Ask Him Out Anyway, Even Though it's Not Sadie Hawkins Day
And I believed it all these years, until yesterday .
Sadie Hawkins was a character created by Al Capp in the comic strip Li'l Abner. Poor Sadie was described as "the homeliest gal in the hills" and because she couldn't get a date, her father, a prominent citizen in the town of Dogpatch, named a day after her so she could go and get herself a man. On Sadie Hawkins Day, a footrace was held so the women could pursue the town's eligible bachelors.
I was all set to write about today being Sadie Hawkins Day but when I checked into it, the Li'l Abner website sets the record straight - Sadie Hawkins Day is an unspecified date in November which Al Capp observed in his comic strip for four decades.
Many people still believe that today is Sadie Hawkins Day, so if it helps you get up the courage to ask that special someone out, pretend like I didn't tell you. I won't say anything.
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