Friends was a sitcom about six friends in their late twenties and early thirties who lived in New York City. When the show started, they were just coming to grips with the realities of adult world, while maintaining a youthful energy in their own friend group.
Monica Geller contributed to the group as being the most reliable and organized one. She was a neat freak who made sure all of her friends have everything they need at all times, but she struggled to take time to care for herself. In each friend group, there is one person who is the most like Monica. They are the ones who make things happen, but are often ridiculed for their neuroticism.
10 You're Always Hosting
Even though they live right across the hall, Chandler and Joey never have people over. Everybody always hangs out either at Central Perk or at Monica's flat. Monica is an amazing hostess. She's the one who throws Thanksgiving dinners and always feeds everybody.
Most friend groups always congregate at the same person's apartment. When friends come over, do you make sure you've got food to offer? If you're the Monica of the friend group, it's a given that you will be hosting everybody for birthdays, holidays, and similar celebrations.
9 You're Controlling
Monica needs to have everything under control. If she were to merely be a visitor, she would probably struggle to stop herself from micro-managing the host. Monica knows what's best for who and she doesn't like surprises.
The Monicas out there feel at peace only when they have everything under control. Unfortunately, the tranquility never lasts long because life is just unpredictable by default.
8 You're A People Pleaser
Another thing that echoes her hostess identity is the fact that Monica is a people pleaser. She went as far as to bring Rachel a breakfast and bed and asked what kind of eggs she likes in the morning the night before.
She enjoys taking care of people and pleasing them. It's where she derives her sense of self-worth from.
7 You Are Dating Someone From Your Friend Group
The episodes that feature the development of Monica's romance with Chandler are among the highest rated episodes on IMDb. Forming romantic relationships within a single friend group is pretty common, especially if friends don't really have much of a social life outside the group.
Even if your personality doesn't match hers, dating someone from your friend group is a very Monica thing to do - especially if you make for a much better couple than Ross and Rachel.
6 You Find It Hard To Compromise
Just like Lily Aldrin from How I Met Your Mother, Monica struggles to let others do what they want to do when she doesn't agree on them. She meddles in her friends' lives. It's either her way or the highway with her and no one ever really challenges her enough for her to pick the highway.
5 You Are Competitive
Does your friend group do sports together? If you're Monica, the answer is probably no, since you wouldn't have any friends left if you played sports on a regular basis.
Monica is so annoying when she's being competitive. It's definitely one of her least favorable character traits. If you relate to her in that sense, maybe you should turn it down a notch.
4 You Always Root For Your Friends
Monica is a real cheerleader for her friends. She wants them to succeed in life and will do anything in her power to help them along the way. After all, she took Rachel in and helped her sort her life out when she was completely lost. In that sense, Monica was a better friend than Rachel.
Monica is the kind of a friend that can be trusted with anything. If you're the type of a person who would jump out of bed at 3AM to go help your friend, you're definitely a Monica.
3 You're The Mother Hen Of The Group
Monica is such a mom. Just remember how she's lovingly shoving spoons in Joey's mouth when she's cooking something delicious. She helped Chandler lose weight and always makes herself available for Ross. This woman even had a baby name picked for ages: having children was always a part of her plan.
It was really tragic when Chandler and Monica found out they can't have kids of their own. Monica quickly agreed that she wants to go through the adoption process, so she did end up with an adorable family of her own in the end.
2 You're A Perfectionist
Controlling behavior and perfectionism kind of go hand in hand. Monica is incredibly hard on herself. She always seems to be a little bit nervous, which is the result of her perfectionist personality.
Monica can sometimes come across as demanding and difficult. Do you have an inner critic that is never satisfied with your life? Does it minimize your success? That's very likely Monica's reality as well.
1 You're The Glue Of The Group
Monica is the person who brought the group together. Ross is her brother, Chandler is Ross's friend from college, Rachel was her high-school friend and Phoebe was her ex-roommate. If it wasn't for Monica, Phoebe wouldn't be a part of the friend group, which we can all agree would be a real shame.
Think about it: would your group of friends even exist if it wasn't for you bringing them all together? If not, you're very much a Monica.
