Monica Geller
Monica taught me to let your freak flag fly. Although she is my least favorite character, Monica doesn't apologize for being herself. She is highly obsessive, uptight, and incredibly high maintenance but she allows her closest friends to see her true self, so they are able to all laugh it off. Also, she tells it like it is. She doesn't sugar coat things for her friends and forces them to see what they may not want to at the time. Monica does this many, many times for Rachel and her countless moments of weakness with Ross.
Rachel Green
Rachel taught me that you can make mistakes when you're young, but learn from them. When we first meet Rachel Green, she is a runaway bride. Although she was raised with Prada and yachts, Rachel learns the hard way about becoming an adult and working for her money. Whenever I'm feeling down about not having enough money or seeing my bank account cleaned out by rent or student loans, I just think, "If Rachel Green can do it, so can I."
Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe Buffay: Buried Alive. Phoebe taught me that it's perfectly fine to be weird. And to be yourself. Most of the time, you have no clue what she's actually talking about, but you love her anyways because she is so authentic. She also taught me to fiercely love my friends, because Phoebe's family is so chaotic that she considers her friends to be family.
Joey Tribbiani
Joey taught me quite possibly the greatest lesson of all: not to share my food. Well that, and he taught me heart. Although Joey wasn't the smartest crayon in the box, he had more heart than any of the other five friends combined. You could clearly see from any episode that if one of them truly needed him, he would come running. It was also heartwarming to see Joey step up to the plate when Rachel was his pregnant roommate for a tiny bit.
Ross Geller
Ross taught me that even though life gets you down, you have to pick yourself back up. His character is very much known for having trials and tribulations, with his Eeyore-like "Hi.." revealing to the audience when he was really down and out. But, through all of his divorces and breakups, Ross still managed to find the positive, and the funny.
Chandler Bing
My all-time favorite character obviously taught me to find the humor in life. Delivering some of my most quotable one-liners, Chandler Bing is the epitome of funny. Although he is all jokes, Chandler also taught me that humor can come from love. Throughout all ten seasons of the show, Chandler's wise-cracks all came from a place of pure love and admiration for his friends. Sometimes, he would even make jokes because he knew they were going through something tough, like the episode right after Ross and Rachel break up for the first time. Chandler is overflowing with jokes during the whole episode, which is clearly an attempt to distract his friends from the fact that this happy union has come to an end. If Joey is the heart of "Friends," Chandler is the well-meaning funny bone.
Happy 21st anniversary to a wonderfully funny show with characters filled with heart and friendship! Who is your favorite friend and what did they teach you about life?
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