# If Emily Gilmore & Doyle met with tragedy, Richard + Paris???

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**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-emily-gilmore-doyle-met-with-tragedy-richard-paris/340843 "2006-01-20T17:16:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-emily-gilmore-doyle-met-with-tragedy-richard-paris/340843/1 "2006-01-20T17:16:17Z")

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Watching the 2002 ep of Gilmore Girls in which Richard helps Rory & classmates on a school business problem, I was reminded how chummy Richard & Paris have become. Now, we know that Paris can go for older guys, so if Doyle & Emily died, could Paris & Richard hook up?

Of course, Rory would be thrown into permament EWWW-dom! _L_

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-emily-gilmore-doyle-met-with-tragedy-richard-paris/340843/2 "2006-01-20T18:28:04Z")

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You are a weird dude.

Richard would never go for it – he enjoys Paris in small doses, like Lorelai and Emily do, but is much too aware of her shortcomings to ever get together with her.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-emily-gilmore-doyle-met-with-tragedy-richard-paris/340843/3 "2006-01-20T23:55:15Z")

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> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Of course, Rory would be thrown into permament EWWW-dom! _L_

I can’t see Lorelai calling Paris “Mom”, either.