This is how I was when I found out my 2 good friends were in a relationship I wasn't the first to realize but when I did this basically summed up my reaction
And very sharp, HONEST writing...the characters resonated so much with the audience because they were real. They screwed up, they made amends, they earned triumphs and a few emotional scars...there was an authenticity to their stories (even the wacky storylines Phoebe and Joey sometimes got) that put Friends above the average sitcom.