I've been wondering recently, does anybody else think that the reason for Ross meeting two perfectly nice and attractive women, who are also interested in his career, during the 8th season, yet not lasting very long with either of them, was some kind of foreshadowing/hidden message? (I apologize for the complicated sentence structure :) )
Although Rachel helped Ross in his relation with Mona on a few occasions and didn't seem to be jealous of her at all, Mona ended it, because Rachel had moved in with Ross. And in 807 or 808, she talkd to Ross about his situation with Rachel, and implies that she considers Rachel a rather large threat to their relation.
With Katie, Rachel saw her flirting with Ross and became totally jealous (hormone driven or not, she was jealous), so she told Ross to stop seeing Katie, because she'd rather have him around to help her with the baby.
So, whether she does it on purpose or not, Rachel is the reason for Ross not getting anywhere with other women, simply because of their history (and the fact that they have a baby together now)
What do you think? Am I just stating the obvious here, or am I way off?
Andr�