Almost every woman has seen it—or lived it herself: You’re with a guy for years, he won’t commit, and then the very next person he dates suddenly becomes The One. It’s a pattern so painfully relatable that it’s been the inspiration for rom-coms like Good Luck Chuck and even earned a catchy moniker in Sex and the City: the “Taxi Cab Theory.”
In the show, Miranda breaks it down with a simple metaphor: “Men are like cabs,” she explains. “They wake up one day, and they decide they’re ready to settle down, have babies, whatever. Then they turn their light on. The next woman they pick up—boom—that’s the one they’ll marry.” By this logic, a man won’t “settle down” unless he is “ready”—no matter how perfect or compatible you are.
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