It's tough to think of a more popular TV grapheme than Rory Gilmore. Played by Alexis Bledel, Lorelai's intelligent daughter is sweet, motivated, determined, and loyal.Gilmore Girlswouldn't be the same beloved TV series without Rory's do-gooder nature and love for the people of Stars Hollow.

But despite her want to e'er do the right thing and make people happy, Rory does mess up quite a few times over the vii seasons that the show aired for. In that location are many decisions she makes that would be considered very irresponsible in 2020, so permit's take a expect.

10 Assumes She Tin can Beget An Ivy League Education

When viewers run into Rory and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) in theGilmore Girlspilot, 1 matter is crystal clear: Rory will go to an Ivy League school. Or more specifically, Rory volition go to Harvard. She'due south got the memorabilia plastered beyond her bedroom walls and the practiced grades to brand this happen.

Only how is she going to pay for information technology? When Rory gets into Chilton, Lorelai begs her parents for money, simply no 1 discusses how Rory could mayhap pay for an Ivy League education. Rory assumes that this will just piece of work itself out, and she would never be so cavalier about it today.

9 Steals A Boat

It's pretty horrible when Rory steals a boat in the flavor 5 finale, as fans definitely didn't call back that this was the right way to act.

If this happened today, Rory would face a much greater punishment than she the one she receives. Instead, she leaves college for a while, lives at her grandparents' fancy house, and even graduates from Yale with no issues at all. Rory would never get abroad with this now.

8 Sleeps With A Married Man

Rory justifies the fact that she sleeps with a husband by telling her mom that it's Dean (Jared Padalecki), her first love, so somehow that makes it alright.

Simply that'due south simply non the case, and Rory starting an matter with someone who is already married is something that would never fly today. It'south very strange that she doesn't see why this is so wrong, and continues to see him.

7 Messes Upwardly An Important Internship Yet Isn't Told To Exit Right Away

Rory messes up the internship that she takes with Logan's (Matt Czuchry) father, Mitchum (Gregg Henry), by wandering around like she's totally lost. She doesn't talk to anyone, she has no idea what she'due south supposed to be doing, and the whole affair is a disaster.

The pressure to perform in the workplace is much more intense today, and if Rory acted this way now, she would be fired right abroad. There'southward no manner that she would be allowed to complete her internship. It's just at the end that Mitchum says she'll never be a practiced announcer, but why doesn't he discover how bad she is at the beginning?

vi Never Tells Anyone How She Feels

Rory goes through life without actually telling anyone how she feels. She doesn't allow her grandma know that she's not interested in a huge fancy altogether party in season 1, and she acts pretty wimpy the residue of the serial, too.

If Rory was on a TV show in 2020, many adults, from her mom to her teacher, would tell her that she can't be and then shy and quiet. She would be told to own up to what she wants.

five Leads Marty On

Leading someone on is never cool, and unfortunately, Rory does this at Yale with her friend Marty (Wayne Wilcox). She definitely knows that he's in dearest with her, but she continues to hang out with him because she likes the attention.

Today, someone would call Rory out, or she would have a more nuanced agreement of the rules of relationships.

iv Misses A Test And Yells At Her Teacher

Rory tin can't believe that she sleeps in and misses a huge English language test ⁠— and hits a deer ⁠— but what'south even worse is that she yells at teacher Max Medina (Scott Cohen).

This would never fly today. Rory would get in so much more than trouble than she really does. Max is actually pretty understanding and she gets some other run a risk to redeem herself, but since Chilton is such a pressure cooker of an environment, it'southward hard to come across him existence so lenient today.

iii Stops Talking To Her Mom

It's really difficult to believe that Rory would stop talking to Lorelai in the sixth season. She knows that Lorelai is a  unmarried mom who has sacrificed everything and moved mountains to brand Rory's life practiced.

Today, Rory would look similar a spoiled brat for making this determination, and she would treat her mother much meliorate.

two Doesn't Attend Her Mom's Graduation Ceremony

It'south astonishing when Lorelai graduates from business school and Rory doesn't go to the ceremony. This would never wing today. Rory would never call up that she could actually exercise this, as she has ever been her mom'due south biggest support system and vice versa.

Everyone would have a big problem with Rory's actions, and the fallout would be long-lasting.

1 Goes To New York To Run into Jess

When Rory goes to New York to see Jess (Milo Ventimiglia), she'southward a teenage girl traveling to a huge metropolis by herself. This doesn't seem similar a great idea as she's young, naive, and has never left her tiny boondocks of Stars Hollow.

This definitely wouldn't fly today, as Rory would become in trouble, and she might not feel emboldened plenty to make this determination.

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