A matsayin yarinya, Phoebe ya zauna a arewacin New York tare da mahaifiyarta, har sai da ta kashe kanta kuma Phoebe ya fita zuwa tituna. Ta rubuta kuma ta raira waƙoƙin waƙoƙinta, ta bi kanta a guitar. Tana da tagwayen tagwaye mai suna Ursula, wanda ke raba halayen Phoebe. Phoebe yana da dangantaka mai tsanani guda uku a lokacin wasan kwaikwayon: David, masanin kimiyya, a cikin kakar daya, wanda ta rabu da shi lokacin da ya koma Minsk a kan tallafin bincike; Gary, wani jami'in 'yan sanda wanda ta sami lambar, a kakar biyar; da kuma dangantaka da Mike Hannigan a kakar tara da goma. A kakar tara, Phoebe da Mike sun rabu saboda sha'awarsa ba su da aure.
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