It is amazingly easy to get separated. My kiddo is 10 and fairly responsible. We were at a hotel recently and I told her I would go start packing our room while she finished eating breakfast. Little did I know that she didn’t remember our room number. When I came back down, she had disappeared (she was looking for me, but she wasn’t very effective at it). 15 frantic minutes later, we re-connected.
@TO ALL, I could be wrong, But I have never “Felt that way” as one poster said, The worry, the despair of losing a child, and other moments of anguish would override any anger and/or irrational feelings, Granted one time my 8 y/o child was left asleep in a school bus and taken to the bus yard and left there, The driver, I never knew who it was, and that was good (For him/her) after several calls to dispatch, to the school to someone else until they discover what had happened, My wife was going postal waiting at home and me at the drop point pegged to the pay phone, (No cell phones back then) finally a small shuttle van dropped our son at home and it was dark by then, Worst school day i can remember in my life, don’t wish it to no one! Pax to all
Sugar Bombs 95 almost 6 years ago
Same with having a dog.
codycab almost 6 years ago
You guys should know better by now not to turn your backs away from Calvin!
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Being a kid is exactly the same thing.
DaveG1960 almost 6 years ago
Good question. Why did he leaves Hobbes?
bigcatbusiness almost 6 years ago
It’s like that with practically every family member.
lucky444 almost 6 years ago
Right Dad, especially with Calvin.
Lecherous almost 6 years ago
Perhaps Calvin will one day decide he likes you better from a much further distance. And he won’t forget to take Hobbes.
jpayne4040 almost 6 years ago
Very well put, Dad! I’m sure you have those moments with Calvin all the time!
Jabroniville Premium Member almost 6 years ago
One of the best, most accurate lines ever- I have never forgotten dad’s line here :).
LeeCox almost 6 years ago
And before anyone screams “child abuse,” please. There isn’t a parent in the world who hasn’t felt that way at one time or another!
rshive almost 6 years ago
Know the feeling well. But sometimes a virtual strangling has to suffice.
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 6 years ago
The kid is innocent this time. He thought he was with mom. He’s confused and angry too.
ericbutts74 almost 6 years ago
In 3rd panel, Hobbes and Mom have the same expression.
gantech almost 6 years ago
So true, so true…
coffeeturtle almost 6 years ago
They really love him!
Wait. What??
GKBOWOOD Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Notice his parents never consider child abduction! HAH! This is CALVIN we’re talking about…
jbarnes almost 6 years ago
It is amazingly easy to get separated. My kiddo is 10 and fairly responsible. We were at a hotel recently and I told her I would go start packing our room while she finished eating breakfast. Little did I know that she didn’t remember our room number. When I came back down, she had disappeared (she was looking for me, but she wasn’t very effective at it). 15 frantic minutes later, we re-connected.
sufamelico almost 6 years ago
@TO ALL, I could be wrong, But I have never “Felt that way” as one poster said, The worry, the despair of losing a child, and other moments of anguish would override any anger and/or irrational feelings, Granted one time my 8 y/o child was left asleep in a school bus and taken to the bus yard and left there, The driver, I never knew who it was, and that was good (For him/her) after several calls to dispatch, to the school to someone else until they discover what had happened, My wife was going postal waiting at home and me at the drop point pegged to the pay phone, (No cell phones back then) finally a small shuttle van dropped our son at home and it was dark by then, Worst school day i can remember in my life, don’t wish it to no one! Pax to all
Habilon almost 6 years ago
wise words on that last panel
tad1 almost 6 years ago
How true.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Yerp.
hantms almost 6 years ago
Bill Watterson is an absolute genius. <3