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Working From Home Herald - Issue 29

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  Issue 29: The one with the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Reunion: Last week on the 27th May, millions of millions of people tuned in to watch the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. reunion. Em and I were two of them that watched it as soon as we could having dropped the children off. It was perfect for us as we had booked the day off to celebrate the reunion of the cast and to mark 21 years to the day that we started dating. Like many F.R.I.E.N.D.S had a huge impact on me. It started when I was 15 and ended when I was 25. A lot of what the characters went through, I could identify with. Emma and I met 21 years ago and our first date was drinks and a movie. The film was Final Destination (a horror which I happened to have seen the week before). So, whilst Emma, jumped, squirmed, hid her head, and screamed (during the film not on the date), I was the stoic, brave stranger who wasn’t fazed by the scares throughout the film. (my first viewing was a different story and I never admitted that I had seen the movie until