Editing Edna Krabappel (section)

==Love life==
A recurring theme is Edna's desire for a romantic partner. She is divorced; in "[[Separate Vocations]]", she implies that her husband left her for their marriage counselor with whom he had an affair. In early episodes, she is shown as very sexually aggressive and promiscuous: in "[[Flaming Moe's]]", she is shown with her arms around two sailors in the parody of the famous ''[[Cheers]]'' theme, and tries to pick up [[Aerosmith]] drummer [[Joey Kramer]] and [[Homer Simpson]], even after learning he is married and is Bart's father. In "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]", while the children are watching an unseen explicit scene in ''Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What'', a [[sex ed]] film, she says to the children in disgust, "She's faking it". In the same episode, [[Nelson Muntz]] asks why she does not live with "Mr. Krabappel"; she tells him that her ex-husband "chased something small and fluffy down the rabbit hole". In "[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]", she has a "hot encounter" with a local [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[sushi]] chef in the backseat of her car.

The episode "[[Bart the Lover]]" was the first episode to give Edna a central role, and also to expand her character and personality. In the episode, she has a [[personal ad]] placed in the newspaper so she can find a man. The advertisement is answered by Bart – under the alias of "Woodrow", a seemingly perfect male lover named after former President [[Woodrow Wilson]] – as a prank. This results in a cycle of romantic letters between both Edna and "Woodrow". Intending to finish the prank, Bart invites Edna to the Gilded Truffle Restaurant so she can meet with Woodrow. Edna waits expectantly for Woodrow, but is heartbroken after he does not appear. With his family's help, Bart writes a goodbye letter to Edna as Woodrow, satisfying her.

Edna appears to be desired by many men (and in one case even women, when [[Patty Bouvier]] once had a sexual fantasy with Edna), as seen in [[Sideshow Bob]]'s outrage (in "[[Brother from Another Series]]") wherein his romantic date with her is ruined by a spying Bart: "You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel!"

Another theme is her relationship with the school principal, [[Seymour Skinner]]. In the episode "[[Grade School Confidential]]", she develops a secret romance with Skinner, a relationship that almost leads to marriage. In the episode "[[Special Edna]]", Skinner [[Marriage proposal|proposes]] to Edna, to which she agrees. However, in the episode "[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]", Edna leaves Skinner at the altar after realizing that he doesn't want to marry her. Since then, Edna's attitudes to Skinner have vacillated between passion and disdain in various episodes. In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', she can be seen at the [[Green Day]] concert on top of Seymour's shoulders wearing a T-shirt saying "Not my boyfriend" with an arrow pointing down at Skinner.

In season 17 ("[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"), a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] showed that Edna was in a serious relationship with [[Moe Szyslak]] when she first moved to Springfield, before meeting Skinner or even becoming a teacher. She was about to elope with him, but then changed her mind when she met [[Bart Simpson]], a student she believed needed help. Consequently, Moe breaks up with her. At the end of the episode, Moe and Edna are a couple once again, much to Skinner's jealousy when he catches them making out on school property. In "[[Regarding Margie]]", she and Principal Skinner are seen making love on a golf course. Then he climbs off and she says, "Birthday is over, Seymour", and lights up a cigarette.

Edna is in a relationship with Ned Flanders. During the 22nd episode of the 22nd season, "[[The Ned-Liest Catch]]", Ned and Edna began dating (Though the two have dated previously in the episode "[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]"). The fate of the couple was left to a fan vote, to be revealed during the 23rd season opener. When "[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]" debuted, it revealed that the fans voted in favor of the relationship. At the close of the episode, a disclaimer appeared on screen which stated – "What our fans have joined together, let no writer rip asunder". It is also revealed in "The Ned-Liest Catch" that she has "dated" in addition to Skinner, [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Lenny and Carl#Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], [[Lenny and Carl#Carl Carlson|Carl]], [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Joey Kramer]], [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Cletus Spuckler]], and several others.

It is revealed in the episode "[[Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda]]" that Edna and Ned married in secret (although she continues to use her first married name, Krabappel, as a teacher), and the town throws them a proper reception. In the episode "[[Left Behind (The Simpsons)|Left Behind]]", Ned took a teaching job as a way to honor Edna's memory after she dies. In the 30th-season episode, "[[My Way or the Highway to Heaven]]", Edna is seen in heaven next to George Washington while Maude Flanders is seen next to Abraham Lincoln.