In hindsight, Patti clearly reciprocated Doug's feelings

When I was younger, I never got some of the subtle implications that Patti felt the same way about him (though probably not in the "obsessed" manner he did).

I mean, sure there was the "date" episode (with the implication at the end that it WAS a date), obviously, and I picked up on that back then....but here are a couple of other ones I noticed:

-In "Doug's Huge Zit," when he shows up at the costume party with a mask and BeeBee doesn't recognize that it's him with Skeeter, she tells Skeeter that Patti is hiding out because she's embarrassed about a bad haircut. She finishes by saying, "please don't tell Doug"...implying Patti cared specifically what Doug thought about her.

-In "Doug Tips the Scale," when they're all role playing...and Doug says he's "Ronald Wisenheimer," at the end, Patti, by herself, sort of breaking the 4th wall, says she's "Rhonda Wisenheimer."