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** The only other guy in town worth a damn is Jughead, and he's more interested in hamburgers than romance. If he ever alters his policy on dames, they might have someone to dump Archie ''for''.
** Uh, both of the girls also date other guys on occasion. Betty less so, but Veronica dates Reggie at least as much as Archie dates Betty, and she's usually more callous about it, often deliberately and mean-spiritedly rubbing Archie's nose in whatever made her pick Reggie as a date over him. Betty's also done the same thing, with Reggie as well, just less often since it's generally agreed she's supposed to be the nice one. If Archie's a "flip-flopping, two-timing, pseudo-cheating doofus", then Betty and Veronica are "flip-flopping, two-timing, pseudo-cheating bimbos".
*** Every time Veronica dumps Archie and dates Reggie, [[Jerkass|she is painfully reminded why it was a bad idea to dump Archie and date Reggie]]. Not a huge mystery why she keeps going back. As to why Archie keeps taking her back? Well, we already covered the part where he's a doofus with low willpower.
*** In Betty's defense Archie is 'officially' Veronica's girlfriend the majority of the time, not hers, so she is allowed to date other people when that happens. Veronica... we could be charitable and say that she only dates Reggie when Archie has temporarily dumped her for Betty. Or we could make the less generous assumption. But really, it doesn't matter; the only people who actually get a vote as to what is 'cheating' in their relationship or not are the people involved in those relationships, and Veronica, Archie, and Betty are clearly deciding to put up with the whole thing despite everyone involved knowing about everyone else. If anybody has a legitimate complaint here about being two-timed its Reggie, but since he is a total asshole, who cares?
* I've never understood the whole Betty vs. Veronica debate to begin with. Okay, maybe the comic medium is obscuring the fact that Veronica is actually more beautiful, but then again, they've pointed out that Betty can sub for Ronnie in a pinch using just a wig. Aside from appearance, you have personality. Now, Archie's a good ol' boy who almost certainly is headed for eventual marriage and family. And if you take a good look at his choices, only one of the girls is going to make a loving wife and caring mother. Short of an act of God, Veronica couldn't possibly fulfill Archie's future needs, so why keep chasing her?
** Just to clarify the bad match: Veronica is always conscious of status, class, and money; Archie is never comfortable in any situation involving these qualities, and is always relieved to find a way out of the social engagements Veronica ropes him into. Barring some adolescent pranks, Archie is fairly bad at deception and manipulation, whereas Veronica is a consummate pro, frequently using her considerable resources to push Archie into a situation that suits her desires (sometimes in direct conflict with Archie's own desires). I could go on. Why would any man date a woman like that? This is what baffles me.
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