Friends

As most of us know, Friends was a TV show that ran for 10 seasons from 1994-2004. The show received a lot of praise, and a lot of criticism. I must admit that I was not really into the show until 2001 when I met the girl who is now my wife.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to write in the blog tonight and as I was flipping through the channels relaxing on the couch (for the first time in a while) an old Thanksgiving episode of Friends was on. It was fun to watch. In fact, every winter if we can, especially on a snowy day, my wife and I take out the Friends DVDs and watch as many episodes as we can in order until we get sick of it. It's a lot of fun.

Despite all its success and criticism, and knowing that it's just a TV show and not real life, one thing I really like is that the show is about 6 friends who simply like each other, like each other's company and are just really good friends and share everything together. I think it's great that people can be such great roommates, and be such great "across the hall" friends. It's something I never had or experienced. I just get a really warm feeling watching the show, and wish that I had a group of friends like that who would be there and could be relied on no matter what.

Or does that not exist because Friends was just a TV show?