the continual upgrade

although gilmore girls has been off the air now for 3 years (so sad), whenever i catch an old episode on tv, it makes my day.  yesterday's episode featured both dean and logan and it made me think...which boyfriend was rory's best??

throughout the series she had 3 serious boyfriends...

option number 1:  the perpetual good guy/boy next door:  dean forester. 

photo via share tv

with the small town charm, dean was head over heels since the moment he met her.  besides his minor crisis when he married lindsey (what was he thinking??), dean was by far the most loyal and committed to rory.

option number 2: the brooding, so jaded and way too cute jess mariano.  

photo via crushable

jess and rory had obvious chemistry, perhaps because alexis bedel  and milo ventimiglia dated in real life for several years.  it was strong enough to pull rory away from her first love, dean.  i remember thinking that jess was pretty much perfect for rory - he shared her love for reading, brought her out of her comfort zone, and made her life more exciting with a few car accidents (ok so maybe this wasn't his best trait...)  regardless, jess was just oh so cute and i remember being so sad when he left on that bus without saying bye.  (not a smooth move jess.)

and the final option: logan huntzberger - adorable, witty, and loaded: all the characteristics of the ideal college boyfriend.  

photo via oy with the poodles already

rory and logan had the cutest flirty banter throughout the series and his nickname for her "ace" made me wish that my boyfriend would give me an equally adorable nickname.  alas, when rory's graduation rolled around, she decided to turn down his marriage proposal for a job campaigning with the obama administration.  perhaps rory is a staff-assistant now at the white house...and call me lame, but i like to pretend that maybe a few years down the road, once rory got the chance to be on her own, her and rory would have gotten back together if the show was still on tv. 


for those of you who aren't gilmore girl fans - check them out on netflix or go to your nearest redbox and get all of the seasons, they are too good for anyone to miss. 

for those of you who are avid fans, who is your favorite bf?  it seems like rory had a constant upgrade from each boyfriend...not that dean was a bad place to start.