40 Things Grey's Anatomy Has Taught Us

Grey's Anatomy has taught us multiple things. Here are a few of them.

1. Everyone Needs a Person

Meredith Grey and Christina Yang were each others persons up until the very last minute that Christina was on. Most people will agree with me and say that they are still heartbroken with her leaving.

2. Not all things last forever

Whether it's a relationship, a job, or even a persons life, Grey's has taught us that not all of these things last forever. Sometimes, mistakes happen, and you just need to go on with your life anyway.

3. People Die

If Grey's has taught as the most is that people die. Whether it was George, Lexie, Mark, Meredith's first kid, Reed, Charles, and most recently Derick (hope you guys watched the 21st episode) the deaths have all been to emotional to talk about. (The picture was from a little while back so it was not updated with the latest death)

4. Things Don't Always Go As Planned

For starters, Alex and Rebecca didn't really go as planned. Rebecca's husband came to get her. She did end up coming back to Alex's house a few episode's later, but it turned out she was way to crazy for him. Also, April and Jackson held their dead baby in their arms. Or maybe it was when Izzie cut Denny's L-vav wire and then Denny died unexpectedly. Or last, maybe it was last weeks episode where we all though Derek was going to die, but then he didn't, but then he did.

5. Seattle is Very Rainy

On most of the episodes that we have watched so far, it rains at least once.

6. Doctors are actually superhero's

in the beginning of season 11, Amelia had a big surgery that would take forever in the OR. Before going into the OR, she told doctor Edwards that she read an article about how if you stand in the position of a superhero for at least 5 minutes that you will be better at what you are trying to do.

7. Some people are buttholes

Not mentioning any names but.... Doctor freaking Bailey. With the first few seasons, we all have to admit that we kind of liked the "Nazi", but after the musical episode, it all started to go downhill from there with her. Now, she is just a plain butt hole.

8. Some people are gay, there is nothing you can do about that

When Callie first told her dad that she was dating a girl, he cut her off. He closed the account that was funding Callie, and wouldn't communicate with Callie. He basically told her that it was wrong that she was dating Arizona. I am not trying to say that being gay is 100% OK but some people are and there is nothing you can do about it.

9. Some people are worth dying for

Do you remember the plane crash? Who could ever forget the horrific scene? During that episode, Mark said to Arizona "Lexie is waiting for me." He wanted to be with her no mater what it took.

10. Sometimes people make dumb choices

Whether it was the time that Meredith messed with the clinical trial, the time that Izzie cut Denny's LVAD wire, or even the time that Gary Clark decided to shoot the doctors in the hospital, we have learned that people on Grey's Anatomy always seem to make bad decisions.

11. If your friend is seeing her dead fiance, she probably has a brain tumor.

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No doubt this was one of the most heartbreaking things to happen in the early Grey's days, when Izzie saw Denny everywhere after he had died.

12. War can be traumatizing

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We saw what happened to Dr. Hunt when he came back from war. Not only did he have PTSD, but he also almost strangled Christina. We also saw how it effected April with not only herself, but also her relationship with her husband Jackson.

13. Turtlenecks look terrible under scrubs

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The morning after Owen almost strangled Christina, do you remember how she had big marks on her neck? Well the next morning, she wore a turtleneck to the hospital under her scrubs. And it looked terrible.

14. When something bad happens, you can have mixed emotions

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At George's funeral, Alex thought that Izzie was crying, so he, Christina and Meredith walked over to where she was sitting. Turns out that she wasn't crying. She was laughing. Who knew she had such a twisted mind.

15. Words do hurt

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When Meredith's mom finally was able to remember where she was after 5 years of nothing, she told Meredith that she was plain and ordinary. After this, Meredith go's on a call to help survivor of a fairy boat crash and is helping a guy when he freaks out and pushes her into the water. After a while she just stops swimming. After hours though, she lives and recovers later on.

16. You never know who might be your family

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As we have learned over the 11 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, Meredith has many sisters. At the beginning of the series I know I thought she was an only child. But no. We learned in the late season 3, early season 4 that Lexie was Meredith's sister, but over the years more came. This includes Maggie her half sister, Amelia being her husbands sister, and also the girl named Molly that was a patient at the Hospital.

17. Things can change quickly

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At the end of season 9, Meredith gives birth to her second kid. She is about to be closed up on the table when Dr. Ross finds serious abdominal bleeding. It's just as if someone flipped a switch from her being okay from being almost killed. Things can change very quickly.

18. People cheat

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There are many things that Grey's has taught us but this one is strong. The whole show is based on a guy who cheated on his kind of still wife, fell in love with the person he cheated with, left his wife so he could be with her, and then married her. George cheated on Callie with Izzie, Mark had slept with multiple people including almost all the nurses, and Arizona cheated on Callie with the Doctor who came to Grey-Sloan memorial hospital named Lauren.

19. Friends matter the most

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When Christina was about to get married to Burke, Burke left Christina at the alter. Although Burke left Christina, Meredith stayed by her every day. Also, none of Izzie's friends left when Denny died. They all stayed with her till she was ready to get up off the bathroom floor.

20. Some people are dark and cloudy

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Meredith and Christina have both said before that they are dark and twisty. It may be true some of the time, but others? They really aren't.

21. Seattle Grave Mercy Death is not the best place to work

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Weather it was George, almost Meredith multiple times, the plane crash were Lexie and Mark died, Denny died, Derek died, Adele and Elise both died from Altimeters, Reed and Charles both died during the shooting, and many many more.

22. Sometimes failure is the only option

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When someone is down for a really long time, the doctors have to give up at one point. Only sometimes they can not give up if their patient is one of their own. But that is only once in a while.

22. People mess up

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I think all of them have messed up at least once, and so have all of us. there was the time Bailey thought that a patient had appendicitis so she removed her appendix but she didn't. And there was the time that April forgot to look down the patients throat and it killed her. Sometimes it is okay to screw up. But others it's not.

23. Sometimes it is best to know

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In the premire of the 6th season, George is taken to the hospital for jumping in front of a bus to save a woman that was standing in front of the bus. He was taken in as a John Doe, but by the end of the episode, Meredith found out that John Doe was actually George. IF they wouldn't have known who it was, they would have never figured out where George went and who the John Doe was.

24. But sometimes, you don't want to know

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For those of you who have watched Grey's Anatomy from season one, I bet that if they had told you Derek was going to die that you would would have stopped watching Grey's Anatomy right then and there. And than you wouldn't be looking at these wondering what had happened because you didn't keep on watching.

25. Marriage is not always meant to be

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Whether it is April and Jackson who still quite aren't right, Derek and Addison, Izzy and Alex, Callie and Arizona, Christina and Owen, or the other thousands of breakups on that show, we all know that marriage sometimes just doesn't work.

26. But sometimes, Marriage is meant to be

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Meredith and Derek had a few fights, but they would always come back around and Derek would do something romantic and wonderful to make up for it. And if it weren't for the crash, Derek and Meredith would still be going strong. There is also the successful Marriages for Doctor Bailey and Ben, and even April and Jackson who, hopefully are going to slowly pull through.

27. Your friends are like family

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Christina and Meredith were more then best friends, but family from the beginning all the way till when she left. The even were "dancing it out" until just minutes of her leaving. We just all wish that Christina would come back so that that can keep going on.

28. Life is way too short to hold grudges

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George wouldn't talk to Meredith for the longest time because she cried while they were getting friendly with each other. But not even a season later, George died a terrible death. This was just one example of the many grudges on Grey's Anatomy.

29. You should love and believe in yourself

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No matter what the situation is, Callie Torres always seems to find away to work in how awesome and cool she is. And most of the time, that is okay.

30. Sometimes it is not okay to mess up

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When Derek was taken to the hospital in season 11, we were all hoping that Doctor Mcdreamy would walk out of there with a few battle scars. But the doctors at the hospital didn't get him a brain scan before surgery which caused him to become brain dead. Also, the stupid doctor that was on call was not at the hospital so it took him forever to actually get there. By that time, it was too late.

31. Don't forget to say I love you to the person you love before it's too late

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Lexi could never admit to Mark that she loved him, and when she did, he couldn't admit it, or he was in a relationship with some other girl. But Mark and Lexi had to wait till the last second to admit it to each others face, but it was to late.

32. People make mistakes

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No one is prefect. People mess up. When Derek cheated, when Arizona cheated, when Derek stopped his car in the middle of the road to check his phone, which ended up killing him, when Lexi and Mark wouldn't admit their love, when Meredith cried during her and George's "moment", and the list keeps going on and on. The sad part is is that most couldn't take the blame for their mistakes.

33. Sometimes you have to believe in the good to get through something hard

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Izzie explained to George Alex and Christina that she believes in the "good" as Meredith is dying from drowning. Sometimes you have to believe that something good will happen to make it happen.

34. Things work out for a reason

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There is a reason things work out. If Derek wouldn't have left Addison, than he would have never met Meredith. But it was destiny. If he would have never gone to Joe's bar that night, he would have never had that "special night" with Meredith. And if he never became a surgeon, than he would have never married her. Things happen for a reason.

35. You can't walk away from people without looking back at least once

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Arizona once got an award and the ability to go to Africa to help sick kids. But she had just begun dating Callie. She decided to go anyway, but came back and showed up on Callie's door step saying how she couldn't stop thinking about her, and couldn't help herself to not come back.

36. Never give up

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If there is one thing the cast of Grey's Anatomy doesn't do, it's giving up. Meredith didn't give up after Derek died, Alex didn't give up on his true love after Izzy left. And Christina didn't give up when Burke left. They always kept going no matter what it meant would happen.

37. When life gives you second chances don't waste them

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Many people on the show have been given second chances. Some used them wisely like Meredith and Derek. But some of them didn't use them so wisely. Mark never married Lexi, and Lexi never tried to marry Mark. Grey's Anatomy has showed us to always use our second chances wisely.

38. Once and a while it is worth the wait

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Meredith waited for Derek to get over Addison, Jackson waited for April to admit she was in love with him, and Owen just recently waited for Amelia to be ready to merry him. Waiting is sometimes the best thing to do.

39. You don't know when your last day might be

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I bet that Lexi didn't expect to die in a plane crash the morning before she did. Or Mark thought he was gonna die after getting way better. Or Derek (do i really need to say it?). You never know when your last day is going to be, and we need to cherish the days we have left.

40. And last but not least... The freaking Carousel never stops turning

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Can someone just get rid of the stupid carousel