friends

When a friendship ends, it's rare that you get the same kind of closure you'd get with a romantic breakup. Because of this, figuring out how to cope with a friendship ending can be really lonely and confusing. Luckily, you're probably less alone that…

From a very early age, I knew that I had a deep-seated desire to be liked. There were so many ways in which I stood out from my peers that my one recourse to being a desirable friend option was to mold my personality in order to fit in with the peopl…

Even though, in the age of social media, it feels like it's easy to know where your friends are and what they're up to, your 20s are still a prime time to lose touch. With all the milestones and career changes and moving to different cities, it can c…

There's a famous Thanksgiving episode of Friends — well, there are a lot of them, but there's in in particular — where Monica relaxes enough to let Rachel prepare dessert for the group. The resulting dish forever cemented Rachel's trifle on Friends a…

More than a decade after they met filming 2005's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, and Alexis Bledel still fit together like that perfect pair of jeans. If you need any proof that their sisterhood is…

David Schwimmer is a comedic genius, but even the most well-executed joke delivery and physical comedy in the world couldn't change the fact that Ross Gellar as a character is just — to steal a Monica phrase — a buttmunch. And it's not the actor's fa…

Trying to make friends at all in your 20s and 30s can have you feeling like the new kid on the playground again. Compound that with the stress of moving, and it can start to feel like too much to handle. Learning how to make friends in a new city, th…

In the days when social media hoaxes were innocent, a famous image would make the rounds every year or so. It was a minimalist poster heralding the return of Friends to NBC's lineup, with a premiere date updated for whatever year it was circulating i…

It's hard to choose a favorite Friends character because they all serve such distinctive, necessary roles. But if you really had to choose, you'd probably say Phoebe Buffay, right? Come on, admit it — even though the character is zany, you probably h…

If this were a Friends episode, it'd be titled, "The One Where There's A Friends Monopoly Game." Naturally, though — just like with most episodes of the much-beloved series — this news via Pop Sugar on April 2 comes with a wacky catch. Well, two, in …

After witnessing the glory of Ross and Rachel, and Monica and Chandler, Friends fans probably aren't looking back and yearning for another love story. So it may be best that Matt LeBlanc prevented Monica and Joey from having a romance. In a new excer…

While some fans may have been only expecting a simple dose of nostalgia from the Roseanne reboot, many watching received a little more than what they bargained for. America's working-class family kicked off their premiere with a great deal of politic…

Imagine, just for a moment, that you're in a group text with three of the stars from Friends. What would Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe have to offer you? Probably a lot. For their real-life counterparts, though, they don't have to wonder — they know. Th…

When you catch a loved one's partner cheating on them, it can really put you in a difficult spot. You'd obviously want to tell them right away, but of course, it's not that simple. After all, it's not your relationship, it's your friend's or family m…

Growing close enough to a person that they become one of your best friends requires a certain level of vulnerability. When you open yourself up to someone, you're already walking a fine line between loving them, and falling in love with them. But how…

Nothing makes me happier than when my best friend is living her best life: whether that means finding success at her job, striking a happy chord with her health, or falling madly in love with a new partner. Seeing her smile automatically makes me smi…

Although considered one of the most iconic sitcoms of the '90s, that doesn't mean Friends and its storylines have been exempt from scrutiny. Stepping up to defend the beloved show, Matt LeBlanc responded to claims that Friends is problematic in a new…

Are you sitting down? You should sit down. Jennifer Aniston celebrated her 49th birthday in Malibu, Calif., and was reportedly joined by — not one, but — two of her former Friends co-stars for a mini Friends reunion. One of those Friends friends was …

After a decade of waiting and wishing, it's not like Friends fans need much encouragement to stay optimistic about a reboot. But Jennifer Aniston teasing a Friends reunion on The Ellen Show really takes things to the next level — especially because s…

If you need some Ross Geller in your life, you're in luck. Well, kind of. You see, Friends alum David Schwimmer is in a Skittles Super Bowl commercial. He has the Ross Gellar voice, but definitely not the Ross Gellar look. Schwimmer is nearly unrecog…