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   DinkSinger said, about 1 year ago

   I once attended the wedding of a cousin whose grandfather, with whom my cousin was very close, had passed away the previous day. The wedding was on a Saturday and the newlyweds delayed their honeymoon until after the funeral on Monday.

   The reception was very strange – joyful, yet subdued.

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   Kingoswald said, about 1 year ago

   So it looks as if Grandpa Jim isn’t going to make it to the end of FBOFW - a beginning and an ending to bow out on? Guess it would make sense …

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   starduster said, about 1 year ago

   I felt this was the way it was going to go. I’ve read this column since Michael & Elizabeth were young children. Before April was born. When Grandpa Jim was married to his first wife.
   I think he’ll be at the wedding. Just not the way they expected.

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   Jahosacat said, about 1 year ago

   Oh….. I can’t believe this cartoon is bring tears to my eyes. Such a mixture of emotions this week!

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   Daviddeer said, about 1 year ago

   well, namenamename, no one is making you read this strip every day are they? Reminds me of those old ladies at the book store looking at a Playboy and saying how disgusting and dergrading it is.
   If you don’t like it, you don’t have to look.

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   Gweedo Murray said, about 1 year ago

   Hey ! It’s a wedding ! The sap flows like Vermont in the spring.

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   Silverpearl said, about 1 year ago

   I do not want the strip to end. It will be like loosing part of our family.

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   ppatches60 said, about 1 year ago

   What I love about this comic is that it mirrors real life. Not every wedding is perfect, sometimes stuff happens. I was hoping that Grandpa would be at the wedding but, c’est la vie!

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   Paigely said, about 1 year ago

   Shame on you, namenamename. Be like Thumper. “If you can’t say somethin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” Nobody likes a sourpuss.

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    JmcaRice said, about 1 year ago

    We all know the end is near for ol’Jim, but I was hoping he would make it to the wedding. They should tell Elizabeth anyway, better that she know now and not have any regrets later.

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 year ago

    namenamename - while your comments irritated others, I rather envy you. It seems you don’t have things going on in your life that make you relate the current events in this strip. The better for you.

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    summerdog said, about 1 year ago

    I think we will see Jim and his first wife together as loving spirits, watching Liz get married. And, I thought the latest was that the strip was going to continue and Lynn is not retiring after all?

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    Carolyne said, about 1 year ago

    FBOFW is just great. It is a reflection of so many lives in our society. I suggest to all the negatives commentors - discontinue reading it! Keep up the good work, Lynn.

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    Mowgli-Chiara said, about 1 year ago

    I agree with JmcaRice Elizabeth should know, anyway, FBOFW has been a part of my daily life, I am glad we are able to read the early years it brings a lot of good memories back :-I

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    Sternvogel said, about 1 year ago

    Once the current plotlines have concluded, the strip will go almost full-time to reruns, but the old story arcs will be fleshed out, and some new material will be available on Sundays. The characters will stop aging, however. See

    http://www.fborfw.com/behindthescenes/hybrid/

    (Sorry, link is broken. Copy, insert underscores after “behind” and “the”, and paste.)

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    ReFlex-76 said, about 1 year ago

    There are quite a few people who’d like to see a “Graduate Ending,” Liz running (or, that should be, flying) off with Warren mid-wedding.

    A lot more of these differing views can be seen here!:

    http://community.livejournal.com/binky_betsy

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    Mary E Hugo said, about 1 year ago

    I’AM so upset with this, i too feel like i’am going to cry. I felt like i was part of the patterson family and now they are one more.My mother had a stroke and she lived for 20yrs with it and she passed away 2and a half years ago and i felt like elly when she stayed with jim when iris went away, i hated to see my mom get old and i knew it was her time to go but it was still hard to let her go and i feel like that right now.PLEASE LYNN DON’T END FOR BETTER FOR WORSE

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    sherpafree said, about 1 year ago

    OH the drama. OH the drama.

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    Nozzi said, about 1 year ago

    Nah, I think they’ll take the entire wedding to the hospital room.
    P.S. I did mention I was a psychic, right? LOLOLOLOL

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    BldHawk said, about 1 year ago

    It is her art to do with as she will. I will read to the end of her story, but I doubt that I will read the strip after that. It is just a shame that one of the very few strips with developing story lines will just stop. The story lines kept me reading. I looked forward to seeing how April grows, how the family deals with the loss of Jim, etc. Sadly, there are some awful loose ends. The ghost of Jim’s first wife seems more important than Iris, who has now become more caregiver than anything else. It is almost like saying that your beloved step mom and youngest daughter just don’t matter as much as the other children. :-( Still, I remain a fan. Much as I am a fan of Peanuts. I just miss the new material.

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    channce said, about 1 year ago

    It really says a lot for Lynn Johnston that so many people care about her strip and have cared for so many years. I am one who has followed this strip for many years and will miss the new installments when they end. Thanks Lynn for your many years of devotion to your readers!

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    westiewest Great-gra... said, about 1 year ago

    Did I miss something? Where does it say the strip will end?? I don’t get FBOW in my newspaper, so I have been pleased to enjoy it in Gocomics. I hope it continues on with life’s challenges, changes, and happinesses.

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    EllyMae said, about 1 year ago

    For anyone who doesn’t get the strip in their newspaper anymore, just go to the For Better or For Worse website www.fborfw.com to keep up on daily strips, old strips, news, behind the scenes, etc. Very interesting!It also has background info on a lot of the characters and storylines!

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    mrstevea86 said, about 1 year ago

    Since I started reading this comic several years ago I realized it was a soap opera. This is just another soap event in the lives of the characters.