Erin Mallory Long

Look, I LOVE Chandler and Joey’s friendship and I love Monica and Ross’ relationship and duh, I love Phoebe and Joey’s friendship. But I’m here to tell you, I also love the weirder pairings on Friends.

No, I don’t mean “life” or the fact that “sometimes you’ll date someone who wears hemp necklaces” but just simple everyday things that you one day look at and have that “ohhhhhhhh” epiphany moment about.

1. They hasn’t answered my text but I don’t want to seem annoying, what do I do?

“WE WERE ON A BREAK!”

Edna Krabappel

I’m probably never going to be able to share something I wrote or appeared in or on without saying, “here I am being a goofball!” but at least hopefully, because I’ve discussed this publicly now, one day I can at least say, “hey this is a super cool thing I was able to do and I’m excited about that.”

I love the way they don’t care about school or their future. I love the way they brood and how they take everything the wrong way. Way better than those lovesick puppy boyfriends who (occasionally) get romanticized.

5. Lizzie McGuire

The period of time known as “the holidays” are notoriously stressful for all humans. Just watch any holiday movie and try to get through it without a Xanax or 12.

3. Paper Maps

More important than your real-life first love is the fictional first love you experience via your television set.

I desperately wanted to be a cool Gen X-er in the 90’s but there are a few reasons why I’m glad that never happened.