10 Reasons Why Ross Geller Is TV's Biggest Ever Assh*le
6. The One Where He Repeatedly Puts His Friends In The Middle Of His Arguments
Because Ross has the emotional intelligence of a lobotomised shark, he finds it very difficult to win arguments alone. He needs a posse, a gang of people who believe in him, shouting yeah as he lobs out another cruel and un-called for put-down. But his friends wont play that part, because theyre not horrible people. So instead, Ross has to put them in the middle of his arguments, whether they like it or not. For example, he wont go and help them when they get stranded on the way to the ski house, because Rachel is there. To an emotionally stunted man like Ross, that means theyve chosen Rachel and rejected him, and he lets them know that and then some. And when he cheats on Rachel, his friends listen to his version of events. Yet he twists these discussions to use as ammunition in front of the whole group when they have an argument:
Ross: We were on a break! Rachel: You know Ross why dont you put that on your answering machine! Ross: Hey-hey, its valid okay? And Im not the only one who thinks so, Monica agrees with me. Rachel: What?! Monica: I dont know. Ross: Thats what you said last night.
To be fair to Ross at this point, Monica then drops Joey in it, but if you had such a douchey brother, some of that is going to rub off.
