Now it's just a movie.

Why all the hoo-haa?

If you're asking, you're either too young or too male to ever have been a Sex and the City fan.

It appealed to women in their late 20s through to their 40s, who had been round the block a bit. Women who been emotionally mugged a few times but were still confident, happy and determined to find a more fulfilling life and relationship.

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda had the lifestyle we wanted - those New York apartments, the fabulous clothes and interesting jobs, the sophisticated city nights out sipping Cosmopolitans and girly nights in unfettered by kids caterwauling from the bedroom for a glass of water.

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But they also had the relationship dilemmas that we all knew so very well. And that's what made it more than just a light-hearted TV series and something we could embrace.The does-he-doesn't he fancy me, will he ever phone ones ("face it: he's just not that into you"). And the problem of how to dump a man who thinks he's perfect for you. And the man who probably IS perfect for you, but you're too hung up on the one who isn't calling to appreciate it.

We could all see something of ourselves in the Fabulous Four. Some of us identified with one of the characters while others realised that, in fact, there were elements of us in each of them.

Guys who were in touch with their feminine side enjoyed SATC, too. And gay guys absolutely ADORED it. SATC highlighted just how important a gay best friend was; a man, like Stanford, who could give you the man's point of view, but also tell you which handbag to put with what outfit.

Fans have waited a long while for their next fix. The show finished in 2004 and it's taken an age, and a lot of salary bartering, to get the film made. But that simply adds another dimension.

After all, don't we women all want something we have to wait for all the more?

I for one am keen to see how well the girls have weathered in the wilderness years. Parker and Davis are 43, Nixon is 42 and Cattrall is 51. By Hollywood's ridiculous standards, they are absolutely ancient; by ours, they are simply equals..

I could never go as far as the women who, fired by the release of the film this month, are talking about their addiction to the show and their 'obsession' with everything Carrie ever did or said.

But I did love it - and in my book, and probably Candace Bushnell's, love is a far healthier thing than obsession.

I'll be going to see the film, but I won't be queueing on the first night, because I've got old enough to realise that I just don't have the time to waste...

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