It’s when this wonderful strip strays into these sorts of areas that the fact it a reprint from 25 years ago becomes evident! These attitudes, and insecurities, are surely less prevalent now?
I SO wanted to go to Disneyland when I was a kid. Never happened. Either did Disney World. Right now I’d love a gadget-free weekend on a sandy beach where I’ve been invited to a fish boil. AHHHHH: the aromas!
I wanted to be a SAHM, but had to go back to work. I still wish I could have been home more for my girls. Thankfully, since the girls have been in school & I work part-time, I’ve got the best of both worlds; I work when they’re in school, and home when they are. Still wish I could be a SAHM, tho, so I could help with field trips and volunteer.
Necessity and marriage break-up meant I worked. I was extremely fortunate that my mother said she would watch my daughter. Eventually put daughter into day care 2 days a week just to socialize her until she started school.
I think it depends on the person, but it never hurts to offer. I quit to stay home several years ago, and was honored when I was asked if I was interested in coming back.
It always makes you feel good when where you’ve worked asks you to come back—no matter whether you’re a SHAM or in Ohio while DH is in graduate school.
Carl, i see it as a win/win for John. He cements his relationship with his wife by respecting her sage insight AND in doing so he also can get back the best assistant he ever had in his practice. In light of such gains he would have to be both stupid and inflexible to hold onto his original impression for no other reason than that he was the one who made it. John has his rough moments but underneath he knows he has a smart and hard working spouse, and he kniws what he stands to gain when she is right.
What Lynn is saying to John: trust me; but she’s thinking: by now Jean’s feeling housebound and would like to have a break….She’s remembering her own experience as a young mother who needed a break once in a while from the needs of a baby and be with adults for a change.
Life and choices ALMOST ALWAYS are in states of flux. That is not due to people not knowing what they are saying but because if everything goes right we all are constantly learning, especially when experiences are new. It would be a horroble life if people did not try new things, learn from them, and adjust choices accordingly.Besides, if memory serves Ellie had a discussion not long ago with Jean. Add that onto her own experiences and those of her friends and she might have a decent idea of who will be a full time mom, who will want part time work, who will want full time work, or who might decide to change job goals through study.Thank goodness life is not static. A life without learning, or one with adventures or socializing would be horrid, no matter the gender.
Obviously, i had beyond my usual typo level and instead mean that life WITHOUT adventure or socializing woukd be horrid. Apologies for that major opps! Usually, my typos are just due to my vision causing mis-hits, or because of my sub-par spelling but this one altered meaning 180’.
I’ve looked and looked and see no squinting on the part of Elly.-Since you’ve announced that such squinting on the part of Elly means either she’s imitating Japanese people (who also are not squinting) or she is acting ‘smug and superior’, my conclusion is that you are just another boring hater whose posts can be scrolled past in future-Have a nice life with your bridge
Can't Sleep about 9 years ago
Sometime’s I think John spends too much time with the anesthesia.
gazperson about 9 years ago
It’s when this wonderful strip strays into these sorts of areas that the fact it a reprint from 25 years ago becomes evident! These attitudes, and insecurities, are surely less prevalent now?
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
Nope. Just like men, woman can value having a job outside, too. Funny how that works.
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
women* (Can’t type in the dark.)
Aaberon about 9 years ago
I SO wanted to go to Disneyland when I was a kid. Never happened. Either did Disney World. Right now I’d love a gadget-free weekend on a sandy beach where I’ve been invited to a fish boil. AHHHHH: the aromas!
Wren Fahel about 9 years ago
I wanted to be a SAHM, but had to go back to work. I still wish I could have been home more for my girls. Thankfully, since the girls have been in school & I work part-time, I’ve got the best of both worlds; I work when they’re in school, and home when they are. Still wish I could be a SAHM, tho, so I could help with field trips and volunteer.
ladykat about 9 years ago
Necessity and marriage break-up meant I worked. I was extremely fortunate that my mother said she would watch my daughter. Eventually put daughter into day care 2 days a week just to socialize her until she started school.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member about 9 years ago
Looks like a lose-lose situation for dear old Dr. Patterson. As Sidney Freedman of MASH said, “Just drop your pants and slide on the ice.”
lightenup Premium Member about 9 years ago
I think it depends on the person, but it never hurts to offer. I quit to stay home several years ago, and was honored when I was asked if I was interested in coming back.
gypsylobo about 9 years ago
It always makes you feel good when where you’ve worked asks you to come back—no matter whether you’re a SHAM or in Ohio while DH is in graduate school.
AliCom about 9 years ago
John as long as you pay Jean enough to afford ‘day care’, she’ll jump at the chance to speak to adults again.
sukiec about 9 years ago
Carl, i see it as a win/win for John. He cements his relationship with his wife by respecting her sage insight AND in doing so he also can get back the best assistant he ever had in his practice. In light of such gains he would have to be both stupid and inflexible to hold onto his original impression for no other reason than that he was the one who made it. John has his rough moments but underneath he knows he has a smart and hard working spouse, and he kniws what he stands to gain when she is right.
loves raising duncan about 9 years ago
I think they are both clueless!
Argy.Bargy2 about 9 years ago
hater
JennyJenkins about 9 years ago
What Lynn is saying to John: trust me; but she’s thinking: by now Jean’s feeling housebound and would like to have a break….She’s remembering her own experience as a young mother who needed a break once in a while from the needs of a baby and be with adults for a change.
sukiec about 9 years ago
Life and choices ALMOST ALWAYS are in states of flux. That is not due to people not knowing what they are saying but because if everything goes right we all are constantly learning, especially when experiences are new. It would be a horroble life if people did not try new things, learn from them, and adjust choices accordingly.Besides, if memory serves Ellie had a discussion not long ago with Jean. Add that onto her own experiences and those of her friends and she might have a decent idea of who will be a full time mom, who will want part time work, who will want full time work, or who might decide to change job goals through study.Thank goodness life is not static. A life without learning, or one with adventures or socializing would be horrid, no matter the gender.
sukiec about 9 years ago
Obviously, i had beyond my usual typo level and instead mean that life WITHOUT adventure or socializing woukd be horrid. Apologies for that major opps! Usually, my typos are just due to my vision causing mis-hits, or because of my sub-par spelling but this one altered meaning 180’.
Argythree about 9 years ago
I’ve looked and looked and see no squinting on the part of Elly.-Since you’ve announced that such squinting on the part of Elly means either she’s imitating Japanese people (who also are not squinting) or she is acting ‘smug and superior’, my conclusion is that you are just another boring hater whose posts can be scrolled past in future-Have a nice life with your bridge