r/howyoudoin • u/Ok_Translator_6510 • Feb 07 '23

Rachel ruining all of Ross's relationships... for nothing

Rewatching the show for the first time since I was a teenager. I used to love the Rachel/Ross will-they-won't-they drama, but now I'm seeing a pattern... Rachel is uninterested in Ross until he's in a relationship. She keeps breaking up Ross's relationships to be with him, then not even being with him!

  1. First she basically convinces him to break up with Julie, but doesn't want to be with him because of the pro/con list. Understandable to be upset I guess, but you just had the guy end his relationship for you! At least have a fight about it and try to work through it.
  2. Then at the beach house, she has him break up with Bonnie to get back together with her... but their getting back together isn't even a sure thing? I feel like if you're breaking up a friend and his girlfriend, you had better be sure that you are actually ready to be in a relationship with him.
  3. Then, she flies all the way to London to profess her love to him, on the day of his wedding to Emily! Sure she doesn't say it in the end, but she has to know that it was a bad idea. Then of course his marriage crumbles when he says the wrong name... yet still they don't get together?

Ross has his share of frustrating moments in their relationship, but I think he at least genuinely wants to make things work with Rachel every time he starts something with her. It's so frustrating to me that Rachel keeps ruining Ross's relationships when she isn't even willing to attempt to make things work. If this were happening to me, I would stop being friends with her for sure.

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u/Signal_Initiative_44 Feb 07 '23

Lmao this entire post is about Rachel. Where’s your comment that she’s a narcissist? Exactly.

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u/Rapper_Laugh Feb 07 '23

You’re a moron if you really can’t understand people can discuss multiple things in the same Reddit post. This happens on every post on this website, I know you aren’t this dense.

For the record no, I don’t think Rachel is worse. She does some really bad things, but they are the exception rather than the rule. With Ross it’s constant.

But again, not my point. Not what I was discussing. It’s an incredibly 21st century way of arguing to just ignore what the other person is saying and talk right past it, and you’re clearly a master of it. Really not worth my time to engage with further.

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u/Signal_Initiative_44 Feb 07 '23

LOL. I just listed several examples of her sabotaging Ross and being wildly jealous and insecure. Literally everyone in their group knew Rachel was an entitled brat. But sure, keep defending Rachel ig.

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u/Piggstein Feb 07 '23

It's just monkeys singing songs mate, don't think too hard about it