The Pop Site's daily question reminded me of one of the greatest relationships of a Nickelodeon raised kid's formative years - the tumultuous relationship between Arnold and Helga from
Hey Arnold!If you're not familiar with their story, Helga crushed on Arnold from afar but was consistently cold and rude to him, regularly commenting on his football-shaped head and making fun of him and his friends.
Arnold says that he knows Helga is a good person despite her mean demeanor, but he didn't show an interest in her romantically, probably because all she did was talk trash about him and to him.
This theme comes up a lot in pop culture, especially teen comedies - because a character can't find the courage to tell a person how he or she really feels, he/she will be horrible to the object of affection in hopes of wooing him or her.
Have you ever been mean to someone in hopes of making him or her like you romantically?
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Oh good grief. That's my entire dating history, in one post.
Lol. When I was in elementary school, my friends and I used to chase J around the playground and knock him down. Then my friends would hold him on the ground while I kicked dirt in his face. It wasn't because I liked him, though.
Hehe. No, not really. There was this guy I sorta had a crush on. My friends knew it and I'd deny it and talk bad behind his back, even if I didn't really mean it. To his face I was a total sweetheart. He was very into me.........and a BUNCH of other girls hahaha!
In elementary school. =p
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Yup, when I was 12, I had a huge crush on this boy in my class. He sat right across from me and we'd always tease and punch each other on the arm. We were only aggressive like that towards each other lol but nothing really came out of it in the end. I think he later dropped outta high school cuz he was doing drugs.
Not since elementary school...
something similar, but not because I was trying to win him over, more because I was afraid if I showed my real feelings I'd get rejected, so I pretended like his opinion of me didn't matter and that I thought he was as low as I figured he thought I was. If that made any sense.
yes. but only when i was in elementary school
Classic show. And then Nickelodeon had to go all iCarly on our asses.
Nope. More like this guy was a jerk to me. Kicked him right in the shin ;D. But then again, we were in 5th grade. And now, he's apparently a real ladies man. Haha.
I miss Hey Arnold!
I always thought Helga needed to wax that unibrow. It drove me crazy. Maybe it was her insecurity with that brow that made her mean.
i love Hey Arnold!!! and all cartoons :p
and neva did a helga thing lol...if i was mean to a person haha it probably bcoz i dont like him not the other way round
Yeah, when I was like seven.
1. hey arnold was an amazing show growing up.
2. i have done this before but not too recently.
yeah =/ middle school.
Actually, I haven't. I've never considered talking trash about somebody a good way to make them like me romantically. Plus, think of the way people talk trash today.
"HAHA, that *** throws like a ******* girl! He needs to go suck a **** and find out what it's like to be a ******* man! HAHA, that boy is so fine. Look at his ****** ******* football shaped head, *****! Wouldn't you wanna tap that?!"
No way.
No.
hehe yup i remember the days
not so much anymore
xD Briefly in H.S
Helga was hilarious!! Â I'm sure I've been mean to the object on my desires before but the trick is to do it in a flirting way!
I love Hey Arnold! :D
And, no.. I was never like that. I was the opposite, I was always nice to the guy I liked. This actually lead me to a good relationships with them.
Oh, they were destined for love!
hmm oh but of course!
lol in high school I did... cause I was def. insecure and when a guy showed the least bit of interest in me I would be mean and cold and ignore him... yeah I suggest to never use that approach if you really actually might WANT to date the guy... cause you will never get him like that =]
and hey arnold is awesome... helga was hilarious lol.
@ChristieOriley@xanga - Same here. I tried to reject him (multiple times) before he could reject me. Not the smartest thing I ever did, but it was my defense mechanism.