That post brings back frustrating memories of my childhood, whenever a girl was getting on my nerves, my mom would ALWAYS say, "Aw, she's doing that because she likes you!" Ugh! I hated when she would say that!
I don't really ship anymore (OCD fans have killed shipping for me), but I never really saw the Arthur/Sue Ellen pairing myself, though I understand Marc Brown created Sue Ellen based on a girl he once had a crush on... I think I said it in another thread, but I see Binky/Sue Ellen as being more logical, they really seem to have a unique friendship, based on some episodes: Sue Ellen was the only one willing to stand up to Binky when he used to be a bully; Binky knows not to push Sue Ellen too far; when Sue Ellen wanted a sibling, she first sought out Binky as a big brother; when Sue Ellen lost her diary, Binky assumed she wrote about having feelings for him; they seemed to have subtle little moments in "What Scared Sue Ellen?" (also notice after Sue Ellen decided to face whatever it was scaring them in the woods, Binky was the first, and only one, she called up).
But, I'm getting off topic, I just happened to think, wasn't there an episode from the first couple of seasons where Arthur had this hideous new sweater that an aunt knitted for him or something, and Francine tried to NOT make fun of him about it? And I just remembered too, there was the whole Mr. Puffy coat that Arthur felt humiliated about wearing, until Prunella mentioned how she loved THE TERRIFIC 3 comic book.