Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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Nabuquduriuzhur said, 7 months ago
He just doesn’t know when to stop…
wecatsgocomics said, 7 months ago
Open mouth, insert foot……
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
So truth is a bad thing here? So I smell situational ethics here? Why is that an insult? Wouldn’t be the first time that some members of the family don’t share.
chefwen
said, 7 months ago
Thems fightin words!
Trilobyte said, 7 months ago
Somehow I remember these folks being more likeable the first time around. I wish I could see the “classic” versions along side the “redrawns.” Perhaps it is just me who has changed.
They were still married the first time around…
BenderSastre said, 7 months ago
John doesn’t possess a very important life skill: finishing his stories one sentence earlier.
ozros1950 said, 7 months ago
Never EVER compare wife’s cooking to mothers. Different style, different era
psychlady said, 7 months ago
Quit while you’re ahead, John, like before you insert your foot in your mouth!
Jenna Rose said, 7 months ago
John, prepare to meet fist pie. LOL
Sheila said, 7 months ago
Ooooh, so close!
IndyMan said, 7 months ago
How long have they been married? The ‘boy’ is a slow learner, I learned when to stop in my first three months of being married—and the first two were separated by 3,000 miles of ocean.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 7 months ago
This reminds me: whatever happened to Ted???
Jean said, 7 months ago
My X said something like this to me ONCE……….I told him I don’t look like your mother, and if he liked her cooking so much he could just go BACK to his mother……..we were married 22 years before we came to a parting of the ways over things totally unrelated to cooking.
flagfly
said, 7 months ago
John you dope.
Doctor Toon said, 7 months ago
It’s all in the delivery
I remember my Dad saying words to this effect when I was a kid and my impression was that it was glowing praise, my mother never seemed to mind it