▲ 92 ▼ Has there ever been a show about a mixed-gender group of adult friends where there are no romantic entaglements within the group? (lemmy.ca) submitted 2 months ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments Seinfeld- Jerry and Elaine are exes and breify get back together at the end of season one Friends- lots of romantic entaglements but mainly Chandler/Monica, Ross/Rachel, and Joey/Rachel How I Met Your Mother - two of the main characters are a steady couple, the other three are a love triangle Big Bang Theory- by the end, it's three couples and one single guy Any shows like these where the main characters never date each other or hook up with each other?
[–] toor@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) 3rd Rock from the Sun? Been a while since I rewatched that, though. Kinda not "friends" but "co-workers". permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child) Hadn't thought of that one. It's a bit hard to decide if they should be considered coworkers or a family. I guess it technically counts cause they're a gender mixed group not actually related by blood. One of them is a kid but is actually the oldest. Although I'm not sure the aliens really had gender in the way humans do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Though do you count that even though one of the characters is obsessed with his romantic entanglement outside of the group, to the point that I'd consider Mary a part of the group with how much she's there. Iirc each of the other characters pairs up with someone, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 months ago That is a tough call. She was a series regular, therefore a main character, but not really part of the core group permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child) Hadn't thought of that one. It's a bit hard to decide if they should be considered coworkers or a family. I guess it technically counts cause they're a gender mixed group not actually related by blood. One of them is a kid but is actually the oldest. Although I'm not sure the aliens really had gender in the way humans do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Though do you count that even though one of the characters is obsessed with his romantic entanglement outside of the group, to the point that I'd consider Mary a part of the group with how much she's there. Iirc each of the other characters pairs up with someone, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 months ago That is a tough call. She was a series regular, therefore a main character, but not really part of the core group permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Though do you count that even though one of the characters is obsessed with his romantic entanglement outside of the group, to the point that I'd consider Mary a part of the group with how much she's there. Iirc each of the other characters pairs up with someone, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 months ago That is a tough call. She was a series regular, therefore a main character, but not really part of the core group permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 2 months ago That is a tough call. She was a series regular, therefore a main character, but not really part of the core group permalink fedilink source parent