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Serious Issues In The Media. Age Gap Relationships in Friends And Gilmore Girls

  Serious Issues In The Media: Age Gap Relationships Gilmore Girls S4 Ep 10 The Nanny And The Professor  Disclaimer: I am not a therapist. I just lik e to  draw connections between my favorite tv show characters and how they handle situations.  First of all I’d assume Asher’s marriage must be down the toilet if he dates a new on freshmen student every single year.  That’s a huge red flag  The actor who played Asher apparently did not like this story  arc and I do not blame him because Asher is basically a pedophile and this is just used as comic relief.  Like Alice and Frank Jr’s relationship in Friends  it is predatory.  Frank Jr is still in high school and Alice is 44.. I personally think he was being groomed into  thinking it was okay because he was abandoned his by dad  and has no male role model  to  guide him. Phoebe attempts to have Joey and Ross help but this fails.   I think that Paris dates Asher mostl...

A Little Women Content Wrap Up

  Little Women is featured in S 3 Episode 13 of Friends The One Where Monica And Richard Are Just Friends in the B plot where Rachel and Joey exchange books, Joey reads Little Women and Rachel reads  The Shining by Stephen King.  This is my fourth time reading Little Women   previosuly having read it in 2020, 2022 and 2024 respectively.  It's a cosy book to read  in the winter since the beginning is set at Christmas time.  The March sister I relate to the most is  Jo because she is a  writer and Beth because she loves music.  I  do not like  the love triagle between Amy, Jo and Laurey ... it drives me absolutely nuts.  Matt, Kathleen and I saw the musical at Portland Players on Sunday afternoon.   The set and costume design for this production was lovely.My favorite songs are Astonishing Five Forever, Off  To Massachuetts  Some Things Are Meant To Be and The Fire In Me. Notable performances were by Kelly Mos...