What is happening? why are we hating Penny? All i wanted was to be her, but I’m sure I was Polly. But I mostly hated Nancy. If you rewatch the series she is so narcissistic, self serving and manipulative. rewatching the series as an adult I hate her even more. but why are we hating on positive traits? And if you had this feeling since a child, it’s a little bit concerning. Maybe you had this type of perfect classmates and your parents compared you to them? So you feel like you were never good enough (just a suspicion). i had a “penny type” in middle school and she was just a genius with musical and art talents that the parents always compared us to. But my mom giggles when se remembers that one time I shut her up saying: “maybe if i had her parents, I would be a perfect 10 student as well”. we all loved her and even the bullies respected her and wanted to be friends with her because we all recognized that she is not only talented, but also has superior IQ, humble and incredibly charitable. I just became the funny, sporty girl and we are still friends almost 20 years later.