Of course there were other factors like Nigel but the breaking point was the realization that she had betrayed Emily and that was something that clearly went against her own moral code. She’s literally “lecturing” Miranda on how wrong she thinks what Miranda did to Nigel is and then the moment she realizes she did the exact same thing to Emily she just can’t stand it anymore. She literally throws away all her months of hard work because she couldn’t stand to know the job turned her into someone who betrayed their loved ones for her own benefit.

“Because I’m, like, persona non grata, that’s why.”

“Not to me.”

is. CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CRAZY THAT IS. CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW EMILY JUST NEARLY STOLE AWAY THE JOB MIRANDA DEDICATED HER ENTIRE LIFE TO AND CONSEQUENTLY PUT ANDY’S ASS ON THE LINE TO AND ANDY STILL DIDN’T THINK ANYTHING BAD OF HER.

Andy is the only person other than Miranda that actually had the right to think of Emily as “persona non grata” for the shit she pulled and she DOESN’T. And she has no reason to because it’s not like Emily has been the nicest to her or like they were friends. She just likes Emily that much. And she thinks Emily is going to get her shot at being whatever it is she wants to be. And she hears Emily say she screwed up and all she says is that it’s ok and that everyone screws up. EVEN THO EMILY LITERALLY BACKSTABBED BOTH HER AND HER BOSS.

Andy

Has a wedding officiant license

Picked up a film photography side hobby when she was living all over the world because she wanted to take pictures of the places she went to

Middle child

Used to play football* when she was in middle school and sometimes still gets together with some friends to play random matches for fun

Collects vinyl. Yes I think she’s pretentious like that

Used to write fanfiction when she was in hs/college. Was really good at it too

Diet Coke addict

Emily

Insanely good at drawing and painting which she picked up during high school

Did not play about a fever you can’t sweat out by panic at the disco circa 2006

On that topic, has an old emo rock cd collection. She doesn’t add to it anymore cuz it’s 20 years old but she never gets rid of it and revisits them from time to time.

Amazing cook

Is really annoying when it comes to ordering things out at restaurants. Think Sally from when Harry met Sally.

Is strangely good with shit like biology and chemistry. Wanted to major in something science related when she was younger but ultimately decided she wanted to work in fashion. Is not quite sure what the pipeline was. It is very useful when it comes to helping her kids with homework.

Doesn’t want to go to therapy but has been keeping journals pretty much her entire adult life. Finds her journal from 2006 and there are a billion pages just complaining about Andy.

Is touchy when she’s comfortable with someone. Clingy drunk with Andy specifically

HATES loud noises

Gets overwhelmed very easily

Mindlessly hums while getting things done around her house

Sachston

They LOVE trying out new restaurants and bars together

They also love going to Broadway shows together. Emily is more of a play girlie but Andy converts her to the world of musicals. Especially Sondheim

Emily is always stressing over Andy’s sleeping habits and always reminding her to drink water and eat something when Andy’s working on a big work project. Emily had to stop with her own crazy habits because of her kids.

They share clothes a lot (or rather Emily shares her clothes with Andy because she would never put on anything on Andy’s wardrobe)

Big cuddlers. 90% of the time when they’re at home they will be snuggled together somewhere

Emily is still “mean” to Andy even after they get together. Not as much as she used to be before then but she still will not let Andy catch a break (all in good fun though ofc)

Andy’s love languages are physical touch and words of affirmation. Emily’s are gift giving and quality time.

They can read each other very well and sometimes will just sit in comfortable silence after one of them has a bad day at work

Weekly movie nights. Sometimes with the kids and sometimes just by themselves. Emily is always extremely critical of the movies they watch

Emily reads out some of her old journal entries complaining abt Andy during their wedding vows

Emily says she wants to read her vows first because Andy’s a writer and Em wants to delay crying all her makeup off. She starts crying during her own vows so it’s pointless

I’ve said this one before but big spoon Emily and little spoon Andy. Though I do think they switch it around sometimes

Bonus: Bronwyn brings home a stray cat and Emily is vehemently against the idea of keeping the thing but Andy and the kids gang up on her so the cat stays. Her name is something utterly ridiculous the kids picked out. She tries to avoid the cat as much as it can but the fucking cat chooses her and eventually she grows awfully attached to it. Andy gets fake jealous over how much attention Emily gives the cat. The cat is ginger because of course it is.

The difference between them is that Emily apparently only rambles to someone she’s comfortable with