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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Bibi Lynch

A moment that changed me: I’m 58 and single since 1997. A Sex and the City meme transformed my life

 Bibi Lynch – journalist, writer and broadcaster –wearing a leopard print coat and sunglasses smiling leaning over a railing with pretty houses behind her
‘Heightened emotions were familiar to me from my childhood’ … journalist, writer and broadcaster Bibi Lynch. Photograph: Gemma Day

Sometimes a meme can change your life. OK, your love life, let’s not get Carrie’d away. It was about 3am; I was in bed with two empty Gü Zillionaire ramekins and my favourite hot-water bottle (yes, I have a favourite), and zombie-scrolling TikTok. A Sex and the City clip appeared. The one that says: “He’s just not that into you.”

I’d obviously seen it before, years ago when the show came out, but I hadn’t seen it since. So I didn’t swipe. I watched – for old times’ sake. And it blew my mind. You remember? Miranda is telling Carrie and Charlotte about her previous night’s almost-encounter: asking for their theories about a date who “didn’t come up” because he said he had an early meeting.

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