Suddenly there he is, not necessarily wearing Armani on Sunday, but nevertheless the real Mr. Big. 

Ronald Galotti, long known as the inspiration for the suave businessman in Candace Bushnell’s Sex and The City book that later become the hitSarah Jessica Parker series, did not meet his untimely end on the seat of a Peloton like his TV counterpart.  

In fact, the former Condé Nast executive—who dated Bushnell in the mid-90s—is more of an Aidan (John Corbett) these days. After all, the 75-year-old—portrayed by Chris Noth in Sex and the City as well as And Just Like That—has lived in a farmhouse in North Pomfret, Vermont, with his wife Lisa Galotti for the last 20 years, and has no plans of returning to his dapper Manhattan lifestyle anytime soon. 

As he told the New York Times in a July 3 profile, “I’m not sitting in the chair anymore.”

But as for his relationship with Bushnell, the inspiration for the iconic Carrie Bradshaw, and how it played out on the screen for Big and Carrie? It was never more, for him, than a casual relationship.

“She was a great girl,” Galotti told the New York Times of Bushnell, who is now 66. “We had a great time and there was no future attached to it. And there was never intended to be. I was never deceptive. I never said I love her.”

Indeed, the real-life Mr. Big didn’t move to Paris, but if he had, he also wouldn’t have asked the real-life Carrie to follow him. 

“There’s nothing worse than when you love me and I don’t love you,” he admitted, noting of Bushnell’s New York Observer column-turned-book inspired by their relationship, “I can’t help that."

Mr. Big’s own happily ever after took the form of Lisa, whom he met just a year after Bushnell in 1996. The couple share one 26-year-old daughter, Abigail.

And while the media executive-turned-farmer admitted that he sometimes misses the version of his life that inspired Mr. Big, Galotti's sure his fate would’ve been the same as the character had he stayed in the business. As he told the New York Times of where he’d be now had he become the CEO of Condé Nast in the early aughts, “Probably dead.”

If you can’t help but wonder what came of other Sex and The City couples, keep reading…

Ugh, what an a--hole.

Best moment: N/A.

It's hard to remember the couple's early banter-filled, cute moments after all the horrible, passive-aggressive crap the writer pulled later on. HE BROKE UP WITH HER ON A POST-IT.

Best moment: None are coming to mind at the moment, Berger. We're sorry, we can't. Don't hate us.

No one believed this relationship would last, right? Still, Samantha gave it the ol' college try. 

Best moment: After a night out with Carrie and her new beau, during which Samantha told Big to "back off," Maria told Samantha she couldn't be just friends. 

Not on fans' bingo cards when they tuned into Max's revival series And Just Like That...? Miranda ending her marriage and following a standup comedian across the country!

Best Moment: For the pure comedy of it all, it has to be Che and Miranda hooking up in Carrie's kitchen while a recovering-from-hip-surgery Carrie peed herself in bed. 

Oh, the Russian. Their relationship started off too romantic to be true…and it was. He didn't get along with her friends and Carrie's impulsive move to Paris proved to be a disaster.

Best moment: After too many grand romantic gestures, Carrie literally swooned. So naturally, Petrovsky took her, in her dream ball gown, to McDonald's, where they slow-danced while waiting for fries. We literally swooned.

On paper, Trey was the perfect guy for Charlotte. But, the cracks began to show (overbearing mother, "Trey can't get it up," not wanting kids, etc.) soon after their wedding. Also: he gave her a cardboard cut-out baby. Who does that?!

Best moment: When Trey took Charlotte to Tiffany's so she could pick out her dream ring to make up for the infamous "Alrighty!" comment.

The first relationship Samantha had that wasn't based on sex came to an end because of, well, sex. Or James' small penis, to be exact. 

Best moment: When Samantha told James she loved him. A huge (no pun intended) moment for her.

Poor, poor Skipper. He was kind of like a Steve-lite, and Miranda was able to walk all over him.

Best moment: When he calls her "luminous" during their chance meeting at a bodega.

Sure, it came out of nowhere in the movies that Carrie's BFF and Charlotte's wedding planner-turned-bestie would get together, but it kind of works for us.

Best moment: In their wedding vows, when Anthony said, "It wasn't love at first sight, but it turns out it was love. You are the first man to accept me for the man that I actually am."

Let's face it, Aidan was a great guy but he wasn't The Guy for Carrie…no matter how hard they both tried to convince themselves that he was. However, season two of And Just Like That... may just prove that second chances are the hottest trend this summer. (Yes, we are refusing to acknowledge their dalliance in Sex and the City 2.)

Best moment: Is it weird that we loved their breakup scene—the second one—where they slept on the floor of the apartment they would never live in together?

Talk about a catch. Robert was almost perfect: he was a hot doctor for the New York Knicks who watched the same soaps as Miranda. His one flaw? He just wasn't Steve.

Best moment: Their first kiss at their "lockers," (i.e.: mailboxes). Or her taking a personal day for the first time ever for him. OR THE CHICKEN POX.

Of all the guys on SATC, Smith Jerrod might just be the best. He was so patient and so giving with the wild Samantha, who fought tooth and nail not to fall in love with the model-turned-superstar. 

Best moment: Who doesn't tear up just thinking about Smith shaving his golden locks for Samantha when she lost her hair while undergoing chemo? 

Absof--kinglutely. (Curse you, Peloton!)

Best moment: Come on, how can we not choose Big going to Paris to finally tell Carrie she's the one? (Although the fart-in-bed/whoopee cushion prank still makes us smile.)

Just as Miranda's feelings for Steve snuck up on her, our love for this couple hit us like a ton of bricks—just like their split in And Just Like That...'s first season. Justice for Steve!

Best moment: If any moment perfectly represents SATC's most low-maintenance couple, it was Miranda's out-of-nowhere proposal and their super low-key wedding in the park. So them. So perfect.

They say love often finds you when you least expect it…like when your sweaty putz of a divorce lawyer turns out to be the man of your dreams and the best father to your children you could've imagined.

Best moment: Their mess-filled, imperfectly perfect nuptials. From the beginning of the series, Charlotte wanted the fairy tale wedding, but what she got was the fairy tale marriage.

"The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them and others you don't, but in the end they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into. And sometimes it's the one you make for yourself."

Best moment: We were SO tempted to choose Carrie walking Miranda down the aisle at her mother's funeral, but we thought a moment with all four girls was appropriate. Our choice? When Miranda doesn't give two shits about her wedding after hearing about Samantha's breast cancer diagnosis, with all four girls tuning out the celebration to just be together. Because that's what friendship is: putting others before yourself. 

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