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Rachel

Oh honey, please, no, I can't get started with all that Ross stuff again. I mean he's going to be screwed up for a long time. And besides, you know, I don't go for guys right after they get divorced.

— Friends · 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker declines to revisit a particular man, predicting he will be a mess for a long while, and adds a personal rule against pursuing men just after their divorce. It is a breezy, somewhat defensive refusal, framed as sensible caution rather than open feeling.

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