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Here's a good rule of thumb, no matter what reality you live in: Doctors shouldn't fuck their patients, especially if they used to babysit that patient when she was a child.

Yikes.

The messed-up-ed-ness for this one is pretty much solely on Richard (Tom Selleck), who is not officially a friend, but he is a family friend of the Gellers. And even still, it's such a toxic situation that it's inconceivable that anyone else in their friend group was ever okay with it.

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"First, do no harm. Second ... eh, never mind, go for it, you're so cute together!"

Richard is the family's eye doctor -- which is suspicious, because none of them wear glasses. But sure, whatever, they were friends outside of that. He watched Monica grow up, and even references seeing her swim in his pool (Jesus Christ). They end up getting together, which they acknowledge is wrong and creepy, but mostly because he's old. The fact that he was a medical professional who was treating her for an eye injury is an afterthought, after the idea that it's weird because they knew him from childhood.

Sure, it's not like he was her gynecologist or therapist or neurosurgeon, but just because his area of expertise is less invasive doesn't make the Hippocratic Oath any less applicable. It's not like he's her bike repair guy or even her tailor; he's still got the upper hand in the dynamic between them. We have no idea how many times Richard has done this in the past, and we have no idea how old Monica was when he started to notice her in that way. The whole thing stinks, regardless of how long they were together. Especially when Monica makes out with his son later on.