For Better or For Worse Comic Strip, June 10, 2012 on GoComics.com

templo SUD said, 12 months ago

My older brother and I were at our parents’ wedding… the one where widowed Dad married our twice divorced stepmother; we were also the witnesses at the altar.

pouncingtiger said, 12 months ago

John was smart and avoided the discussion of the birds and the bees.

gmartin997 said, 12 months ago

Thank goodness my children never asked me that. Besides, they learned soon enough on their own, the same way I did.

Night-Gaunt49 said, 12 months ago

Lynn’s Notes:
In reality, Rod and I had a very different kind of wedding. It was his first; my second, and we both wanted a small, private ceremony. Neither Rod’s nor my parents could attend, so our friend, Marjorie Baskin, suggested we use the living room in her house — as her husband, Rabbi Baskin, was going to do the honours. She made us a cake. My brother and a few good friends were there. It was a beautiful service — a combination of Christian and Jewish ritual, which concluded with the breaking of a wine glass. It was a sunny afternoon and friends were looking after Aaron who, at the age of two, was not likely to sit still. After a celebratory drink and a piece of Marge’s cake we went to pick him up. Aaron wasn’t sure what had happened, but he knew our lives had changed. I picked him up and as he gave me a hug, he said, “I’ve now got a mom and a Rod!” This, as much as the ceremony, made us a family!

psychlady said, 12 months ago

Nice save, John!

SUSAN NEWMAN said, 12 months ago

Nowadays, it’s not unusual for kids to be present when their parents marry—for the FIRST time!
I’m glad that John and Elly still have old-fashioned morals.

flagfly said, 12 months ago

What’s that big mass of purple?

lightenup said, 12 months ago

You were there in their heart, Lizzie!

snakemama said, 12 months ago

my sister had the same complaint about our parents’ wedding.. she really thought she should have been invited!!

Dave Johnston said, 12 months ago

Both of my kids have asked at one point or another, why they are not in any of the wedding photos.

rowena28 said, 12 months ago

He should have simply told her the truth & said they weren’t born yet. & what is that purple cloud?

summerdog said, 12 months ago

I can’t get past that huge purple whatever in the first panel to even think about the rest.

legaleagle48 said, 12 months ago

@rowena28

I agree. That’s all that he would have needed to say — I don’t know from where people are getting the idea that he would then have needed to explain the facts of life in great detail to Elizabeth. A simple “you weren’t even born yet” is enough of an answer to satisfy a three-year-old (or for that matter, an eight-year-old, if Michael asks the same question!)