The Friends reunion makes me hope my actual friends never change
The IndependentThe thing about friends is that they’re often not there when the rain starts to pour. On the one hand, it makes outdoor activities unpleasant; for another, who wants to make a trek to their mate’s house when it’s tipping down? The suggestion that David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston almost had a real-life romance is just what fans had dreamt of In any case, there remains much to be admired about Friends. Perhaps the greatest danger of the Friends reunion was not that it would prove to be a bit pointless or cringy, but that the stars of the show would come across either as intolerably unpleasant and/or as hating each other. As coronavirus restrictions ease, we are all embarking on our own friend reunions, and when I think of the friends I have remained closest to, the striking thing is just how little they have changed over the years – at least in the fundamentals.