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The AfterEllen.com Huddle: TV Couples We’re Most Like

This week I posed the question to our writers: What TV pairing are you and your partner most like? Here’s what they said:

Bridget McManus: I think my wife and I are like Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt from Parks and Recreation. We are super dorks, we care about the environment, we are OBSESSED with each other, and we love waffles! We might actually be Leslie and Ben.

Erin Faith Wilson: I think my wife and I are a lot like Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. She is always doing something or saying something so crazy (me), and Ricky is continually trying to figure out why the hell she does half the things she does (my wife). They are madly in love, yet at times, they drive each other insane.

Chelsea Steiner: My fiancee and I have been together almost seven years, and logging that kind of relationship time leads to an ESP-like level connection and understanding. When we started dating, I saw us as more of a Ted and Robin from How I Met Your Mother, but as the years pass I realize we are totally Marshall and Lily. That’s love, bitch!

Lianna Carrera: I’m pretty sure my partner and I are like Tim and Jill Taylor from Home Improvement. I am for sure Tim the Tool Man Taylor, King of the DYI mishaps and also misquoting life advice that I got from the neighbor while being the center of my own show/life. Trish is Jill, who is sassy and confident with a killer sense of humor and way too hot for Tim.

Trish Bendix: I see us as more of a Rogelio and Xiomara (Jane the Virgin). A typical Friday night:

And maybe a Monday morning:

BTW, I’m the Xiomara.

Kim Hoffman: I texted my girlfriend for input, and she sent me back a photo of Darlene and David from Roseanne. Darlene and David are a pair of sensitive, moody teenage lovers with endless stacks of flannel. Hey, that’s us! They dig each other. I think we swap their roles all the time. I relate to the storylines around Darlene’s writing, and her mom snooping and finding her poetry, where my girlfriend is the Darlene that skipped class, talked back to teachers and got into trouble. We both would surely be the crisis of Darlene’s mom’s concerns, us wearing all-black. My girlfriend and I both have similar bonds with our Midwest dads (Da Bears.) David’s shy boy attitude is something we’ve both related to at different points in our lives-I’d totally be that kid crying on a bucket in John Goodman‘s garage forcing a pep talk and a long hug. My girlfriend would be the David who keeps it at bay inside until it can’t be inside any longer. D&D challenged each other, found wit in the same sick, sad, weird stuff, and created cool things just knowing each other-soul mates.

Dana Piccoli: Xena and Gabrielle. I’m short and spunky and a total bard. My wife is a raven haired stoic hottie. There’s something about us together. We just bring out the best in each other. We are a total team too. I can’t imagine walking this earth or fighting the bad guys without her by my side.

Caitlin Bergh: I am Clarissa Explains it All and my hypothetical dream crush is that guy who climbs into the window because people breaking into your house is sexy. Also, I am Sabrina the Teenage Witch and my hypothetical dream crush is that talking cat, because CUTE. In conclusion, I am Melissa Joan Hart, and I like creeps.

Natasha Negovanlis: I usually self-identify as a “Mandler.” That is, a combination/love child of Monica and Chandler. But I do tend to lean towards being a Chandler when I am single (emotionally unavailable and always with the jokes) and a Monica when I am in a relationship. I cook a lot, get frighteningly domestic, am highly competitive on game nights, and will scrap with anyone who hurts m’lady.

Valerie Anne: I am Tess from Lip Service in that the closest thing to a girlfriend I have (and will probably ever have) are girls that make me forget how to string a sentence together who will never see me as more than a friend despite how much I pick apart every nice thing they ever say to me. Sometimes even despite actual kissing and such.

Grace Chu: Bert and Ernie. I laugh like Ernie, and my girlfriend collects sports equipment like Bert collects paper clips.

Lucy Hallowell: I asked my wife for her opinion, and she said “Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. We are wholesome, we like to ride the trolley, and sometimes I wish I could wear a sweater and no pants.

Lindsay King-Miller: My partner and I have talked about this extensively, over a period of several years, and determined that we are without a doubt Troy and Abed. Me: a total nerd who occasionally tries to be cool, and cries a lot. My partner: a total nerd who never tries to be cool, and is intensely analytical. Together: just the goofiest pair of nerds you’ve ever met. (In real life, I think we all know that Troy and Abed would totally be doin’ it.)

Chloe: Will and Grace. I’m Grace; she’s Will. However, in middle school, I looked at Karen and Emily Gilmore as paradigms of womanhood. Still kinda bummed my life didn’t work out like theirs.

What TV couple are you and your partner most like? (Exes or current crushes acceptable!)

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