Joy can see the good in people, and saw the sweetness to BoB that most other girls would shy away from (due to BoB's slug-like appearance). Despite their strong love and friendship, the relationship was fated not to last. BoB left the country to find himself, leaving Joy to fend for herself against the sea of male suitors.  A lot of men thought that if she dated a guy like BoB, she would certainly go out with them.

Joy enjoys working on computers, but doesn't trust on-line chatting.  She has had a few bad experiences with it in the past.

Her love of computers has helped her quite a bit during one of her little problems... Joy's fur is pink during only three of the four seasons. During winter, her pink fur sheds away, leaving nothing but white. During these times of year, Joy liked to be alone (Her friends found out about this in the year 2000.  Before, it seems that Joy would always be away with relatives during the holidays).  Joy's eyes are naturally red, but she used to wear green contract lenses. 

Since then, she has slowly accepted herself.  Facing her problems has taken a toll on her once bubbly personality. She is more somber now.  Breaking up with her long-time boyfriend, then immediately bleaching herself white (during Spring) hasn't helped much.

After graduating from High School, Joy moved into a dorm room shared with Blue Deiter, where she would live for the next two years.  After Joy got her Associate degree, she decided to move into a career in the medical feild.  However...

Joy thought she found true love with her doctor boyfriend Ferdinand Fitzgerald.  Ferdinand even helped Joy move into a place of her own and was going to help pay for her schooling as a nurse (not to mention the fact that he also gave her a job at his practice).  Joy was having problems coming to terms that her newfound independence was only through the aid of another, which made her question the sincerity of their relationship.

However, Joy was never given the chance to decide if her relationship with Ferdinand was the right thing. He broke up with her because his mother told him to.

Needless to say, this put Joy's life into a tailspin.  She lost her job at her ex's practice, her apartment and decided not to go to medical school.

For a time Joy lived in the Namir's spare bedroom, but after realizing she depended on men to make major decisions for her more often than not, she decided it was time to move on her own.  At the end, she compromised on her original idea and now rents a house with her friend Blue.  She's currently attending college and works as a Kingergarten teacher at Little Oak Elementary. 

Despite all this, Joy is still a rock of sanity for all her friends and is the most dependable.