Watching FRIENDS 20 years late

F.R.I.E.N.D.S has been on my tv here now for a little over a week I have watched the entire first season and the first 5 episodes of season 2. I see this show so differently than I did in the 90's when it was being aired and I was just a kid.

These characters are really young... They always seemed SO OLD, but they started this show about 25 years old. For being 25-year old's they seem so put together and such a mess, it just depends on the day. -They are doing fairly well. They have a stable place to live, they have jobs for most of the time and they actually do their job at work (Rachel and Phoebe struggle with this, but we all have friends like that in life no matter the age or decade) 

For the most part they have really boring lives. They struggle at working at their job, and when they aren't there, they hang out a coffee shop or one of their small apartments. That's pretty much what I do. I don't have a coffee shop, but replace that with a camp dining hall and that's a lot of my life.  

Even though for the most part FRIEND characters don't do many spectacular things their lives, they have a great show because of how the characters choose to do with their lives. 

They spend time together; they have really good community. They are often really annoying, but they value each other so much that they just put up with each other.

I think that as a culture we have glamorous their lives. But if you really look at them and feel their emotions, they don't have it that great. They struggle financially; they don't always know where they are going to live. They have terrible relationships with their parents. They have hard times in romantic relationships and struggle with singleness in their 20's.

But they show that through the hard times, you still need to live your life. You still need to be responsible. Help your friends and make the best of the situation. And I like that.