It has been suggested that Spongebob and Patrick are gay lovers. And I can definitely see that as a possibility.
And if they are, Spongebob and Patrick have the most wholesome romance that American television has known since the beginning of the 90's.
Spongebob as a show is about nothing if not characters being like family and accepting each other's flaws in wholesome, healthy relationships.
We should all have friends like that.
And if, as some have suggested, Ernie and Bert are lovers, it is with the same kind of wholesome relationship.
Ernie and Bert may as well have been models for the wholesomeness of the entire Spongebob show!
Let's all be like Spongebob and Patrick, and accept each other's flaws and be friends anyway, even with neighbors as grumpy and no-fun as Squidward!
God knows the Squidwards in America right now (2024) need it badly!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson