# Which Friends Gal/Guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175 "2002-07-27T23:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/1 "2002-07-27T23:48:09Z")
Based somewhat on this thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=c12748194ecdc1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=c12748194ecdc1). Its’ pretty simple: Which “Friends” Guy or Girl would you like to date. Two stipulations. One, we are talking about the “Friends” cast as of the end of this last season. Two, assume Monica and Chandler aren’t married (some people, like me, have trouble thinking about a married person that way). I would date Phoebe. I like her personality the most out of all of them and I could see laughing a lot with her. I normally prefer brunettes to blonds, but her personality outshines Monica’s. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/2 "2002-07-28T02:21:10Z")
Chandler - definitely. Nothing like a boy that can make me laugh. Phoebie if I had to choose one of the girls I think - although that would be the tougher choice. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/3 "2002-07-28T03:21:45Z")
Ick–If forced to choose, I’d have go with Joey just because Chandler and Ross have both gotten so _whiny_. Definitely Phoebe out of the girlies. She cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/4 "2002-07-28T04:42:44Z")
Chandler for a real relationship. Joey for a one-night stand. ---
**Author:** ![dawnjoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dawnjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnjoy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/5 "2002-07-28T05:07:11Z")
I would date Ross. I know that he is crazy. I would still date him. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/6 "2002-07-28T15:14:54Z")
Chandler. He’s **gotta** be gay! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/7 "2002-07-28T20:15:45Z")
I get the idea that Phoebe goes like the bullet train on amphetamines. Plus, she’s odd. So, Phoebe for me. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/8 "2002-07-28T20:16:08Z")
Chandler. To me, witty enough to make me laugh = intelligent…and he can be so sweet sometimes. Joey is just too dumb sometimes, Ross has gotten very neurotic and whiny and immature…I don’t know if that’s the writers’ way of having him deal with his three divorces, or if they just don’t know what to do with him. Being straight and female…I won’t comment on the gals… ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/9 "2002-07-28T21:00:35Z")
Monica, it’s always been Monica… ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/10 "2002-07-28T21:15:46Z")
Monica. ---
**Author:** ![Leprechaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@Leprechaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leprechaun)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/11 "2002-07-28T21:43:27Z")
Phoebe is too sarcastic and crazy, Monica takes things too seriously, and Rachel seems to have the perfect personality. Joey is Joey and gooey, Ross is even more gooey, and Chandler is funny. So Rachel and Chandler, o\_O maybe just the episodes I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/12 "2002-07-29T07:13:40Z")
Phoebe gets on my nerves (Yeah…okay…fill-in a wacky comment here), Monica’s too neurotic and OCP for even me , so Rachel for a relationship. But the self-destructive part of me could see getting drunk and having a one-night stand with Janice, waking up hungover the next morning, hearing that voice, and running screaming down the street half dressed. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/13 "2002-07-29T07:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > **Monica’s too neurotic and OCP for even me** Monica’s working for the corperation from _Robocop_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/14 "2002-07-29T11:43:08Z")
Joey, but I wouldn’t expect him to call afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/15 "2002-07-29T11:58:03Z")
Racheal. She’s beautiful. She’s sexy. And she has a brain. Phoebe’s lights are on, but nobody’s home. Monica, I would end up strangling. ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/16 "2002-07-29T15:58:05Z")
Chandler…mmm… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/17 "2002-07-29T17:42:33Z")
It’s pretty obvious that most people here prefer Chandler. Why, you ask? Because only Chandler would be a doper! Think about it - Joey’s too dumb; Phoebe’s so kooky she’s practically Icelandic, and wouldn’t have the attention span to stay; Ross would have a meltdown after meeting his first Creationist; Monica would get into long, pointless flame wars, eventually getting banned after threatening to sue the _Reader_. Rachel might last a bit longer - she’d turn MPSIMS into her own little domain - but esooner or later she’d develop an enormous crush on some doper, fly half way across the country to “surprise” him, get arrested for stalking, and it’ll all be kind of sad, really. Chandler, on the other hand, is smart, witty and has no self esteem. Perfect doper material. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-friends-gal-guy/121175/18 "2002-07-29T19:56:42Z")
Go on a date with: Phoebe Sleep with: Rachel Marry: Monica (hey, she cooks & cleans! 😉 )