Three's a Crowd!

By Elisabeth LaMotte. Posted on Dec 13th 2011.

Sex and the Psychological City: What the Girlfriends Taught us about Feeling Like A Third Wheel

Consider Carrie's eventual observation following lots of wasted time and energy micro-analyzing Big and Barbara:

I [finally] realized the real appeal of a threesome [is that] it is easy, it's intimacy that's the bitch.

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Check back soon for a psychoanalysis of the classic SATC episode about the Turtle and the Rabbit that considers whether it is best to marry someone who loves you more than you love them.

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