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I'll Be There For You: The 5 Life Lessons 'Friends' Taught Us

Friends taught us more about life that we would expect.

Katie Rehmer

Jul 25, 2016

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I'll Be There For You: The 5 Life Lessons 'Friends' Taught Us

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We all are familiar with the television show Friends. The popular 1990s, early 2000s sitcom. A group of six friends who do anything and everything together. While watching the show every week, these six individuals became our friends. These six friends taught us more about life that you thought.

1. Welcome to the Real World! It Sucks. You're Gonna Love It!

The very first episode. Monica tells Rachel "welcome to the real world! it sucks. you're going to love it!', trying to comfort her friend. But it is the truth. The real world does suck. We have all these responsibilities: school, work, bills, tuition, etc. But being in the real world you learn more and more about yourself and get to have amazing experiences. So even with the pain of responsibility you get to enjoy yourself and love the real world.

2. Everyone Has Their Lobster

You know how it goes, everyone has a their person they are supposed to spend the rest of their lives with. Everyone seems to be impatient to find the love of their life. But Phobe says, "It’s a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life. You know what? You can actually see old lobster couples walkin’ around their tank, you know, holding claws." which introduced the phrase that everyone has their lobster. Calm down and be patient your lobster is out there.

3. Communication is Key

Everyone knows that communication is the key in any healthy relationship. Friends showed us good and bad examples of communication multiple times through out the show. But everyone remembers the constant arguing between Ross and Rachel about being on a break.

4. It Is OK To Fail

Sometimes you have to fail in life in order to learn something or fully understand it. Everyone of your six friends failed at some point or another. Failing at something is not the end of the world, it is a part of life. And you know what? Your friends are going to be there for you to help you get back on your feet.

5. Friends Are Your Family

Yes everyone enjoys being with their family, but it is not always possibly. Your friends are always there for you and they become your family. Your true friends will always tell you what you need to hear and are a constant support for you. Your friends are always there for you.

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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