<P> Mr Big (Chris Noth) is Carrie's central relationship . They first meet in season one but then have a nasty break up because he doesn't say what she wants to hear (' You're the one'). In season two they start to date again but it, again, ends badly due to Mr Big moving to Paris with work and not telling Carrie until a few days prior . When Big returns, Carrie discovers that, whilst in Paris, he got engaged to a 25 - year - old woman named Natasha, whom he later married . In season 3 she meets Aidan Shaw (see below) who she cheats on with Big while he is still with Natasha . The relationship is on and off through all the 6th season and in the final series, Carrie is in Paris with Aleksandr Petrovsky (see below) and Big declares his love for her and chases her down . He finds her in the hotel after her fight with Aleksandr and they go back to NY together . They go on to marry at the end of the first film . </P> <P> Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) is one of Carrie's long - term boyfriends . He is a sweet, good - natured furniture designer and Mr. Big's emotional opposite . At first Carrie questions their seemingly perfect relationship, but over time accepts his sincerity . However, Aidan ends their relationship after her confession of an affair with Big . They get back together six months later at Carrie's urging, eventually moving in together . When her apartment building goes co-op, he buys the apartment and proposes . Despite her initial misgivings, she accepts his marriage proposal but then becomes panicked and feels suffocated by the relationship, and realizes he still does not fully trust her, given her past affair with Big, and they break up for good . </P> <P> Six years later, Carrie runs into Aidan in Abu Dhabi at a market . Aidan is there to buy some samples for his furniture company . They resolve to meet for dinner to catch up . It's revealed that Aidan has married Kathy, a fellow furniture designer and has three sons: Homer, Wyatt, and Tate . In a moment of passion, they kiss . Carrie stops herself and runs away . After this, Aidan is not seen again . </P> <P> Jack Berger (Ron Livingston) is Carrie's intellectual counterpart, a sardonic humorist writer . Hailing from Downer's Grove, Carrie first meets him when he walks into a meeting between her and her publisher . Theirs is a relationship of witty banter and common thoughts, and honesty . Berger's advice to Miranda when she questions the lack of a phone call after a first date, "He's just not that into you," became a pop culture catchphrase . Berger's and Carrie's relationship is then strained by their career issues; a book deal of his falls through just as her columns are being published as such . He memorably breaks up with her on a Post-It: "I'm sorry, I can't, don't hate me ." </P>

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