SEX and the City has stood the test of time, and for good reason.

It’s easy to watch (provided your parents aren’t in the room), it strikes a perfect balance between light entertainment and thought-provoking discussion, and a lot of people can relate to it. If you repress that second movie from your memory, the show has quite the legacy.

You could feel Carrie’s frustration every time Big screwed her over. You’ve had similar discussions about friendships, relationships, men, women and sex. You’ve gone around your circle of friends, trying to assign the Carrie, the Charlotte, the Miranda and the Samantha. You’ve hated - but kind of envied - their glamorous New York lifestyle, regardless of how ridiculously detached from reality it is.

As it turns out, a large part of the hit show’s relatability factor is because all those bizarre plotlines and characters have an element of truth to them.

In a live celebrity chat hosted by IMDb, Cynthia Nixon has revealed that the show’s events are all based on real-life happenings and encounters.

“They had a rule in the writer’s room that they couldn’t put anything in an episode that hadn’t happened to someone in the writer’s room, or someone they knew first-hand,” she said. “It couldn’t be, like, my father’s brother’s sister’s shoe repair guy heard once.

“So the outlandish physical, sexual things that happened, they really did happen. They’re not just tall tales.”

Wait, wait, wait. Let’s take a moment to consider what all this means.

• Yes. A malevolent, diabolical vibrator called ‘The Rabbit’ almost took over an over-satisfied 30-something’s life.

• Yes. There’s a handsome politician out there somewhere with a ... particularly golden fetish (to be fair, there’s probably several).

• Yes. A creepily handsy guy working at a shoe store really did offer free designer shoes to a customer in exchange for giving their feet a “little rub”.

• Yes. An otherwise “perfect” guy really did get dumped for having a small penis.

• Yes. A Cheesy 80s Porno Fling really did take place in an office with an Express Package delivery guy (but alas, they forgot the raunchy saxophone in the background).

• Yes. Someone really got dumped via a post-it note.

• Yes. At one point, one of those writers had an actual lightning bolt shaved into their downstairs region.

• Yes. Someone as boring and all-round horrendous as Trey actually exists.

• YES, SOMEONE AS WONDERFUL AS STEVE ACTUALLY EXISTS. PEOPLE, THERE IS HOPE FOR THE REST OF US.

Okay sure, it’s probably not as literal as all that. But each plotline having a basis in fact would certainly explain why so many people connect with the show on some level.

On the show’s success, Nixon went on to say: “We’re sort of hungry for seeing how women interact with each other. There’s often one girl in a movie, maybe two, and they never even meet each other.

“There’s a way that people are when they’re only with their own gender - it’s interesting to watch. Certainly it was a show for women, but I think men were fascinated by how women talk about men, sex and dating, when men were not around.”

While she wouldn’t confirm or deny whether a Sex and the City 3 was in the works, she did say her character Miranda had certainly made herself at home in Brooklyn with Steve. “They would be in Brooklyn. When people move to Brooklyn, they don’t ever leave. Brooklyn’s hot, Brooklyn’s where it’s happening.”

Now there’s just one last burning question for the writer’s room: who the hell manages to afford designer outfits, an apartment in inner Manhattan, daily restaurant trips and an endless supply of cocktails on the earnings of one weekly newspaper column? If that’s also based on a “real-life person”, please shoot me their contact details. Cheers.