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Neal being a douche, let me count the ways....


1) His reason why he stole the girl from the lifeguard
2) "Are you majoring in English?"
3) "If your parents think you're with me, they'll be the happiest parents at "Kellerman's
4) Constantly talking down to Johnny in regards to something he has no clue about (dancing)

So many others. Such a douche.

"Oh my God! You put a living room where the crack den used to be!"

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Seriously! I love to hate him.

I love the "majoring in English" part. Remember at that time most women majored in English, most became teachers or married off and never used their education.

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Neal- "Where's Penny?"
Johnny-"What do you mean 'Where's Penny?' She's taking a break, she needs a break"
Neal-"So long as its not an all-night break"

As bad as Johnny and the guys were discriminated against for being poor, Penny and the girls most likely got it the worst because rich idiots like Neal would view them as 'loose' or 'easy' women. Hence Neal's arrogant assumption that Penny's break was just an excuse to go and sleep around with the guys.

Taking all of that into account one can understand Penny's desperation when she found out she was pregnant, everyone already assumed she was a slut, now they would have an excuse to treat her like one. Poor Penny, she was the poor girl who got knocked up by the rich boy...who would ever take her side over his in those days?

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Yep. So sad. Those are the reasons im glad we've changed...we meaning society

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He was fine. Can't STAND and BEAR "Baby" though...
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I hated the, "I'm sorry you had to see that Baby. Sometimes, in this world, you see things that you don't want to see."

I thought Baby was gonna try to rip his head off.

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Yeah, she looks at him like, "you're really talking to me like I'm an actual baby?"

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that was brilliant. she wasn't going to fall for that rubbish

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so patronising. glad she gave him that look

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Yeah but wasn't he joining in at the end - doing the "dirty" dance with Mrs Houseman? Or maybe I'm wrong.

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Yes that was Neal dancing with Marjorie at the final dance.

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Thought so, thanks! 

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Robbie was worse though...

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