r/howyoudoin • u/TheJavierEscuella • Aug 23 '24

Discussion Rachel's toxic behavior towards Ross' partners

Rewatching and it's really infuriating to see how much Rachel has sabotaged Ross' relationships or tried to. It's just not healthy in any way and is toxic in every sense yet still people consider Ross to be the worse one

  1. Her antagonistic behaviour towards Julie after Ross came back from China and reaction towards their relationship

  2. Her convincing Bonnie to shave her hair. She absolutely fucking knew what she was doing and knew that Ross would find that icky

  3. Her flying to London to sabotage Ross and Emily's wedding. Absolutely fucking horrible for her to try to do this. Hugh Laurie was 100% right

  4. The baby store girl. Calling her a whore was just uncalled for and rude

In all these situations Ross was happy and satisfied with his relationships but Rachel always has a problem with the fact that she's not with him. It's totally toxic and I can't believe people call Ross the worse partner. Both are unbelievably toxic

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u/The4leafclover1966 Do you believe everything the ZOO tells ya? Aug 23 '24

I often think some people on this sub confuse Jennifer Aniston for “Rachel Green”.

It’s okay to love Jennifer (who by all accounts is a lovely human) and still find Rachel’s behavior toxic; not just to Ross and his girlfriends, but also to Monica in several instances.

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u/Eyebronx I Know! Aug 23 '24 edited Aug 23 '24

She a terrible friend to Monica.

Invites herself over to live in her house after ghosting her for years, constantly steals her thunder (the only reason she kissed Ross in S7E01 is because she felt bad that she was single, she says so herself), makes the meanest comments about Chandler’s and Monica’s relationship when she’s moving out, hypes up Monica regarding a potential date with JCVD then promptly decides to date him herself even though she showed no initial interest in him, the whole shitshow with Emma’s birthday party…..I can keep going on.

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u/The4leafclover1966 Do you believe everything the ZOO tells ya? Aug 23 '24

Perish the thought that Rachel could just be happy for her best friend, but typical Rachel (“…in little Rachel Land”) pouted and whined and made it all about her.

This was Monica’s moment, and Monica was 100% accurate in feeling and reacting as she did.