Navigating a sea of unexpected change in someone who used to be so familiar to you can be challenging, but it can be beautiful, too. And, if all of the differences that you spot in your still beloved ex leave you “feeling like they’ve grown and matured” as a person, then you could absolutely be onto a winner.

Now, judging by the calm, confident smiles on Carrie and Aidan’s faces in the glorious And Just Like That snapshots above, it looks as if their reconnection could make for a truly uplifting storyline. The kind that makes everyone who found themselves rooting for Team Aidan all these years cheer and whoop and holler at the TV from their sofas. The kind that, too, reaffirms our belief that love – real love – can come in the form of the ex that you never truly got over. The kind that allows you to throw caution to the wind and see what might have been with the one that got away.

It’s that or, y’know, Aidan is only going to appear in one AJLT episode and the hand-holding is an entirely platonic throwaway moment. Or they get back together for the briefest of rekindled relationships and then decide it’s not for them, thank you very much. Still, though, I have my heart well and truly set on a successful Bennifer-inspired romance, so here’s hoping we all get the Carrie-and-Aidan ending we all need and deserve.

After all, what the world needs now is love, sweet love. And, with Big, Steve (David Eigenberg) and Smith (Jason Lewis) seemingly out of the picture for good, I’m relying on Aidan to bring the magic back to the Sex And The City reboot – because there’s a lot of pressure on poor old Evan Handler’s Harry otherwise.

Who’s with me?

Life after Big? Carrie and Aidan are here to make a point about rebound relationships