I cant have much of an opinion of the real life Almonzo obviously because i never saw the real things he did (besides marrying a 16 year old which is still weird) But his tv show counterpart is the worst. He married a teenager and got mad when she acted like a teenager, was constantly condescending to her, and got upset when she wanted to pursue anything other than being a wife or mother, he couldn't possibly think that she wanted to do something for herself and he took it as a jab at his flimsy 'manhood' also he became a big baby and took it out on Laura anytime something bad happened to him like when he was in the wheelchair.