Six years ago, I did what every teenage girl who want to move to New York City does, I watched Sex and the City for the first time. One of the show’s main plot lines is the protagonist Carrie’s toxic, on-again-off-again romantic relationship with the mysterious and wealthy businessman Mr. Big. During the series run Carrie meets the kind and emotionally-available, Aidan, and chooses to repeatedly cheat on him with Mr. Big. This is when I discovered that popular romance stories promote toxic relationships and do not place value on stable love. After this experience, I began noticing how these cultural depictions of romantic love have influenced me in my real life. I was led to believe that the toxic love of Carrie and Big was real love. I searched for men that provided me with the same intoxicating intensity of Mr. Big, which would lead me to heartbreak.