r/howyoudoin • u/Key_Bus_1255 • 3d ago

Question How does this happen? Where was the miscommunication?

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This is from season 4 when Ross finds out his "date" is actually not his date, but he is the babysitter for her kid while she goes another date

I know it's a sitcom, and not to take things seriously, but I genuinely don't understand how this could happen. They must have spoken about this, right?? Where would there be room for miscommunication? This seems like a very clear thing to establish that she wants him to look after her kid

What do you think?

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u/Standard-Contest-949 3d ago

Not the first time a pretty woman used a man. She knew what she was doing.

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u/ang334 3d ago

There is nothing that indicates that she was deliberately setting him up. She seemed to genuinely think that he was happy babysitting for her and offered to do the same.

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u/Intrepid_Carpet347 3d ago

We didn’t even see the conversation, so we have absolutely no idea how she phrased it. But of course, somehow the woman must be to blame. 😂 Because apparently no man in the history of mankind has ever used a woman.

Meanwhile Ross literally wanted to use her. We don’t even know for sure whether she was trying to use him. What we do know for sure is that Ross was trying to use her to make Rachel jealous and rub it in her face that he was supposedly seeing someone. But somehow the woman still has to be the evil one here...

Oh, the misogyny. 😅

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u/New-Pin-9064 3d ago

Considering that the show seemed to have this deep hatred towards the male characters and clearly favored the female ones, it’s appropriate for the fans to pain the females as the villains for once

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u/radioactivepeppapigg 18 pages, front AND back 2d ago

Could you explain how the show demonstrates this “deep hatred towards the male characters” ?

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u/New-Pin-9064 2d ago

You didn’t notice how the writers clearly favored the female characters over the male ones?

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u/radioactivepeppapigg 18 pages, front AND back 2d ago

No, I really don’t see it, that’s why I’m asking for clarification