Why Did Carrie & Aiden Break Up?

Why Did Carrie & Aiden Break Up? Their Old Issues Come Back in And Just Like That

Aidan is back. But with his return in And Just Like That comes thousands of questions from fans

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What happened to his wife? Where’s his child? And most importantly, why did Carrie and Aidan break up in Sex and the City in the first place?

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Sex and City was HBO’s romantic comedy series following the love lives of four best friends in New York City

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Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobes, Charlotte York, and Samantha Jones. Aidan Shaw, a furniture designer played by John Corbett

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It was introduced as Carrie’s second serious boyfriend in Season 3 of Sex and the City.

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They broke up at the end of the season before getting back together in Season 4 and breaking up again.

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Carrie and Aidan ran into each other in Season 6, Episode 1, “To Mark to Market,” where Aidan revealed

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that he was married and had a son named Tate. The episode was Aidan’s last appearance on Sex and the City.

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However, he also appeared in 2010’s Sex and the City 2, when Carrie runs into him while on vacation in Abu Dhabi.

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