Girlfriends, one of my favorite sitcoms, debuted in the fall of 2000 and had eight seasons. I was starting my freshman year of college when the story of Joan, Toni, Lynn and Maya began. I would catch episodes now and then, but didn’t fully get into the show as a must-watch-every-week fan until about 2005. By that time, I was in my early-twenties and looked at many of the situations, relationships and the friendships between the ladies, through that lens.

I’ve been watching the show over the past few months on Netflix and found myself more interested in many of the storylines and experiences of the characters because I had now experienced a lot of them myself. Here are four things I realized while watching Girlfriends in my 30s.