This is a good question, and I think I have just come to a resounding: she's an okay friend. Like she definitely does selfish things in her friendships like she does in her everyday life (remember the bullshit bagels?) but she also shows up when it matters (who the hell wants to go to a 1-year-old's birthday party...with a clown?!) and definitely loves her friends deeply. This might be controversial but I actually think Miranda was the worst friend of the bunch. So judgmental! 

I actually think this is the crux of the complication with Carrie. She's SO easy to hate because of her behavior and narcissism. but she also has moments that show she really, genuinely cares about her friends and often (shockingly) puts them first. 

I think, overall, yes, she IS a good friend, with some inevitable flaws, as we all have in friendships. And that's the only reason the show works so well — despite the title, the true value is with the four people that have your back forever.

Carrie Bradshaw is fabulous, but... she might not be the best person that Sex and the City has ever seen. Cheating, stalking her boyfriend's wife, destroying some perfectly good McDonald's...

But, even if she's a bad person, is she a good friend?

I'm torn, thinking about the question. It should be obvious, given the show pre-AJLT was all about friendship. On the one hand, she's was there for Miranda when her mother passed, kept Charlotte's Troy wedding secret even to this day, and has shown up time and time again when needed. On the other hand, never forget when she blasted Charlotte for not loaning her money, or the myriad of times she chose men over friendship (see: the Paris book lunch).

So, with all her flaws, I ask: Is Carrie a good friend?

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