"" (FGT 91). Idgie had already lost the first love in life, her brother Buddy Threadgoode, and she was not about ready to lose Ruth. One can understand being upset at having a friend leave, but to get as upset as Idgie gets, shows that they are much more than friends. .
Idgie loves Ruth more than anything in the world. So much in fact, that she travels all the way to Georgia once a month just to see her; not talk to her, just to see if she is all right. Then, one day, she finally gets the courage to talk to Ruth and she lets Ruth know how she feels. .
"[Idgie] said, Look, I don't want you to bother you. I know you are probably very happy and all I mean, I'm sure you are, but I just wanted you to know that I don't hate you and never did. I still want you to come back and I'm not a kid anymore, so I'm not gonna change. I still love you and I always will and I still don't care what anybody thinks- - (FGT 178).
It is this undying love for each other that makes their relationship much more than just a friendship. During those four years that they were apart, all Ruth does is pray that she could have Idgie back. "But sometimes, in the middle of a crowd or alone at night, she never knew when it was going to happen, Idgie would suddenly come to mind, and she would want to see her so bad that the pain of longing for her sometimes took her breath away."" (FGT 194). Idgie loves Ruth more than anything in the world, and Ruth feels the same way about Idgie. .
However, the most overwhelming proof of Idgie and Ruth's homosexual relationship came when Ruth finally makes it back from Georgia. It happens when Ruth is talking to Momma and Poppa Threadgoode about staying in Whistle Stop for good. They way the whole scene plays out is much the same way as when a man asks for a woman's hand in marriage. It became most apparent when Momma Threadgoode tells Ruth, "Poppa and I just want you to know that we think of you as one of the family now, and we couldn't be happier for our little girl to have such a sweet companion as you.