<P> Donna's relationship with next - door neighbor Eric Forman is often the main focus of the series . However, it is tumultuous at times, having suffered two break - ups during the show's run . Despite this, Eric and Donna often act as the "parents" of the group, being mature and responsible when their friends are not, for example in episodes like "Dine and Dash". Another episode that illustrates their parenthood of the group is when they have just broken up and Eric takes them all out and returns late . He and Donna engage in an argument because Eric gives Fez ice cream and Donna is angry because he wouldn't be hungry for dinner . When Fez is going to be deported, she and Eric become upset because "their" Fez is leaving . Eric is sometimes threatened by his feeling inferior to her, especially during the third season, when she gets a job as a disc jockey . </P> <P> Donna and Eric lose their virginity to each other in the beginning of season two, after many failed attempts to "do it". Their sexual activity is revealed in a very humiliating manner, when a policeman catches them having sex in the back of Eric's car and takes them back to his parents home, where Red forces Donna to tell her parents or else he would tell them . </P> <P> In the beginning of the series, Hyde is also interested in Donna along with Eric . Donna makes her choice clear, however, when she blows off her "study date" with Hyde to hang out with Eric . Even after the relationship between Eric and Donna is established, for a short time Donna usually goes to Hyde when she feels unsure about her relationship and needs to talk about it . In such circumstances, Hyde usually refers to her as the "hot neighbor girl" and Eric as the "scrawny little neighbor boy", or some variation of these . Though a romantic relationship between Donna and Hyde is never established, Hyde initially likes Donna and would have been interested in her if Eric had not kissed her first (as stated in the episode "It's a Wonderful Life"). Hyde still tries to win Donna in the beginning when she and Eric aren't together . There are even some comments by Fez during that season that mock Hyde over these failed attempts . When the group goes to Jackie's father's cabin for a ski trip, Hyde decides to kiss Donna and is slapped for his efforts, ending his infatuation but not their close friendship . Hyde never shows any significant interest in Donna again . </P> <P> Toward the end of season three, Donna's job as a disc jockey is taking priority over her relationship with Eric, causing her to cancel their dates . While Donna genuinely feels that she is right to do this and is simply following her goals through to their logical conclusion with wanting to be a writer and a newswoman, her actions provoke a bad response in the normally even - keeled Eric, who feels that Donna is not taking him and / or their relationship seriously . Unable to resolve the conflict, Eric breaks up with her in the third season finale "The Promise Ring". Throughout season four, much awkwardness ensues over rights to the basement and trying to find new relationships . Donna is a bit annoyed at just how many girls are interested in Eric and happily mocks him when his attempts at finding a new girlfriend backfires . When she finds out he dated another while they were apart (he kept it a secret), she is absolutely furious, believing he cheated on her . </P>

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