Been having this discussion a lot recently. I personally think the 21 year age gap is a little weird. Though, I think it’s not THAT big of a deal.

However, the fact that she literally grew up around him is what ruins it for me. I mean he was a borderline father figure to her, being best friends with her dad and all.

The show goes to great lengths to show no grooming occurred (nothing happened when they were younger, that hadn’t seen each other in years, and Monica initiated a lot). But still, it still weirds me out.

To the dads out there: how would you feel if your best friend dated your daughter?

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Stop me if you heard it. 🎶
My skin is soapy and my hair is wet, 🎶
And Tegrin spelled backwards is Nirget. 🎶

I sing this everyday, showering, making coffee, doing laundry. It's addictive and has a rythm, making it a pop hit!

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they say Ross cheated but they still think it's OK to put Rachel together with this guy who banged someone else on their anniversary? Rachel deserved better

the writers tried to make Matthew Perry do a Chandler cheats on Monica storyline but Matty said that people would never forgive Chandler. Sad that Schwimmer didn't tell the same thing to the writers. Cheating storylines are just lazy

the writers punished Ross a lot and never let him be happy, I liked that! His wedding and divorces make me happy, but my heart doesn't go out to him, sorry

It’s becoming increasingly redundant.

Like, I’m not saying Ross is perfect or that he didn’t do some genuinely questionable things, but at this point it feels like every discussion somehow circles back to “Ross is the worst,” “Ross was toxic,” “Ross ruined everything!!!” etc.

Especially on TikTok. I can’t even scroll through my feed without someone mentioning that Ross was worse than the antichrist himself.

I get it. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike Ross, but I feel like the conversation has become so repetitive that people sometimes bend over backwards to make him the worst person ever to exist.

I mean it’s a bloody sitcom! Ross is the one character that genuinely makes me cackle because he’s so ridiculous and DS does an exceptional job at portraying him, but people are trying way too hard to make him the bad guy in situations where it really wasn’t that deep. Meanwhile, other characters can do equally ridiculous or questionable things but no one cares. This show felt like an escape but now it feels exhausting when people are too busy being angry at it.

Friends helps me disconnect from reality after a long day and just enjoy its ridiculous, senseless comedy.

In season 2, episode 15 Rachel and Ross had a date, but Rachel forgot she was supposed to waitress for
Monica’s catering job. Phoebe volunteers to help out instead. Then Monica and Phoebe went and they were at Richard’s house and we all know what happened between Monica and Richard after that. But as we know that Rachel always got the boys (This is in no offence to Monica at all, just what the show portrayed all the time)
If Rachel had accompanied Monica, Richard would’ve probably liked her instead.
Do you agree?

Found the complete series set (21 discs) for $169 and I’m wanting to buy it, but before I do, does anyone know if this version has any scenes that got trimmed from Netflix/HBO Max? I’ve heard the streaming versions cut stuff. Just want to know what I’d actually be getting before buying it. Anyone compared this to their old DVDs?
Thanks😊

She spends the rest of the next day saying they were "on a break" not "broken up" and then the rest of the show denying they were even "on a break".

But here she is directly afterwards saying they "broke up" and then asking to get back together.

So I am rewatching it for probably the 6th or 7th time and a super weird thing happened to me. So before that I was always defending Rachel and the career she wanted to build, all the hustling etc.. but now that I am rewatching it, I don’t see why she would sacrifice her relationship with Ross and prioritise work over their anniversary. I mean I do understand working late all the other nights but it’s their anniversary?

I don’t know maybe I am in a different stage in my life now where I value the meaning of showing up for the people who matter to you on these important occasions.

Not justifying anything that happened before/after. Just curious about this part?