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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legaleagle48 said, 6 months ago
And that right there, people, is the difference between men and women. By the way — judgmental much, Elly?
templo SUD said, 6 months ago
No, John, no!
kfccanada said, 6 months ago
John keeps digging the hole deeper…lol.. doesn’t have a clue about how badly he’s making Ellie feel. Ellie should get up and walk out…but….John wouldn’t even understand why she did. My mom used to remember every single incident such as this…it blew her self esteem to total shreds. Some women just don’t have the emotional fortitude to ignore this type of incident.
margueritem
said, 6 months ago
Some men admire, but not outloud.
Jenna Rose said, 6 months ago
John, you are hopeless. LOL
afficionado said, 6 months ago
John is married not dead
ReneTray said, 6 months ago
@legaleagle48
Yes, women complain there is one subject on their mind. But as I was taught by another gentleman women are as bad or worse about the same subject.
Gizmo Cat said, 6 months ago
@rene tray: yep, we are. And as afficionado states so correctly: married is not dead, you can look, but not touch.. ;-D Personally i don’t mind if my husband looks at other women that way or even comment on them, i do the same with other men..but that may be a cultural difference, as we live in europe.
gmartin997
said, 6 months ago
John, John, John. Men shouldn’t think out loud in front of their wives.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 6 months ago
Judging from how that woman is sagging, I’d suggest she get some good underwiring for her dress.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago
John is being blankety-blank, but isn’t it striking that women are the ones who always complain about someone’s looks or admire someone’s looks publicly. Johnston got that one right when one of the first things Elly did was compare hereself to this other person.
cdward said, 6 months ago
@kfccanada
As I recall, Ellie was the one who brought her to his attention. I’d say Ellie is every bit as culpable as John. I also wonder if Lynn didn’t start painting him worse this second time around than she did in the originals.
Knightman
said, 6 months ago
Sure a lot of Freud’s around here! LOL! or guilty people! LOL!
ewalnut said, 6 months ago
Ellie should send him over to the table to say Hi and find out who the girl is.
scottjsmith said, 6 months ago
@kfccanada This is the original strip. Lynn did not change it this time around.