Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 13, 2012

Rosa go for it!

Huh, how did i get first? Oh well bask in the glory.

Rosa needs a real man, not a tooty-fruity!!

I, unfortunately, was the female version of Gunther in high school. No, he is not gay. And no, I am not a lesbian. We both just get so nervous around the person we are attracted to that our speaking and social skills decide to take a very long, awkward hike.

Don’t worry dude, it gets better. Rosa, just leave him alone until he calms down. Since that is going to take a couple of years, you might want to find a different guy.

Well, I don’t know that ‘leaving him alone’ is all that healthy for him. It would only encourage his already pathetic self confidence to dip further.

I remember what it’s like to be painfully shy around members of the opposite sex. Fortunately I finally broke out of that inhibited state, but it’s painful, and it took me a long time. Gunth may lose Rosa if he doesn’t grow a backbone, but these things do happen.

Rosa – Get Gunther to a movie or alone somewhere for a minute – and deliver a good, slow kiss. Gunther might respond – or freeze up. Rosa should say “Gunther – this is where we need to go.” If Gunther doesn’t make any effort – yeah – time for Rosa to move on – and maybe one day we’ll see if somebody else can pull it off. Tiffany? It’s wierd… Gunther’s intelligence can be a bond – and/or a barrier.

Rosa looks around town-hot Crystal with goofy Knute,hot Toni with caveman Brad,and wonders why her own ridiculous mismatch isn’t working.

It’s over. Luann can try to keep them together, but it’s over.

Meanwhile, everything’s going according to plan in Greg’s eyes.

Gunther won’t make any move, so you have to jump his bones if you want him. If you read the strip, you would know that, Rosa…

Just now starting? geeze, I’ve been annoyed with it for YEARS.

redundancy….er, uh, ditto that is….

That’s just Gunther’s normal “goodbye/hi” wave.

I believe genius Gunther has a secret plan—as he’s waving he’s saying to himself “see you girls in the shower”

when i was in h.s. i was so shy cause my family hated me that t wasnt until my reunion that i found out school girls liked me for years, rosa needs to do the touchy feely. gunth won’t now i’m 53 i know girls like touchy feely guys with in reason of coarse that’s they must teach socaloligy rules of dating and sex ed [how not to get preggo or std] early in middle school.

luann has no confidance in her self or she would dress to show curves, the strip is such a drama that i’m embarssed that i read it.

YES Lu. You and GUNTHER Did date.

MORE than ONCE!

STOP Denying the TRUTH!!!

Oh and Rosa?

The Reason WHY Gunther Won’t hold hands with YOU?

You’re NOT Luann.

Sorry to BREAK That to You!

Have a NICE Day, Senorita….,

While I agree his sentiment is a bit off, it’s a pretty PC world where “tooty-fruity” is trollish.

It’s like Greg doesn’t WANT to write about any of our characters getting into real life adult relationships as they get older. I am just waiting to see how long it will be before he throws a wrench into the ONLY interesting storyline at present…and that would be the relationship between Brad and Toni. I will be done reading this strip if he breaks those two up, I’ll tell you that much is for sure.

Don’t annoy her, Gunther, get more affectionate.You’ll be glad you did.

Take it from someone who has been there – Gunther is so greatly afraid of rejection – in part because he was spurned by Luann – that he doesn’t want to run the risk of being hurt a second time – by Rosa. He has rationalized that no one could ever possibly want, or love him and has emotionally retreated so deep within himself because the heartache and, in his mind humiliation, of a second rejection would be another blow to his low self-esteem. Rosa needs to grab him by something other than his hand if there is to be any hope for a relationship that is something other than platonic. If Rosa asserted herself in such a manner Gunther would be a changed man and would no longer be an emotional wimp.

I believe Gunther is terrified of the loss of control over his, his, uh well, his “man parts” while walking down the hall at school if he should touch the object of his attraction.

It will be interesting to see how patient Rosa is. She appears fed up, but it could be simple annoyance and lack of understanding. Still, when a girl demonstrates “it’s ok to…” and a guy doesn’t, whatever that happens to be, she would most likely consider it a rebuff. Perhaps Luann can clarify some things for Rosa, like what it really means to be painfully shy.

Looks to me as though Rosa is hinting that she is nearing the end of her patience with Gunther and his affection repression…. Maybe it is in the works that Gunther and Luann will again become the Odd Couple.

He was using his hand holding hand to hold his book strap. Just didn’t occur to him to change sides. Did not occur to him she wanted to hold hands as much as he did. Too much respect sometimes gets in the way of fun.

Well, it was an enjoyable moment for Lance. Let’s let him bask.

If she takes his hand, he might faint.

Gunther is an interesting psychological phenomenon.

The same thing happened with my boyfriend. He was too shy or nervous in the beginning and I had to be the one to initiate.

he should follow them BOTH…. into the girls locker room….. (didn’t see the sign, did’ja..?)or…. maybe he’s got a peep hole(ref: Porky’s)

Several days ago our discussion was: what character is strong enough to have a spin-off strip?

We forgot that one already has had his own strip for about 25 years! Who? Gunther. His strip? Peanuts. (He was younger then and went by the name “Chuck”)

aw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rosa! no! he’s so cute/shy! thing going on! awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

maybe……she’s right…….. I need the guy to ask me first. too……… awwwwwwwwwwwww…….. i think i understand …. …. poor rosa……

pretty much what I said yesterday ;)

For Lev, a cute version, this time

That was my thought, too… he’s to shy and scared. :-s

i don’t know…maybe Rosa should sign up to be in Gunther’s Home Ec class……

I was one of those shy people in the past, but even I would have had a better reaction to a girl like Rosa who openly admits to liking him. The story line of Gunther being a MEGA chicken little has finally crossed into the “I am so bored with him it hurts.” category.

Next!

At least we have Luann back in the strip.

I hope he shows proper appreciation for the clarity of vision that lets you see below the surface.

Constitutional shyness (the kind Professor Jerome Kagan has studied at great length), which your husband and Gunther and I have, is something that can be detected in utero. One of its most disabling characteristics is what you might call a problem with the signal-to-noise ratio. In my case the problem is mainly auditory; in school, in a crowded, noisy hallway, it was exhausting to separate what somewhat was saying to me from the background sound. For some, it’s more tactile or visual. In any case, I think Gunther’s problem taking her hand was at least in part a fear of sensory overload…along with a fear of being laughed at by others and a sense of unworthiness fueled by years of being inept at things that are valued in boys.

I think if Rosa had gotten him alone, things would have been quite different.

Grow a pair Gunth’.

As a high schooler I was uneasy around the opposite sex like Gunther. Seeing him with Rosa brings back those memories.

Be careful what you wish for—don’t open a “Pandoras box”, unless you can close it!

The string coming off her “cut-off” jeans? I think if you pull it, she slaps you

Got something against cute? lol

@Brdshtt

Nah, he’s just waving good-bye to both of them. It’s one of those catch-22 situations. Girls want a good guy that makes them feel attractive, but shy guys tend to be good guys that don’t have the faith in themselves to make a move. So, women get frustrated and end up going with men who are less nice but are more sure and adventurous because they put themselves out there and make the woman feel attractive, which is honestly probably the most important thing to them.

Question is: Who wouldn’t it annoy