Rachel Green is one oftelevision’smost unexpected role models.
How wrong we were!
Not only that, but she made us laugh every single step of the way.
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It doesn’t get any better than that!
Below, 11 times Rachel told it exactly like it is.
“It’s like all my life everyone’s told me, ‘You’re a shoe!’
Well, what if I don’t want to be a shoe?
What if I want to be a purse or a hat?”
She wanted to make herownway.
“No uterus, no opinon.”
Rachel could only appease Ross’s fragile ego for so long.
Sometimes she just had to keep things real with him, and to hilarious effect.
And I realized I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Barry."
Ahh, were there ever morepoeticwords used to describe total repulsion for a man you’re reluctantly engaged to?
“There’s nothing wrong with a woman enjoying a little erotica.”
After all, it’s all about whatever floats your boat.
“I amoveryou.
And that, my friend, is what they call closure.”
Will any fictional voicemail go down in history quite like this one has?
Sometimes, you’ve just got to get your feelings out to move forward.
Why yes, Ross.
“Isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic?”
Nothing says “I’m the bigger person here” like trying to keep things positive!
“Why can’t parents just stay parents, you know?
Why do they have to become people?”
No truer words were ever spoken.
Rachel determines this in a tough way when her parents split up, but we’ve all been there.
“He’s so pretty, I want to cry.”
We’ve all had a crush that this phrase perfectly describes, but Rachel finally put it into words.
“Say it.
Say we are unagi.”
