Were Ross & Rachel on a break?

Honestly speaking, I think FRIENDS is just fine and it is overrated. My favourite series is The Big Bang Theory because the comedy is bang on and I have learned so many things about real science, science fantasy and science fiction. And spreading such a level of knowledge in a sitcom isn't easy. HELL!! The boys of TBBT even pushed me to watch The Star Wars franchise. FRIENDS isn't even my second-best sitcom, The Office(The American version) comes next because come on, there is Steve Carell. And the love-hate relationship between Dwight and Jim is just priceless. 

I know many FRIENDS' fans are going to be furious. They take it personally when they come across someone who does not like the sitcom. The world is divided into two. I have met people who strongly dislike friends and don't understand the hype. On the other hand, some people can spend hours talking about it. I don't hate the show, I am just not in love with it. But I understand the admiration of fans. I think in a world where everything seems off, FRIENDS gives them the stability of 6 constant faces for 10 seasons. Watching the show, again and again, is their coping mechanism. For almost 80 hours they can lose themselves in a world where people are talking about mundane things of life and discussing the silliest thing openly gives comfort. They feel related when they watch the show because it happened to them/someone they know or they feel at home while watching it. Each fan is a 7th invisible friend who sips coffee with them, cries with them, laughs the hardest on snarky comments and feels incomplete when the 6 of them leave the house for the last time never to return. 

Joey has been my all-time favourite. Even though he isn't the most knowledgeable, he surely knows how to be a friend and has taught so many simplest things. He is the only one who has always been with the other 5 through thick and thin. Chandler is lucky to have him! And the rest of them? Ross is the smartest and hopeless romantic. Monica's mummy issue makes her a people pleaser. Chandler, Man! I wish I had an impeccable amount of humour like him. Rachel knows how to play cards with boys. Phoebe is the most colourless but intriguing and unexpected character out of them all. No, this isn't any kind of tribute to the show. But people who have no idea about FRIENDS need to know who are the 6 people that half of the world is so crazy about. 

Hence, I know as a first-time watcher they must be taken aback when Ross cheated on Rachel with the hot copy girl, Chloe. It must have broken their heart to see both of them crying and ending what they had. Both of them didn't want to, that's why Rachel took hours to decide what to do and Ross just kept trying. Ross was feeling distant and wanted to spend some quality time with his girlfriend. However, Rachel wanted to sort things out at work and be good at it because she wanted to excel in something in life and be independent for once. I guess there was a communication gap or I would like to say the wrong method/nature of communication during a such sensitive time. One thing I know for sure about cheating. When you cheat on someone and tell the person about it, it is not to make them feel better, it is to make yourself feel better. That's why Ross wanted to be honest with her. 

I wonder why is it easy for a man to forget his significant other for momentarily sexual pleasure and if/when the same happens to them their ego gets hurt! Why the double standard? Men do not need any reason to sleep with another woman. They sleep with anyone they want, do not mean a thing and return to their significant other like nothing happen. And honey, no it's not even about the looks, if a man wants to cheat he will. Ross didn't even know that he slept with someone else, making Chloe collateral damage. You cannot put a leash on them. 

But back to the topic. If you ask me, I am not sure if they were on a break or not, but Ross was out of the line. If they were on a break then does it really take a few hours to move on from the love of your life? Did sleeping with another woman change the equation between both of them or was it to make him feel better? He proved to be an irresponsible adult as he didn't even know he spent the night with someone else until she came out of the bathroom. If they weren't on a break then it's simple. He cheated on her. "We were on a break", isn't good enough. At both ends, he doesn't look good. Well, that was my verdict, on a common and neutral ground. What do you think?

By the way, to give some kind of satisfaction to the fans of FRIENDS, I did have tears in my eyes when Rachel said, "I got off the plane!!" Cheers to your unconditional love for six known strangers. 

Be Good. Be True. 

The Queen of Random Things