Ross Geller friends, at times Chandler gets annoyed with Ross's geeky behavior. Ross is friends with Rachel Green, whom he has had a crush on since high school. Rachel viewed Ross as ‘Monica’s geeky older brother’ during high school. During the first episode of the series, when they meet after years apart, he rediscovers his feelings for her. They get close to each other and have an on-and-off relationship through the series. In the final season of the show, Rachel tells him that he means more to her than any other member of their group. He is also close friends with Joey
Joey Tribbiani important his getting fired was to Monica. He then sets himself up to be fired the next day. He spends one episode working with Chandler as an entry-level data processor. He treats the job like another acting role, in which he is "Joseph the Processing Guy" and creates a complex back-story for the character. Chandler begins to dislike the Joseph character when he starts showing up Chandler at work. Joey eventually leaves after Chandler pretends to sleep with Joey's "pretend wife". Prior to Monica and Chandler's wedding, when the two admit that they were having trouble finding someone to perform