{"id":8487,"date":"2018-01-14T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2020-07-21T08:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T08:03:59","slug":"10-things-about-friends-that-make-absolutely-no-sense-now-that-were-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/things-about-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Things About “FRIENDS” That Make Absolutely No Sense Now That We’re Old!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source: PD<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n F.R.I.E.N.D.S<\/strong><\/em> may have ended in 2004 but it remains an essential part of the time when we all grew up. All of us associated with the rag-tag group of people and the shenanigans they were involved in and many of us (read EVERYONE) secretly had one character that we knew deep-down resembled us.<\/p>\n But over the years, we’ve grown older and like so many other things in this world, we’ve begun to see the show through the eyes of logic.<\/p>\n Aaaaannnd it ain’t pretty.<\/p>\n Scroll down to find out how!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n We’re not saying these luscious apartments don’t exist, but could two 24-year-olds, one of whom worked in a coffee shop for a while, really afford this rent?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Chronologically, they met at Thanksgiving, then at a bar, and finally in the pilot. They also made out at a college party after meeting at Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Monica was the head chef at a restaurant, but could somehow spend all day hanging out at a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n And it was weird when the door was ever locked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In “The One With the Flashback,” they all hang out in the bar that eventually becomes Central Perk, but that’s the only<\/i> time in the entire series.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Ross kissed Chandler’s mom, Chandler married Monica, Chandler kissed one of Joey’s sisters, Rachel dated Ross, and Joey dated Phoebe’s twin Ursula.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Even worse, Ross was said to be 29 in Season 3, Season 4, and Season 5.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Yeah she had a loud voice and laugh, but so do a lot of people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n They made it seem like she was miserable when she was younger, but she was actually perfectly fine with her body until Chandler said something on Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n He’d never worked in an office before and had very little experience, and eventually they started dating.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n When Rachel started working with Mark, Ross couldn’t handle it and had to make his presence known. He sent an over-the-top gift basket for starters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n It’s a hysterical moment when you first watch it, but then you remember they\u2019re brother and sister. No thanks!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n TBH he was doing something he loved and just wanted his friends to share his interests.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n You are two grown men \u2014 it’s a chair, get over it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Guess the apartment building didn’t care about pets, considering Ross also brought Marcel the monkey over a lot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n You take the subway all the time when you live in NYC. We don’t know why they were driving in Phoebe’s taxi most of the time \u2014 it would’ve taken forever!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n TBH Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe’s jobs were more realistic. Rachel worked in a coffee shop before working in fashion, Phoebe bounced around to several jobs, and Joey was a struggling actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n She came from a wealthy family, but seriously, she really didn’t know how a washer and dryer worked?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BF<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n1.<\/span> First off, just the outrageous size of Monica and Rachel’s apartment in Manhattan.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
2.<\/span> The fact that Richard knew Monica when she was a child and still<\/a> thought it was okay to date her.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
3.<\/span> Moreover, Phoebe didn\u2019t want Frank Jr. to marry Alice because she was twice his age, but everyone was fine with Monica and Richard.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
4.<\/span> The fact that Rachel and Chandler were introduced to each other for the first time on THREE(!) separate occasions.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
5.<\/span> The fact that the gang had all of this free time to hang out at Central Perk.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
6.<\/span> Better yet, when Central Perk supposedly let them reserve<\/a> their favorite table for the better part of a decade.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
7.<\/span> When they would just barge into each other’s apartments without even seeing if it was okay.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
8.<\/span> The fact that they were in their twenties in NYC and they only went out to a bar like once.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
9.<\/span> The fact that almost everyone kissed or hooked up with a family member of one of the other ~friends~ at some point.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
10.<\/span> The fact that Rachel was the last one to turn 30, but Joey was apparently the youngest in Season 1.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
11.<\/span> When the show couldn’t deal with Rachel not being in a relationship, so she and Joey started dating.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
12.<\/span> The way the gang treated Janice because, honestly, she wasn’t actually that bad.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
13.<\/span> Everything about the “Fat Monica” storyline.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
14.<\/span> When no one seemed to realize the problem with Rachel hiring Tag just because she liked him.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
15.<\/span> The fact that Ross only seemed to care about his children when it was convenient to the show’s plot.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
16.<\/span> When Ross didn’t trust Rachel AT ALL while they were dating.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
17.<\/span> When we learn that Ross was Monica’s first kiss ever.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
18.<\/span> When the gang would make fun of Ross’s career any chance they got.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
19.<\/span> Every time they made fun of Chandler’s dad when it was completely unnecessary.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
20.<\/span> When Ross had a massive problem with employing a male nanny for Emma.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
21.<\/span> When Ross didn’t want to tell Rachel they drunkenly got married in Vegas because he didn’t want to be divorced again.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
22.<\/span> When Joey and Chandler made such a big deal about sitting in the chair in Monica’s apartment.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
23.<\/span> The fact that Chandler and Joey were able to keep the Chick and the Duck in their apartment.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
24.<\/span> The fact that they lived in NYC and never took the subway.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
25.<\/span> The fact that Monica, Chandler, and Ross had stable careers in their twenties and they acted like it was weird that Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe didn’t.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
26.<\/span> The fact that Ross had to teach Rachel how to do her laundry.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
27.<\/span> When Joey, who notoriously had money problems, somehow found enough cash to afford a boat.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
28.<\/span> When Joey and Chandler weren’t more concerned when they got robbed.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n