How "fare" Is the so-called "taxicab theory" that emerged from the TV series Sex and the City? Will believing it somehow help you get to your desired romantic destination? Or should you consider it just a "City" theory that will end up driving you in the wrong direction relationship-wise?

The origins of the theory can be traced specifically to what the Sex and the City character Miranda proposed in season 3: “Men are like cabs. When they’re available, their light goes on. They wake up one day, and they decide they’re ready to settle down, have babies, whatever, then they turn their light on.” She added, "The next woman they pick up, boom, that’s the one they’ll marry. It’s not fate, it’s dumb luck."

She was trying to use the analogy to explain why a guy might date for you for a long time, resist taking the next step to marriage, and then shortly after breaking up with you, quickly get married to the next person he dates. It suggests that guys get married only when they are ready. And if you happen to be around when a guy becomes ready, then if it's marriage you want, it's marriage you'll get. If, on the other hand, the guy........

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