Before Love Came to Town

It's funny how sometimes I'll sit here and stare at the screen for a few seconds trying to figure out what to write. Usually after a few seconds I'll come up with something. But today for some reason I've been drawing a total blank. Probably must not come as a total shock, I wrote a blog earlier about how stoned Jim Morrison was. And another one on lyrics in a Neil Young song. To be honest I'm not sure which one is worse. But I can tell you what is worse than both of those, blogging about both those blogs. Maybe it's time I tried to come up with some sorta topic or something.

I could write another blog about comparing life in New York to Sex in The City. But to be honest I haven't really been watching lately. I think I've seen all the episodes in re-runs. And after hearing how much better they were in the original version, it's hard to keep watching. Lately I've been thinking though, if you just look at the show on the surface it's not like a real New York lifestyle. By the way, it's been a long time since there was a show was on tv that was even close to New York. Seinfeld was sorta close, believe it or not there really are New Yorkers that act like that. But the last show that was on tv that was on the money in my opinion was Taxi. I used to love that show.

Anyway the one thing that is somewhat realistic about the show is the relationships. Not so much the friendships between the women, though I think it's somewhat true to life. But the relationships that the women have with the men in their lives. Some people may think that the show is about sex, but that really is just to draw you in. The show really is about so much more than that. Each of the characters has different issues with the relationships in their lives. But I think that there is one common struggle that all the women have to deal with many of the men of their lives. At different points in the show each one of the women has dealt with one or two or even several relationships where their desire to remain independent has become an issue. I think that in our modern age this has become a pretty realistic issue.

Many of the male characters couldn't handle the women wanted to keep a small part of their lives to themselves. I think to a certain extent it may be an issue of control. Many women are worried about what could happen if they give that up. A large part of it is because in the past so many women have wound up giving up themselves after they had a man in their lives. We've seen our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, yadda yadda yadda do that. And sometimes we probably are worried about doing ourselves. But don't get me wrong I do get the guy's point of view, it's probably pretty intimating to be a relationship with someone that leaves part of themselves closed off. And for the right guy I would be willing to open that part up, as long as he's willing to hold my hand along the way.