Sherry spent Christmas being lovey-dovey with Ross, and mentioned that she had to go away for a few months on a lecture tour in England about insects. "But the thing is, I don't know if I can move to London and leave my cute Ross-asaurus behind."
"No, no! Don't pass it up for me. Come on, we can call each other all the time, and I can come visit you some weekends."
"Oh, that's so sweet! Monica, you have the sweetest brother!" They rubbed noses and kissed each other adorably.
Chandler cleared his throat. "People still in the room."
Ross took the hint, and headed off to a movie with Sherry.
Rachel looked sad.
"You okay?" Monica asked.
"Yeah. It's just hard. But I promised him I wasn't gonna do anything, so..." she sighed heavily. "With her in England, at least I won't have to see them together all the time. Just warn me when he's on the phone making those smoochy noises, okay?"
Phoebe patted Rachel's shoulder. "There, there. You need to find somebody to get you over Ross, that's all."
Rachel composed herself. "No, I just, I should focus on work. I gotta get my career moving again, you know, and with Monica's wedding coming up, there's all this maid of honor stuff to do. I'll be fine."
Things looked up for her eventually. At work, Rachel got demoted to Personal Shopper and met a handsome customer named Joshua, who actually made her forget about Ross for once. She was nervous about asking him out, though, because he was only recently divorced, so Phoebe helped her out.
***
Chandler missed Joey while he went on a three-day fishing trip with his dad, so he decided to do some father-son bonding too by going to Vegas.
Chandler's dad picked him up at the airport, in drag as usual. Mr. Bing had come to New York to see Joey's play, and now his son was reciprocating the visit.
"My boy!" Mr. Bing hugged Chandler. "How's your hunk of a boyfriend doing?"
"Great. He's got a part in a Charlton Heston movie now."
They spent a short but fun weekend discussing Chandler's new writing career, and his intention to get married to Joey someday.
"Really? I'm so happy for you. Are you going to invite your mother?"
"That's what I'm not sure about. If I invite her, what about you? I don't think you two will be able to get along."
Mr. Bing nodded. "I don't think so, either."
"And Joey's parents have accepted us, you know, but there's the issue of his dad still having a mistress, and whether to invite her."
"I understand. We parents aren't exactly making this easy on you two, are we? You know, what? You can just send me a video and maybe honeymoon here in Vegas so that I can at least congratulate you. That way, we can avoid the whole clash between me and your mother."
"Really, Dad?"
"Sure. I mean, it's more important that you and Joey are together that day, and happy. Parents are optional."
Chandler hugged his dad.
"No, no! Don't pass it up for me. Come on, we can call each other all the time, and I can come visit you some weekends."
"Oh, that's so sweet! Monica, you have the sweetest brother!" They rubbed noses and kissed each other adorably.
Chandler cleared his throat. "People still in the room."
Ross took the hint, and headed off to a movie with Sherry.
Rachel looked sad.
"You okay?" Monica asked.
"Yeah. It's just hard. But I promised him I wasn't gonna do anything, so..." she sighed heavily. "With her in England, at least I won't have to see them together all the time. Just warn me when he's on the phone making those smoochy noises, okay?"
Phoebe patted Rachel's shoulder. "There, there. You need to find somebody to get you over Ross, that's all."
Rachel composed herself. "No, I just, I should focus on work. I gotta get my career moving again, you know, and with Monica's wedding coming up, there's all this maid of honor stuff to do. I'll be fine."
Things looked up for her eventually. At work, Rachel got demoted to Personal Shopper and met a handsome customer named Joshua, who actually made her forget about Ross for once. She was nervous about asking him out, though, because he was only recently divorced, so Phoebe helped her out.
***
Chandler missed Joey while he went on a three-day fishing trip with his dad, so he decided to do some father-son bonding too by going to Vegas.
Chandler's dad picked him up at the airport, in drag as usual. Mr. Bing had come to New York to see Joey's play, and now his son was reciprocating the visit.
"My boy!" Mr. Bing hugged Chandler. "How's your hunk of a boyfriend doing?"
"Great. He's got a part in a Charlton Heston movie now."
They spent a short but fun weekend discussing Chandler's new writing career, and his intention to get married to Joey someday.
"Really? I'm so happy for you. Are you going to invite your mother?"
"That's what I'm not sure about. If I invite her, what about you? I don't think you two will be able to get along."
Mr. Bing nodded. "I don't think so, either."
"And Joey's parents have accepted us, you know, but there's the issue of his dad still having a mistress, and whether to invite her."
"I understand. We parents aren't exactly making this easy on you two, are we? You know, what? You can just send me a video and maybe honeymoon here in Vegas so that I can at least congratulate you. That way, we can avoid the whole clash between me and your mother."
"Really, Dad?"
"Sure. I mean, it's more important that you and Joey are together that day, and happy. Parents are optional."
Chandler hugged his dad.