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   OpenWings said, about 1 month ago

   Ooh, I can just imagine Norman’s fingers itching…..!!! LOL :o))

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   OpenWings said, about 1 month ago

   And John, wouldn’t we ALL like that sometimes. Alas! ;o|

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   howtheduck said, about 1 month ago

   Look at little Lizzie knocking back that beer! I guess this is where she develops that taste for alcohol which leads to many hungover moments for adult Elizabeth 20 years later.

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   ejcapulet said, about 1 month ago

   Lucky John, he gets to be off work; Elly never is.

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   wndrwrthg said, about 1 month ago

   If Elly didn’t want the job, she should have never applied for it.

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   Wildmustang1262 said, about 1 month ago

   Did Lizzie drink John’s beer can? It looked like Lizzie drank his beer can. Oh my goodness! :-\

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   amongthestars said, about 1 month ago

   Just because Ellie has had a hard day doesn’t lessen the validity of John’s exhaustion though does it? Ellie could at least empathise!

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   Daisymum said, about 1 month ago

   I think this is an age old problem for mothers as they never get a break, but the working male thinks it is a break being at home all day….with the children?

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   lightenup said, about 1 month ago

   I guess Lizzie had a hard day too. (I can’t believe that’s in the comic!)

   wndrwrthg, I’m guessing you’re saying that to start a fight, but mothers can’t seem to win. If we go to work, we get criticized, and if we say anything about how hard it is at home, we get criticized. We all love our children and we just try to do the best for them, but we all have hard days.

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    masnadies said, about 1 month ago

    It’s the human condition. We ALL want a break at the end of our day, to put up our feet- whether we’ve chosen to be a SAHM or a dentist (both hard jobs). And with kids, the silence and toy-free zones are hard to find, much less a spouse who feels his or her day was easier than ours and helps us relax.

    Lizzie is adorable!

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    Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

    Man works from sun to sun but a woman’s work is never done.

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    FishStix said, about 1 month ago

    Woman whines from sun to sun - especially when a man’s work is finally done!

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    Xrystalia said, about 1 month ago

    Suitable arrangement here has been to let hubby decompress for 30 mintues or so when he gets home (drive home is not relaxing) and then he’s more than willing to jump into the fray at home. Sometimes it’s just hard switching gears. Makes the days when it’s not an option for him to take time to decompress that much easier for him to tolerate. Having a “kid-free, toy-free” zone for him to decompress in lets him know I care about him and that makes him even more willing to stick to the time limit or less. :0) Win, win.

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    mrsmcvargas said, about 1 month ago

    When it was just my step-son, I told him I need 20 mins in my room when I get home from work. Then I can be with him and listen and talk and do whatever it is that he wants to do. Just need the 20 mins first. Worked like a charm.

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    bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

    i know what it is like to be a working dad who had to double as a mom, my son was 13 when his mom passes away, and since that time i have had a whole new respect for what she did…….

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    gaebie said, about 1 month ago

    John, as all husbands work hard all day and deal with stress. Home is where he should be able to relax. Ellie needs to understand her place as the wife. She needs to follow the “Good Wife’s Guide”:

    http://www.retro-housewife.com/good-wife-guidelines.html

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    ninmas said, about 1 month ago

    elly: john, get your butt off the couch! there’s dishes to wash, farley’s pooped on the floor, michael lost his car under the fridge again, lizzy is on a hangover, SO GET UP AND HELP ME!!!!!!

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    summerdog said, about 1 month ago

    OMG! Did you read the retro-housewife stuff gaebie left? (I AM a retro-housewife, by the way)

    My printed input (in the red text) would be a wee bit stronger.

    The black text (true article) made me want to spew!

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    kab2rb said, about 1 month ago

    There is a housewife who made a a lyric about children to William Tell and it is funny.

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    mbne08 said, about 1 month ago

    i hope that beer was empty or she is going to be one SICK kid

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    Coffee-Turtle said, about 1 month ago

    Lizzie The Lush! :-D

    Maybe that is why gave her the nickname: LizardBreath!!

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    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    I’m curious:

    Does reading this strip make people regret their choices in life? Especially married couples with kids?

    I ask because reading it (as well as CALVIN & HOBBES) makes me SO happy I never married or had kids!

    Both strips make marriage and parenthood a pretty depressing thing.

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    mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

    All he wanted to do is rest. I wonder what will come from Lizzie drinking a beer.

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    klamarre said, about 1 month ago

    If he wanted to come home to a quiet house with no toys, then he should have not gotten married. If he expects understanding for a tough day, then he should have informed the wife that he had a really hard day. She cannot read his mind. All she sees is him coming home and laying down on the couch. She also sees the little one drinking his beer right next to him. That is a really aggravating situation for a mother. A least he should have kept his eyes open when the kids were around and kept an eye on his beer.

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    OpenWings I love your first comment ROFL!

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    newworldmozart said, about 1 month ago

    those who don’t have a marriage or kids or the first to say that
    Elly deserve all her hardship for picking the choice of mother/wifehood. To those I like to say, QUIT READING MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN COMICS. You don’t understand and you never will, and quit commenting on things you don’t understand. They only people who understand this are Moms and Dads, they are the ones getting a smile or laugh out of it.

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    kittylover2 said, about 1 month ago

    gaeble, do you not have any compassion? It’s a tough job being a wife and mother. She does not get to rest when her day is cra-!!

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    newworldmozart I must beg to differ. I do not have children, though not by choice, but I am in a good marriage, so I can understand this strip. It probably helps that I have had great parents.

    kittylover2 I am really really hoping that gaeble was being facetious. That blurb about the good wife has been making the rounds forever, first on fax, now on e-mail. I think it might be a bit of an Urban Legend.

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    howtheduck said, about 1 month ago

    WRT to Susan001’s question:

    Does reading this strip make people regret their choices in life? Especially married couples with kids?

    I have no regrets about either. My son has Asperger’s Syndrome and life with him has been very difficult. But to see him progress and improve and become a capable young man has been very worthwhile, especially considering how he started out. My daughter doesn’t have the same difficulties as my son, but she is so smart and so funny. She is a joy to be around. And, of course, none of these things would be possible without my wife.

    You can’t take For Better or For Worse as an example of marriage or parenthood. As near as I can tell from interviews with Lynn Johnston I have read, the author was a failure at both these things. Fortunately for her, once she got past these early “angry housewife” years of the strip she has been reprinting, her art improved and she started telling some pretty good stories.

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    gaebie said, about 1 month ago

    For those who have never been married and have no children, you have NO concept of the JOY a family and children can bring into a life. Sure there are problems, but a family is to share life with.

    Since it’s late, no one will see this and I will have to repost it tomorrow!

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    corasgrandma said, about 1 month ago

    Here’s a link for “The Mom Song” (the William Tell thing)…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgoJ0f5EsQ&feature=PlayList&p=37C07123072A0917&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6

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    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    gaebe, please DON’T post your message tomorrow.

    To some people, parenthood is a blessing; to others, it’s a burden. Some families never share anything except insults and curses–believe me, I know!
    Different strokes for different folks!

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    hildigunnur said, about 1 month ago

    Susan001, not me, no. But then my kids are pretty well behaved, even the teenagers ;)

    On your last response, sorry to hear you have had such bad family experience! It doesn’t have to go on, that vicious cycle can be broken. My brother-in-law comes from a pretty twisted family with broken marriages, endless half-siblings and hostility all around; until he got to know our family he didn’t believe there was anything to family life. He and my sister have now been happily together for 15 years, no breakup in sight.

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    diggit03 said, about 1 month ago

    awwwww i’d come and kiss my john and let him relax for a few minutes. he’ll definitely help me pretty soon.