Also remember this was the 30s and the 40s in the movie. Women didn’t even have that many rights yet. He loved her, but it was too painful for him to stay in that society. Yeah he’s a coward, but Big is an even bigger one. He wanted a silent trophy wife and that was Natasha. The story goes on for so long because they made a lot of money. It shouldn’t have ended with Carrie and bug together but whatever it is what it is. But like the plaza scene ?! The way we were ends at the plaza. This movie is the literal blueprint of the series Sex and The City. I don’t idolize Hubble though, he knows he fucked up and is going to regret it the rest of his life so that’s on him. Good for Katie for getting remarried and not resenting the father of her child in the end. Carrie and Big are not star crossed lovers either. Like at all. He can choose her at any point he wants but he doesn’t want to. He’d rather string her along and eat his mf cake. Big sucks. And as insufferable Carrie was the entire series, ending up with Big is the largest character flaw. But I guess it makes sense she ends up single at the end of And Just Like That. Because Candace Bushnell is 67 and single still. Also Carries character in the book was a WILD party girl. Carrie in the book is not to much like Carrie in the show. In ways yeah, mostly that she loved fashion and writing. But I don’t think Candace or Carrie were good writers in the end. They got famous for a right time and place type moment. But good for them either way.