Listen, I LOVE "Friends" Even Today, But These 7 Moments Made Ross The Most Unbearable Character To Watch

You can't pivot your way out of this one, Geller

I think by now we can all agree that Ross is the most annoying character from Friends.

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But now that I'm almost 30 and I've rewatched the show a 100 times, I'm finding that Ross's attitude and actions actually make the show almost unbearable.

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After my latest rewatch of the show, here are the eight times Ross made me want to throw the remote at the TV.

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1. He humiliates Rachel in order to bond with her father.

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In Season 3 Episode 7, "The One With the Race Car Bed," Dr. Greene comes over and Rachel is desperate for him and Ross to get along. Much her to surprise, they do manage to get along! Unfortunately, it's only because they find common ground by mocking Rachel for trivial things like seeing a chiropractor.

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I get this is a comedy show and it's really not that deep, but it's pretty uncomfortable to watch two men getting so much joy out of making fun of Rachel while she's clearly uncomfortable.

2. He doesn't respect Rachel's independence.

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Throughout the 10 seasons of Friends, Ross and Rachel are actually only together for a pretty short amount of time due to their rocky on-again, off-again relationship. In the short time they are together, Ross proves to be a pretty horrible boyfriend.

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In Season 3 Episode 12, "The One With All the Jealousy," Ross refuses to respect Rachel while she's at work and ignores her repeated pleas to leave her alone. In one particularly rage-inducing scene, he sends a barbershop quartet to her office and starts grinding pepper on her while she's in the middle of a work deadline crisis.

Who can blame Rachel for wanting to take (the now infamous) "break" and have some time to herself after this display?

3. He badgers Phoebe about believing her mother is a cat.

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In Season 4 Episode 2, "The One With the Cat," Phoebe finds a cat that jumps in her guitar case and believes it is the spirit of her dead mother.

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Everyone in the group is understandably a bit weirded out by this, but hey after all, this is classic Phoebe. Ross is the only one who can't let it go and feels the need to harass and berate Phoebe about the fact the cat isn't her mother.

4. He's an obnoxious roommate.

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The entirely of the plot in Season 5 Episode 7, "The One Where Ross Moves In," revolves around what an unbearable roommate (and person in general) Ross is.

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He's overly strict and harsh on Joey while trying to encourage him to do some writing, even though his intentions are good at heart. He tapes over Joey's Baywatch tape with "some show about bugs", and probably worst of all, he does the iconic "shushing" motion whenever Joey and Chandler are just having a bit of fun.

5. He overreacts when he finds out Monica and Chandler are dating.

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In Season 5 Episode 15, "The One With the Girl Who Hits Joey," we see the aftermath of everyone — including Ross — finding out that Monica and Chandler are dating.

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Ross' reaction is insanely over the top and he chases Chandler around the room and screams at both him and Monica. While he believes he's acting as a "protective brother," when really, he's being aggressive and completely unsupportive.

I get this is a show from the '90s and people's attitudes have changed, but his ideals are stuck in the misogynistic past if he thinks he has any say over who his sister gets to date.

6. He refuses to tell Rachel they're still married.

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In Season 6 Episode 2, " The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel," Phoebe tries to talk to Ross about the fact he needs to get his accidental marriage to Rachel annulled. Ross says he did go to his lawyer's office, but all he could hear in his head was "three divorces! three divorces!"

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Phoebe spends pretty much the entire episode trying to convince Ross he should do the right thing, but all he cares about is his status as a three-time divorcee and how it'll put him "at the bottom of the dating barrel."

It's pretty selfish of him to only think of himself and his chances of finding another woman to annoy, rather than considering how all of this affects Rachel.

7. And he tries to kiss his own cousin.

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This is a pretty obvious contender for the list, and I know it's been included on countless lists detailing times storylines in the show went awry. In Season 7 Episode 19, "The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin," Denise Richards plays Cassie Geller and wreaks havoc on the group with her signature slow-mo hair flip.

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It's a pretty weird storyline in general but, as usual, Ross takes it way too far. His justifications for trying to kiss his own cousin include "she was the one who suggested opening a bottle of wine" and "she was the one who wanted to rent Logan's Run."

It's pretty worrying to think that Ross, as an adult man, thinks a woman is consenting to sexual advances just because she wants to drink some wine and watch a movie.

What do you think? Are there any others you would add to this list? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!