I recently re-watched the Friends series and something has started to bug me more than ever. I was going to let it go until I read an article a friend posted and it really solidified my thoughts. This article established why Joey and Rachel’s hot second of a relationship really could of worked and has been linked if you’re curious.
I don’t know why, because it’s so incredibly hard to definitively pick a favourite character, but I always seem to come back to Rachel. I think her character development from ditzy run away bride to working single mother is the most captivating to me. Some of my absolute favourite episodes are within season 9 while her and Joey fall in and out of feelings for each other.
I have been single for nearly four years (this is a statement of fact not an opportunity for you to compare how long you’ve been single and cry boohoo). In my opinion a relationship isn’t worth counting unless you make it to some sort of celebratable anniversary, so for the sake of this article I have been single for 4 years.
I’m sure there are plenty of reasons for this and I’m not looking for a deep soul search into my flaws and insecurities but one reason I come back to when I do dive into that dark pit is my occupation. I travel a lot. This year I have spent approximately 55 of the 365 nights sleeping in my own bed, in my own home, with my beautiful pet cat. However a lot of this is voluntary, unpaid travel and I wouldn’t want to change it.
Whoever I date in the future will have to understand that this passion of mine for travelling, performing and training will come first. No opportunities will be missed based on the amount of time spent missing them.
I think in some ways this is why the circus industry seems to date within itself. Then your partner should understand without a doubt how dedicated you are to your job because they feel it too. I would love to date a muggle but if they’ve been raised on shows like Friends, which put such emphasis on success being romantic, then they might not be able to handle being my second priority.
This is why I have such a problem with her getting off that plane!
I would never have gotten off that plane! An opportunity like that and IN PARIS!
You’ve worked the same job for 10 seasons Ross, I’m sure they’ve got dinosaurs in FRANCE, get off your ass and let Rachel have this one!
As a plot point, I agree, it’s amazing. I love it, I nearly cry every time. It rounds off the whole show with the 6 of them in one place, bloody magical. But I get to imagine what happened afterwards and I say Rachel still moved to France.
Flick x