User blog comment:MHS0501/Who in your opinion is a Writers Pet?/@comment-4742462-20160712140526/@comment-27447405-20160714153914

Thats very true. There were a lot of similarities in them. The girl was overbearing while the guy was a pushover for example, and theyre both on and off again relationships.

Both of the girls are over-competitive and brash, but there's a few differences bwtween Stephanie and Courtney, Stephanie showed a few instances of being a caring girlfriend outside the competition while Courtney only did so before Action. Stephanie was also a much bigger hypocrite then Courtney and failed to back up any of her claims. Not to mention Stephanie owned up to her s**t while Courtney never did. Since Stephanie showed a few moments of being a nice girl to Ryan its implied she just let the competition get the best of her. While Courtney always lets the competition get the better of her, meaning she puts the money before her friends, boyfriend, and even before herself.

Duncan and Ryan have very few similarities other then being a pushover to their girlfriend. Duncan is a jerk with a heart of gold while Ryan was a nice guy who was a bit more cowardly. Ryan also ended up standinh up to his girlfriend while Duncan never did.

In the end the Daters are implied to be a stronger relationship; Stephanie realized how awful she was to him while Ryan stood up to her finally. While the don joke "that's gonna work out" was pretty funny I still think their relationship ended smoothly, while Duncney was too dysfunctional to ever work out.