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   mroberts88 said, 2 months ago

   Dont worry about that, just enjoy it, because it’ll all be over soon.

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   BlitzMcD said, 2 months ago

   Stay with the second of the three panels, Mom. You’ll be glad that you did.

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   mroberts88 said, 2 months ago

   Oh, and before I forget, happy Labor/Labour day, I hope all of you remain safe, and enjoy it.

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   Wolfdreamer250 said, 2 months ago

   You’ll feel guilty until Micheal gets home. Then you’ll wish you took more of an advantage of it.

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   howtheduck said, 2 months ago

   Let me see if I understand this correctly. Elly is feeling guilty because she is enjoying time she is spending with just her daughter at home, instead of her son being there too. Is Elly saying that unless she is with all of her children 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, she feels guilty?

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   Mouko said, 2 months ago

   She’s feeling guilty about the fact that she is enjoying her son not being around. Everyone wants some peace and quiet now and then, but enjoying it almost feels like an admission that you prefer their absence to their company. She probably feels it’s bad for a mother to feel that way about their child, but she’s just being too hard on herself.

   I mean, everyone needs a break now and then. That doesn’t mean you love that person any less. :)

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   hildigunnur said, 2 months ago

   There hasn’t been a child born yet good enough so his/her parents weren’t glad when he/she fell asleep.

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   Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

   It’s a case of misplaced guilt. No one wants to be with another person 24/7. It’s good to have separations so you are with other people for a while and then later on when you’re with the special person you have something to talk about. She can look forward to hearing about Michael’s first day of school.

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   Ash said, 2 months ago

   I still don’t. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

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    cabrobst said, 2 months ago

    Women get bored with panel two sooner than the baby grows out of nap time.

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    masnadies said, 2 months ago

    I know I should feel guilty, but from a survey of moms of 2+ at my son’s preschool, happiness was definitely the most common feeling, and the elementary school parents said that when it’s all day, it’s even better!

    That is a good way of looking at it, that you are enjoying your time apart so you can enjoy your time together more.

    And wow, when you have 2+ kids, you notice how much easier it is when one of them is gone and wonder why it didn’t seem so easy the first time you had only 1 kid.

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    bald 716 said, 2 months ago

    there are good times and bad with kids, enjoy them all you can. one day they leave the nest and it is strangely too quiet

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    quackingup said, 2 months ago

    My youngest started kindergarten 2 weeks ago. The first day I missed both of mine but by the second day, I was enjoying being able to get things done without having to stop every few minutes to take care of some need or crisis!

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    The_Ol_Goaler said, 2 months ago

    Heck, I enjoyed not being around Mom all day! (evil grin)

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    Navegante said, 2 months ago

    Surely Michael is also enjoying… only guiltless.

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    Rmom said, 2 months ago

    I still enjoy having my sons around me, even though they’ve been with me almost 24/7 for their whole lives. (One is 20, the other is almost 17 - years.) The odd thing is, they actually enjoy being around me! With homeschooling them, I was with them so much of the time, I never felt guilty for the times they weren’t with me.

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    Sheila said, 2 months ago

    My experiance, guilt leaves after his first day off, then you remember why his being gone all day just might be a good thing

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    newworldmozart said, 2 months ago

    I also homeschool my son, and work a full time job. There are days when I can’t wait to get to work for the peace and quiet and other days when I have a hard time pulling myself away from home. Love the kid, but love having time away too. oh and btw I work at a walmart. thats my peace and quiet at times.

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    Susan001 said, 2 months ago

    Andrea Yates had FIVE kids around her 24/7. I don’t doubt that she would have loved to have had that time that Elly is feeling guilty for (her oldest were home-schooled). If she did, maybe those kids would be alive today.
    BTW, I blame her less for what happened than I blame that damned, controlling ex of hers.

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    CoBass said, 2 months ago

    (I’m posting this info on some of the more heavily commented GoComics sites. Feel free to repost.)

    If you’re reading comics at GoComics, you’re probably also reading comics at comics.com.

    And if so, you’ve noticed that Comics.com has been down hard since Saturday.

    The comics.com site hasn’t shut down and it’s not the victim of a hacking attack. The short version there’s a DNS problem. The site’s still there, but the Internet can’t find it. That’s why comics.com can’t put up a “We’re working the problem” sign on their main page. Well, they COULD, but it wouldn’t do any good. The rest of the internet couldn’t find the page.

    The good news is that there’s a workaround to view the site and the strips. Go to http://www.softsailor.com/news/7155-comics-com-down-for-second-day-in-a-row.html and look for the comments by Comic Geek and patrick. I’d recommend reading the entire thread (it’s not that long), but the posts by Comic Geek and patrick are the importants ones.

    Note that the workaround requires editing a system file. If you don’t know what “DNS” means, or you don’t know the kinds of problems you can create for yourself by incorrect editing of a system file, then you probably shouldn’t edit the system file. Find someone to help you edit the file.

    I initially had problems with comics.com sites I had bookmarked as www.comics.com instead of just comics.com (note the leading www), but I think that might have been a typo that has since been fixed. In my case, changing all my comics.com bookmarks from www.comics.com to just comics.com fixed my problem.

    I did a reboot in as well, but I’m not sure that was really necessary. A reboot can’t hurt, though.

    NOTE: You’re have to re-edit the system file, to reverse the changes, once comics.com gets its DNS problem solved.

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    kittylover2 said, 2 months ago

    Panel two is so precious, I just keep looking at Liz she is so cute!!!

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    mututoyou said, 2 months ago

    Thank you, CoBass…taking out the www worked!

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    CoBass said, 2 months ago

    OK, it now appears that as I was posting my info on a workaround to the problems with the comics.com site, comics.com was fixing their problem. I’ve seen several people say that they can now get to the comics.com site without editing the system file.

    If you’re still having problems getting to comics.com, wait a while before doing anything. First, the fixes comics.com made will take a while to propagate through the Internet. Second, the site will probably be heavily loaded for a while, due to people catching up on their favorite strips.

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    Helene Clark said, 2 months ago

    Just LOVE looking at these remarks. Don’t understand them (WAY over my teeny pea-brain) but glad some folks know what the hell they’re talking about. Will just hang in there. At least, guys, know I’m not alone in this vast comic world. TTFN, H

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    kab2rb said, 2 months ago

    The other comics I read on gocomics may not know this infor. There are a lot of posters wondering what happened. Me I haven’t signed up yet.
    I remember when my kids went to school they where exicted and the house was empty. Being a short day I waited to long to go back to school to catch up.

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    kab2rb said, 2 months ago

    This is to RRAmom I am very late I got way behind and computer problems as well. resturant is w Wichita, KS not Bruams.

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    Shikamoo said, 2 months ago

    Ellie- You’ll stop feeling guilty when Liz starts catching up to him. Shouldn’t be long now, When is naptime over?

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    RinaFarina said, 2 months ago

    @CoBass, today I started reading all my favourite comics after 9 pm, and I had no problems getting to the three I had had trouble with:

    Ben
    Luann
    Peanuts.

    So should I assume it’s all fixed now? I didn’t make any changes to any files. Computers has been my profession for years, and when someone suggests making changes to a system file I don’t know anything about, I just drift off into a parallel universe where my mind goes blank… I think it’s safer for my computer that way….