Friends co-creator says there's "no way" a reunion would be satisfying 

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Marta Kauffman, who co-created the sitcom in 2004, said a return to the show would "never happen" during an interview with

When asked if fans ever nag her for a reunion, she said: "Yes. They nag me all the time about it and my answer is that

was a show about that time in your life when your friends are your family, and in a weird way, this isn\'t that different."

She added: "Once you start having family of your own, it changes, and the show was over.

"A show has a lifespan, I believe, and there\'s no reason to continue doing it just because people miss the characters."

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Kauffman went on to say: "Watch the old ones, there is no way we could win that. And there\'s no way it would be satisfying and it\'ll never happen. We\'ll never do it."

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