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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templo SUD said, 7 months ago
In other words, “just because.”
Dugharry said, 7 months ago
Female logic?
luckylouie said, 7 months ago
@Dugharry
Definitely female logic. A friend of my wife once bought a huge bag of dog food. Her husband said, “Honey, we don’t even have a dog.” “Yes, but it was ON SALE!”
Shooter918 said, 7 months ago
“Then he could learn chainsaw carving”.
After he loses a limb, and not from the tree, you can call him “Lefty” or “Stumpy”.
Get him a lathe instead. :)
Paul Smith said, 7 months ago
I don’t have a ton of gold.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 7 months ago
It might be useful for trimming hedges, no?
masnadies said, 7 months ago
Ah, the gift dilemma. If they really want something, odds are they have it. If it’s a hobby, you can’t get the right thing. So, either you buy them replacement clothing, food or drink, or something they tell you exactly what they want, or you get them something they don’t have, and hope they discover later that they wanted it after all.
lightenup
said, 7 months ago
He’ll be popular when it’s stormy.
KasparV said, 7 months ago
@SUSAN NEWMAN
Not at all suitable for hedge trimming.
ewalnut said, 7 months ago
It’s not “female” logic because there are men who do the same thing buying gifts for their wife and children.
Gene Boecker said, 7 months ago
And he can return it and get the band saw he never wanted!
Elsie Ross said, 7 months ago
I always buy a new car gaget for guys that have everything. There are great survival kits for those Canadian winters !
RackDaddy said, 7 months ago
??? I’m a woman and I don’t understand that.
sleeepy2
said, 7 months ago
@SUSAN NEWMAN
It would be terrible at trimming hedges.
ossiningaling said, 7 months ago
I have a chainsaw, but my wife won’t let me have a wood chipper. Too many late night movies?