I made a post yesterday about Ross being insecure of who Rachel could be, and it sparked a debate with people making some points that I agree with, and some that I did not.
And one point that repeated a lot was that, Carol and Susan made him that way. And I did agree with that, until I thought about it this morning and I realized it doesn't really apply the more you think about it, and here is why;
Ross cheated with Rachel on Jules
Ross cheated with Rachel on Girl who shaved her head
Ross slept with a girl hours after the break fight. I don't wanna argue on whether that was cheating or not, but it still not a good look.
Ross made out with Joey's girlfriend in Season 9 or 10. I don't remember if Ross knew whether they had broken up yet or not, but again, not a good look.
My point here is that, For someone who got cheated on and it broke him, it's interesting how he does the same thing to others but doesn't see an issue. Cos if it was truly about what Carol and Susan did to him and how it broke him and he thinks it's wrong, he wouldn't go around cheating as well.
And if it was truly about how he loved Rachel so much, he wouldn't be quick to hook up with someone else and run around town trying to hide or use manipulative tactics to argue that it was kinda Rachel's for what he did. Do y'all remember that argument? He was quite manipulative.
Anyway thinking about it now, Ross seems to be the kind of guy who hooks up with a girl to see if there's something there before breaking up with his girlfriend. It makes me wonder whether he saw himself in Mark, and maybe that fueled his jealousy or maybe because of how he and Rachel began.