Francis: So how'd Trudy dump you?
Teddy: Did she let you down easy?
Nate: What! Whoa!
Nate: Trudy didn't dump ME! I dumped HER!
(Silent moment)
Teddy & Francis: RIIIIIIIIGHT!
Nate: I DID!
Ok so it never really felt like an actual relationship. When they got together, they hung out but it felt like more of a good friend relationship trying to be forced into a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship. She was even initially hesitant to date him because he was a sixth grader. Then they weren’t even really spending as much time together. Trudy constantly was around her friends rather than him and Nate constantly wanted to be around his friends rather than her, even when they were out together. They eventually broke up because she prefers to hang out with 7th graders, which was initially the problem. Nate is a 6th grader.
Y’all probably knew this, but there was a musical play done of Nate three years ago in the Washington, DC, area, which I totally missed somehow. Here’s a link with comment from Lincoln https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/big-nate-musical-debuts-encouraged-by-peanuts-lincoln-peirces-comic-strip-hit-comes-to-the-maryland-stage/2013/05/04/229d7b90-b4c3-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html
Nate would probably not have had an issue with missing his friends if he had fun at those things Trudy got him to, or he had spoken up to wanting to go to the cartoonist meetings.
Nate has loyalty to his friends, this is nice to see as they still divided their time when they had girlfriends. I’m still hoping that we will see them get back together. I think there were more good story lines and it would be cruel to bring them together just to break them up.
Best friends act like that because they can. They know you so well, they know exactly what buttons to push and how far they can push you. If Nate’s friends had been listening to him at all these last few week, they would know how miserable he has been for missing out on everything. All that for a girl who doesn’t even care about his feelings.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Poor Nate, noone will believe you in that regard. Going to take a lot of explaining at least.
Sparklz over 8 years ago
To me, they were never in a relationship to begin with
srmcd1 over 8 years ago
Thus reminding us that everyone in this strip is a jerk.
imagenesis over 8 years ago
Nate, you should know what to expect from your friends by now.
Eric Salinas Premium Member over 8 years ago
When a woman dumps a guy, she has a reason. When a guy dumps a woman, he’s an idiot.
Mr Nobody over 8 years ago
I saw it happen, and even I don’t believe him.
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Why are Francis and Teddy not believing Nate? He dumped Kelly in 2001 with a detention slip, and they believed him then.
King K. Rool over 8 years ago
Dee Dee is late!
TKGaming World over 8 years ago
HE DID omg i talk with the tv now i talk w/ comix
orbenjawell Premium Member over 8 years ago
You’ve known these guys like forever, Nate: Their assessments of your current condition are based on a humongous “pantload” of past evidence……
zobbes over 8 years ago
Boy, how long is going is he going to explain this?
Sparklz over 8 years ago
Ok so it never really felt like an actual relationship. When they got together, they hung out but it felt like more of a good friend relationship trying to be forced into a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship. She was even initially hesitant to date him because he was a sixth grader. Then they weren’t even really spending as much time together. Trudy constantly was around her friends rather than him and Nate constantly wanted to be around his friends rather than her, even when they were out together. They eventually broke up because she prefers to hang out with 7th graders, which was initially the problem. Nate is a 6th grader.
Cheedar over 8 years ago
http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1998/02/12This is where Francis and Teddy get their logic from
QuietStorm27 over 8 years ago
Nate could have street cred for life if he could just get people to believe that he Nate Wright actually dumped a pretty 7th grader!
Comic Minister Premium Member over 8 years ago
Nate is not joking!!!
Francis Butthurst Pope over 8 years ago
oh he was actually serious…oops lol
Rolf Rykken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Y’all probably knew this, but there was a musical play done of Nate three years ago in the Washington, DC, area, which I totally missed somehow. Here’s a link with comment from Lincoln https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/big-nate-musical-debuts-encouraged-by-peanuts-lincoln-peirces-comic-strip-hit-comes-to-the-maryland-stage/2013/05/04/229d7b90-b4c3-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html
gymnastic1210 over 8 years ago
The aftermath
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Nate would probably not have had an issue with missing his friends if he had fun at those things Trudy got him to, or he had spoken up to wanting to go to the cartoonist meetings.
cdwestman over 8 years ago
I think personally that Mr. Pierce would have designed Trudy so similar to Nate then have her just leave for good. But tante my opinion
Steven Wright over 8 years ago
Nate has loyalty to his friends, this is nice to see as they still divided their time when they had girlfriends. I’m still hoping that we will see them get back together. I think there were more good story lines and it would be cruel to bring them together just to break them up.
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
Best friends act like that because they can. They know you so well, they know exactly what buttons to push and how far they can push you. If Nate’s friends had been listening to him at all these last few week, they would know how miserable he has been for missing out on everything. All that for a girl who doesn’t even care about his feelings.
BorutoByakugan over 8 years ago
You can obviously tell trudy is selfish
BorutoByakugan over 8 years ago
You can obviously tell trudy is selfish
K M over 8 years ago
Just go back and read last week’s strips, guys. Jeez…
SuperJBoy1304 over 8 years ago
I’m pretty sure Nate regrets about going back to them. Nate misses them but when he gets back that’s what he gets!
Chad Applewhite over 7 years ago
Okay, Francis and Teddy have teased him a lot, but this is just mean. He just lost his girlfriend and his friends are still tormenting him???
mawperson about 7 years ago
Nate dumped Kelly too, Francis and Teddy probably just trying to make Nate feel bad.
TottenhamFan over 6 years ago
I had three girlfriends. I broke up with all of them, not the other way around.
ComicRater about 6 years ago
Wow, Francis and Teddy are jerks.
ComicFan4Life over 4 years ago
It is kinda hard to believe.
ND Cool Z over 4 years ago
C’mon, Nate just broke up with Trudy and his so-called friends Francis and Teddy are twisting the story. Give him a break, guys!
Arcery about 4 years ago
Where’s Dee Dee when you need her?
hockey man almost 4 years ago
He did you morons
Spitsy the dumb dog about 3 years ago
Its true he dumped trudy
n8torious (Daily comic reviewer) about 3 years ago
Why is it so unbelievable?