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
The One with the Proposal together, revealing he had intended to propose. Richard advises Chandler to go to Monica, telling him if he succeeds in winning her back, he must never let her go. Feeling envious of Chandler and Monica, Rachel decides to follow Phoebe's lead and secure Ross as her marriage "backup" (i.e. - they will get married if they're both still single at 40), but she finds that Phoebe had long since made Ross her second backup after Joey. All three confront Phoebe about this, and it's decided that Joey will remain Phoebe's backup, while Ross becomes Rachel's. After searching for Monica all