Sex and the City 5 Times We Felt Bad For Trey (& 5 Times We Hated Him)

Sex and the City: 5 Times We Felt Bad For Trey (& 5 Times We Hated Him)

In Sex and the City, Charlotte was once married to Trey. They didn’t last, but that doesn’t mean he’s a total bad guy.

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Trey MacDougal was the sort of “unicorn” that Charlotte York had been waiting her entire life to capture – a wealthy cardiologist from old money who shared her love of familial tradition and looked good in a kilt. Unfortunately, their romantic bliss was ruptured by his issues with confrontation, his over-reliance on his mother’s executive function, and Charlotte’s fertility woes.

Character flaws were not confined to Trey, and Charlotte did her fair share of bullying throughout their marriage; she passive-aggressively cajoled him into excessive spending, didn’t respect his feelings, and manipulated him into marrying her before they’d gotten a chance to know if they were truly compatible. Underneath his breezy WASP exterior, Trey was a more complicated character than viewers often gave him credit.

10 HATED HIM: WHEN HE LET BUNNY RUN HIS LIFE

For Trey MacDougal, Mummy knows best. He let his mother Bunny, matriarch of the MacDougal clan, run his life in almost every single arena. From what clothes he wore, to what he ordered from a restaurant, to the sort of tschatskes he bought to decorate his apartment, her word was final.

Bunny’s word was final above all else when it came to whom he would date, because if he was keen to marry any of his lovers they’d inherit the MacDougal fortune, and Bunny’s scrutiny wouldn’t allow any gold diggers to get their shovels ready.

9 FELT BAD FOR HIM: WHEN CHARLOTTE PROPOSED TO HIM

Of all her friends, Charlotte was the most traditional, and believed that someday the perfect man would swoop in, marry her, and carry her off to his castle. Yet when it came to Trey, she was the one that did the swooping, and proposed to him after they’d only known each other a month.

Trey clearly wasn’t ready to be making that sort of commitment, but he didn’t want to risk losing Charlotte, so he agreed to marrying her with a simple, “Alrighty”. That should have tipped Charlotte off to his lackluster feelings about their nuptials.

8 HATED HIM: WHEN HE REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT HIS IMPOTENCY

Trey was a well-respected medical professional who, when confronted with problems in the bedroom due to impotency, couldn’t even discuss them with his wife. As a doctor, he shouldn’t have been so prudish, especially with the one person who cares about him the most.

Charlotte clearly wanted to start a family with him, and he brushed off her concerns because he was embarrassed about his inability to perform his “duties as a husband”. He didn’t give Charlotte enough credit or for that matter, himself.

7 FELT BAD FOR HIM: WHEN CHARLOTTE BECAME OBSESSED WITH HAVING CHILDREN

Trey eventually got over his issues with impotency and even gave couple’s counseling a try. When his sperm was checked and he seemed willing to start fertility treatments, Charlotte’s obsession with having a baby took hold.

After repeated attempts to have a child through IVF, Trey understandably grew tired of using all his free time to try to conceive. Charlotte wasn’t the least bit sympathetic, and decided to put their names on an adoption list for a Mandarin child without consulting him.

6 HATED HIM: WHEN HE DIDN’T DEFEND ADOPTION TO HIS MOTHER

Going through fertility treatments in Season 4 took its toll on Trey and Charlotte just as the Scottish Highland Fling, a MacDougal family traditional dance, demanded their attendance. He’d already admonished Charlotte for discussing her fertility problems with her friends, and was scarcely in the mood to be social with her in front of his family.

When Bunny was despicable with Charlotte over the thought of her adopting a Mandarin child, Charlotte went to leave the dance, but Trey impeded her exit and told her to, “get a hold of herself”. He coldly dismissed her concerns and tore a huge hole in her dress.

5 FELT BAD FOR HIM: WHEN CHARLOTTE USED HIM FOR HIS MONEY

Trey was nothing if not the perfect catch for Charlotte on paper; he was handsome, well educated, and with a respectable career. He had all the things that were important to her, from good family values to a Park Ave apartment.

Over time it seemed that Charlotte might not love him for who he was, but the lifestyle he represented. She used him for the Cartier watch he gave her after only knowing her a couple weeks, and when he balked at the price of $1000 a plate china, pouted until he caved and bought them for her.

4 HATED HIM: WHEN HE POKED FUN AT CHARLOTTE’S FERTILITY TROUBLES

The fertility issues between Charlotte and Trey dominated their relationship towards the end, and Trey was incapable of addressing just how much pain Charlotte was in, both emotionally and physically.

In his myopic assessment of the problem, he decided that all Charlotte needed was to see the humor in it. He uselessly bought her a cardboard cutout of a baby and presented it to her as though it would somehow make up for not being able to have the real thing.

3 FELT BAD FOR HIM: WHEN CHARLOTTE KISSED THE GARDENER

In Season 3 while languishing at the MacDougal estate in Connecticut, Charlotte develops a crush on the attractive gardener tending the roses on the grounds. After days of innocent flirting they lock lips in a steamy embrace, but Trey’s sister in law witnesses the taboo romance and tells Trey.

Even though Trey gives his blessing to Charlotte indulging herself in extramarital acts of desire given his inability to perform in the bedroom, he nevertheless seems incredibly hurt by her actions.

2 HATED HIM: HAD HIS MOTHER FIGHT HIS DIVORCE BATTLE FOR HIM

As Charlotte and Trey were gearing up for divorce, Charlotte was interested in finding an appropriate “shark” to take on the opposition, which she had come to discover would consist of Bunny MacDougal and the family lawyer.

Trey had absconded all the way to Scotland, leaving his mother to fight his battles for him. He didn’t even have the guts nor the respect for Charlotte to meet her gaze from across the negotiating table.

1 FELT BAD FOR HIM: WHEN HE GAVE CHARLOTTE HIS APARTMENT

The Park Ave apartment that Charlotte and Trey shared for less than a year had been in the MacDougal family for generations. As a goodwill gesture in the divorce proceedings, he gave her the apartment to keep with his blessing, as well as the expensive wedding ring he bought her.

Charlotte did nothing to deserve that apartment, and in fact wanted to sell it even after she fought over it in with her divorce lawyer. She benefited more from the divorce than he did, especially with the prenuptial agreement she got him to sign.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/sex-city-times-fans-sympathized-with-trey-vs-hated-him-satc-kyle-mclaughlin/

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