Dean was a great first boyfriend

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Hello! so it is time for another musing on the much-loved; or love-hated show, The Gilmore Girls. This time, it is one of the first significant character we meet in the series, Dean Forester, played by Jared Padlecki (yes the guy from Supernatural). Well, Dean is Rory Gilmore's first boyfriend. She nearly forgoes Chilton for him (this is, however, highly debatable, it could even have been the money issue). Their meet-cute is rather sweet-- high-school, she drops books, he helps her. Them eventually getting together isn't immediate, making the pair quite endearing. 

Their time together is sweet too, a bit nauseatingly so. But, it is how a first boyfriend, a first relationship is supposed to be too. They hang out nearly everyday together, until, the three-month mark, when he says that he loves her. She freezes and runs away and this, naturally breaks his heart. And, both of them are in the right here. it is natural to feel hurt when one person professes love and the other doesn't reciprocate; it is also a bit much to expect a 16-year-old girl, or anyone to be ready to say 'I love you', just because you've been together for a certain amount of time and you happened to say it first.

The time apart, gives them some perspective, it also makes Dean more attached to Rory, which is irritating, but understandable. But, then comes in Jess, the bad boy, the cute, but rough around the edges teen, with a brooding demeanour; a well-read brooding teen. Sigh! and Rory falls for him, this is natural too. We've all have been attracted to at least one bad boy in our lifetimes. This drives Dean a bit nuts for obvious reasons (Rory, now attracted to Jess, is unconsciously paying less attention to Dean). again, this is understandable-- she likes books, Jess likes books, they have much in common; whereas Dean is a jock, a sports star.

He (Dean) gets increasingly jealous and even seeks out Lorelai's help on the matter. And while this may seem a bit off-putting, it comes from a point of intense care towards Rory and intense insecurity regarding Rory's affection towards him-- not a great combination. But, the feelings were valid. For, first, Rory is cute and has a good heart and is kind and sees the good in others, she's a catch, kind of. Rory also made him feel welcome when he was new to Stars Hollow, so extra brownie points for that. it's unlikely a buy is going to forget that soon (we'll come back to this later).

 All in all, in Dean's defence, him being insecure about Rory and borderline clingy, wasn't wrong and doesn't make him a lame person. Dean was truly a great first boyfriend a girl could ask for.

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