan filled with pairs of Manolo Blahniks.
Sex writing and shoe shopping aside, if there’s anything I’ve got in common with TV’s most polarising columnist, it’s that, in the end, she chooses Big. Because after years of watching the show and its subsequent films religiously, that’s the choice I always made too. For a long time, I flew my Team Big flag with pride. Sure, he wasn’t always perfect. But he came to her rescue in Paris! He was her soulmate! Her person! Her lobster! And so on. Now, though, looking back on decisions I’ve made in my own love life, I feel like I might have made the wrong choice.
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