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Don't you think it's ironic that...


...a lot of jokes were made about Kelly being with lots of guys and about Bud not being able to get a girlfriend, yet Bud was seen with quite a lot of girls on the show and Kelly was not shown with that many men.

Kelly didn't have a long term boyfriend on the show. Bud was shown on the show with quite a number of women and he also had something going with Marcy's niece Amber.

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True, Kelly could have still been a virgin for all we know. There was a lot of irony on the show:

Al always having money in his wallet, despite always complaining about being broke

Marcy considering pretty boy Jefferson to be the better of her two husbands, while implying that the nerdier Steve was the better lover

The Bundy family living in a two-story house, despite Al having a minimum wage job and being the only one working

Al being disinterested in Peg while checking out women who were less attractive than Peg

Peg making fun of Al's performance in the bedroom, yet when they did "go upstairs", she always seemed to enjoy it

Al always gesturing/speaking about wanting to die, but panicking when it almost happens

Jefferson making fun of Marcy's looks (usually behind her back), yet frequently showing a desire to be intimate with her

The Rhodes/D'Arcys criticizing the way the Bundys live, yet always showing up at their place

Al complaining about Peg not cooking, but never eating whenever she does make food

Kelly being brain-dead at times, all the while still being able to make a clever quip/joke at Bud's expense

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Al being disinterested in Peg while checking out women who were less attractive than Peg


Who? All the girls Al ever checked out were downright smoking hot, unlike Peg.

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I thing Peggy was pretty hot!

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Ok ok, maybe shes not ugly, but most of the girls Al was checking out were models.

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Bud may have met a lot of girls but they all treated him like crap and usually dumped him after one date.

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Kelly was not shown with that many men.


Are you kidding? Kelly practically had a different guy in each episode. She definitely had more guys than Bud has girls - not even close.

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I think he just means that the girls Bud was with were shown more. Yes he failed most of the times, but they were shown more times.

I guess it's not a good point, as there was no reason to keep showing Kelly's 'boyfriends' every time, while it made sense to actually show Bud getting rejected

A good death is its own reward

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Kelly was a virgin but her other two holes got quite a workout!

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