Sex and the City (TV Series)

The Cheating Curve (1999)

Sarah Jessica Parker: Carrie Bradshaw

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• Carrie : The problem is that you two have very different definitions of what constitutes cheating.

  Charlotte York : I don't tolerate it.

  Samantha Jones : And I'm more forgiving and realistic about human nature.

  Miranda : That's because you cheat.

  Carrie : I just don't think that you can define cheating in absolute terms.

  Miranda : You think it's okay to cheat?

  Carrie : Well, I think maybe there's a cheating curve. Someone's definition of what constitutes cheating is in direct proportion to how much they themselves want to cheat.

  Miranda : That's moral relativism.

  Carrie : I prefer to think of it as quantum cheating.

  Samantha Jones : The fact is, the act of cheating is defined by the act of getting caught. One doesn't exist without the other.

  Carrie : [voiceover]  I wondered, was Samantha right? Is cheating like the proverbial tree in the forest? That it doesn't exist if there's no one around to catch you? In a gravity-free world of anything goes, what constitutes cheating?

• Carrie : Sure I knew it was wrong, seeing an emotionally unavailable man I had sworn off months earlier. But the guilt worked like an aphrodisiac. I had never felt sexier or more alive in my entire life.