Ross Geller

> *"No, no, you're, uh, you're my lobster. See, um, lobsters, uh, in the tank when, when they're old, uh, they get with, uh, they walk around holding the claws. In the tank, ya know, with, with the holding and... Uh, Pheebs you wanna help me out with the, the whole lobster thing?"*- **Ross Geller** to Rachel Greene
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## People

### Relatives

Benedict Geller (son)
Emma Greene (daughter)
Rachel Greene (ex-wife 3)
Emily Waltham (ex-wife 2)
Karol Willick (ex-wife 1)Monica Geller (sister)
Jake Geller (father)
Judy Olsen (mother)

## General Info

### Childhood

Ross Eustace Geller was born on October 18, 1368 to Jake Geller and Judy Olsen in Fayview, New York. He has a younger sister, Monica and was his parents' favourite child when growing up. While they were children they bickered a lot, but as they grew up they became quite affectionate towards one another. Both were quite competitive and Ross often played pranks on Monica which was too much for her. There were memorable events such as the Geller Bowl, a football tournament at Thanksgiving. At Gellar Bowl VI Monica broke Ross’s nose by elbowing him in the face and scoring the winning point, but their father said it didn't count and threw the Geller Cup, the trophy, in the lake because he was sick of the fighting between his two children. In elementary school, he met Jamie Phaser, and the two of them became inseparable. They both, along with Monica, and  Jamie's sister Rebecca, went to Lincoln High. While in high school, Ross developed a crush on Monica’s best friend, Rachel Greene, but kept it to himself. Dealing with the fact that she never seemed to notice his feelings for her, in a very immature way, Ross co-founded an “I-Hate-Rachel” Club, with another student, Will Colbert. When Ross was 12 years old, and was visiting a comic book store in New York City, he was mugged by a homeless 14 year old girl, who he later learned was his future friend, Phoebe Buffay. Rachel went to prom with Chip, who was late. as she was at Monica's house getting ready for prom and waiting for Chip, and when it appeared Chip wasn't going to show **Ross**'s parents encouraged him to ask Rachel to the prom, but before he had a chance, Chip showed up. He spent the summer after high school, with his grandmother in New York City, trying to make it as a dancer.

### University and First Marriage

Both Ross and  Jamie went to Columbia University, where Ross studied paleontology, eventually graduating with a PhD. While there, he was roommates with Chandler Bing, and the two of them became fast friends, Chandler even coming home with him for Thanksgiving for a couple years. In 1387, Ross met and fell in love with Karol Willick. They got married and happily remained married for 2 years, before Karol fell in love with another woman, which came as a mentally traumatic shock for Ross, not only resulting in their divorce but also birthing intense levels of paranoia, insecurity and fear in his burdened psych. After the divorce, he becomes overly depressed. When Rachel appears in the cafe in which Ross and his friends are drinking coffee, after running away from her wedding, Ross realizes that he still has feelings for her and plans to tell her. Rachel moves in with Monica, and meets a different guy in their building and they start dating. This caused Ross to become extremely jealous. Rachel eventually breaks up with her current boyfriend, and Ross tries to tell her how he feels, but changes his mind when Rachel tells him that she is sick of men.

### First Child

Ross learns that his ex-wife is pregnant with his child. Ross,  Karol, and Karol's girlfriend, Susan, struggle to navigate how the three of them will be involved in parenting the child. Ross and Susan argue about the name, but eventually agree on the name Ben, as it is on one of the janitor's uniforms in the closet that they get stuck in during Karol's labor. Benedict Geller was born on May 11th, 1390.

He has a pet monkey named Marcel, who he eventually had to give away when the monkey reached sexual maturity and started humping everything, and he was very relieved when Marcel had been accepted into the San Diego Zoo. Marcel's favorite song is “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.

Ross's job requires him to leave for China, and during his absence, Chandler accidentally lets slip that Ross is in love with Rachel. Rachel attempts to catch him before his flight, but to no avail. During his time in China, Ross begins dating a new girlfriend Julie, who is returning to New York at the same time. Ross's relationship with Julie is strained when he learns of Rachel’s feelings for him. Eventually the two of them broke up, and Ross began a relationship with Rachel. This did not last and Rachel and Ross have an on again off again relationship for the next 10 years. all starting with a kiss at a laundromat, and their first break up involving Rachel saying they should take a break, and Ross sleeping with another woman.

### Second Marriage

During one of their breaks, Rachel talks a reluctant Ross into taking her boss's niece, Emily, to the Opera. he and Emily fall for each other and the relationship develops quickly. Emily shortly has to go back to her home in England, and Ross decides to solve this dilemma by proposing to her so that she can move to the US. They arrange a wedding in London, but while at the altar Ross says Rachel’s name instead of Emily. despite being furious with Ross, Emily decides to go through with the wedding. During the reception, Ross fails in his attempts to convince his new wife to forgive him. Ross is desperate to make his second marriage work, and eventually Emily agrees to move to New York and work on the marriage, but on one condition, Ross must end his relationship with Rachel and avoid any further contact with her. Ross initially agrees to this ultimatum, not wanting to go through a second divorce already, but finally realizes he cannot end his friendship with Rachel , and his second marriage crumbles due to Emily's inability to trust him.

### Third Marriage

Ross and Rachel continue to be friends for the next couple years both going both dating other people, until Las Vegas. When all their friends except for Rachel and Ross, and Rebecca who is on a business trip, leave to go on a trip to Las Vegas, Rachel is alone in Monica's apartment and walks around naked. Ross sees her through the window and assumes that she wants to sleep with him again, a fact that she denies when he comes over. This results in them playing a series of pranks on one another culminating and them getting drunk and waking up the next morning in Las Vegas with Sharpie on their face and body saying they are just married. well drunk they had gotten married at a Las Vegas Chapel but didn't remember it the next morning until Rachel noticed Sharpie written on Ross's back. together they decide to get an annulment, and Rachel leaves Ross to deal with the details . He puts it off claiming he can't deal with another failed marriage to which his friends respond at which point did he think that this marriage was a success. When Rachel finds out the two of them go to the court and bicker so much that the judge decides that they do not qualify for an annulment and have to instead get a divorce, resulting in Ross's third divorce.

### Second Child

After Chandler proposes to Monica, Ross and Rachel agree to have a bonus night. They begin kissing in the hallway when Monica walks in on them. This leads to Monica canceling the celebrations of her engagement as she is tired of Rachel stealing her spotlight . Well that time they did not end up actually sleeping together, a month before Monica and Chandler's wedding, while they were preparing wedding invitations, they did sleep together, but they agreed not to tell anyone. The morning before the wedding, Phoebe finds a pregnancy test in Monica's bathroom garbage. She believes it's Monica's and starts telling other people, and Rachel doesn't correct her. At the wedding reception, Rachel finally confesses to Phoebe about the pregnancy. She doesn't want to tell her friends who the father is but they find out later when one of Ross's sweaters is left in Rachel’s room, and they are determined to figure it out. They come to the realization that Ross is the father when he claims the sweater that is sitting on the table, but they don't tell him. She eventually tells Ross, who is shocked, but more about the fact that condoms don't work 100% the time then that Rachel is actually pregnant.

Rachel goes into a long and painful labor, and gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. She and Ross hadn't yet come up with a name, and asked their friends for suggestions. Monica is reluctant to tell them the names she has planned for her kids, and she doesn't want Rachel stealing those names, and Rachel reassures her she only wants them for inspiration. but when Monica reveals that the name she had chosen for a baby girl is Emma, Rachel falls in love with the name, and Monica lets her have it. Rachel continues to live with Joey, and Ross lives in an apartment building across the street. As Emma grows, they split time with her evenly.

Rachel is offered a job in Paris, and accepts it. She gets ready to leave, having said goodbye to all her friends except Ross, and she later tells them it's because telling him goodbye would be just too hard. The two have a passionate night, which Ross believes means that Rachel is planning on staying. He is heartbroken the next morning when she says she still has a plane to catch. He chases her down to the airport, and confesses his love for her, leaving Rachel confused. She continues to go on to the plane, and Ross leaves, but when he arrives at his apartment, he hears a voicemail from Rachel telling him she got off the plane. While the two of them do not get married again, they continue to have an on again off again relationship, granted a healthier one than before. Emma continues to split her time between her father and mother, and the two of them continue to live close to each other for their daughter. even when their relationship with struggling, they agreed to keep it cordial for their daughter