22/ Ross literally cannot accept that Mark (or any man) could be just friends with Rachel because HE couldn't be "just friends" with Rachel.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
23/ And you'll note that throughout the series it's often Joey telling Ross he doesn't OWN Rachel, while Chandler and Monica enable him.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
24/ Joey is the person who most often tells Ross "dude she's not interested" when she's clearly not. The one who notices what RACHEL wants.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
25/ He doesn't have all this "but he's loved her FOREVER" false nostalgia that makes them all feel like Ross has EARNED Rachel by waiting.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
26/ This is why "nice guys" are often so much shadier than openly, unapologetically promiscuous guys like Joey.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
27/ Joey's feelings for Rachel were born out of genuine friendship. They were roommates. SHE WAS PREGNANT.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
28/ We honestly don't talk enough about how big a deal it is that Joey, the "shallow" one, falls in love with Rachel while she's pregnant.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
29/ It happens the way realistically healthy relationships do: they just start spending a lot more time together.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
30/ He has to LEARN to see Rachel as a romantic prospect because she's always been a friend first. Which was NEVER true for Ross.
— Skaiplana ???? (@kaneandgriffin) August 8, 2017
The tweets go on and on and on for 100 f*cking tweets (you can check them out on @kaneandgriffin’s Twitter page) and guess what – this girl has a point. While Ross and Rachel will always be “Ross and Rachel” to us, there were a lot of aspects of their on-again/off-again relationship that were toxic AF and, bad for Rachel.
Now, I’m not sitting here saying Joey was the perfect guy for her, but, if I’m talking better than Ross and out of the cast members – yeah, I’d go with Joey now.