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, 5 months ago
Like say third cousins 15 times removed?
thebird55 said, 5 months ago
That sounds like my family.
goblue562 said, 5 months ago
My mother and father had something like 3 sets of “Joan and John” friends.. they never knew whose card was whose either.
t1warren said, 5 months ago
We have been known to send a card to some random family from time to time.
Arye Uygur said, 5 months ago
Every time I receive an email announcing “Sarah’s” birthday, I have no idea which Sarah.
Monkeyhead said, 5 months ago
7 David’s and counting for my friends, whoops make that 9 if I count the 2 cousins also.
rshive said, 5 months ago
Our family got Biblical. Most of the men were named Jacob, but went by their given middle names. Except when they didn’t.
DavidGBA said, 5 months ago
No postmark clue? Recheck the address?
gaebie said, 5 months ago
We have been there. I have about 75 first cousins. My mother and father both came from families with 12 children.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
This is one of the strips I actually used in an effort to find someone. The names “Stan, Gretchen, Barb, and Kenny” appeared on a Christmas card with no last name and no return address. I never did find out who they were … so if you’re reading this, folks, and you sent a card to the Johnstons in 1983 … this is why you never got one in return!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago
It is amazing anyone would send a letter without a return address.
Mneedle said, 5 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
It was not from my family. In 1983, I was still single.
Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago
No last name and no return address? And they want a card back? Lots of luck with that.
hcr1985 said, 5 months ago
I have gotten a few cards like that over the years….I have a lot of cousins too, so I keep it around!!
NateWright said, 5 months ago
@thebird55
Mine too!! I had cousins playing with me on the same orchestra and i didn’t even know!!!