For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 25, 2023

Face it, Michael. Elizabeth is going dating.

Unlike Elizabeth, Mike is growing up and maturing slower. That’s actually typical irl.

Michael thinks, “Elizabeth is becoming a woman.” I think, “What kind of brother thinks these kinds of thoughts about his sister?”

Despite all that, I still wish I had a brother.

My brother and I never thought we’d be living together in our later years, and taking care of and worrying about one another.

Be kind to your siblings. They’re your link to your past, and the ones you’ll depend upon in the future.

Just remember Michael what goes around comes around. If you bug Elizabeth about having a boyfriend she will bug you about having a girlfriend and embarrass you in front of her. I think it’s time both of you grew up and decided not to do that to each other.

Mike has a dubious mind, shame !

Omg!!! Michael,get over yourself!!! You’ve got waaay too much drama for a guy!!!!

My older brothers told me that me having babies was strange to them because they had to acknowledge that I “did the deed” that made babies. BTW, I was 38 when the first one was born! LOL

I wish I had a sibling – must be great.

And turn-about is fair play.

I was five years older than my sis, and neither of us knew any of the other’s friends. It was like we lived in different worlds. But there was no antagonism, good-natured or otherwise. We get along well, now that we’re both old.

That’s just Mike showing affection the way he knows how right now.

Good Brother… He is doing just fine.

My sister didn’t “date”. Strange guys just showed up at the house. Usually with drugs

It seems odd to me that Michael is even aware of his sister’s “maturing”. The “things” he says he’s going to tease her about, most brothers don’t even notice in their sisters. As bad as my growing-up relationship with my younger brother was, he never did tease me about my body becoming more like Mom’s.

And some day soon Mike will realize that his sister has friends. Cute friends.

Granthony needs to be run off..

Spoken like a true middle-aged woman.

The Enjos don’t fight or tease each other. Then again, Brian and Dawn look so much alike it is impossible to say if they are becoming man or woman.

A more pressing issue for Michael is to awareness of the world around him. In the fourth panel he is slouching with his hands in his pockets, while he is not even watching where is going. His hair is so long and unkempt it is covering his eyes. Sounds like Priority #1 for Michael is to be taken to the barber!

Mike should know. He saw this with Lhetta and Rolne.

Mike you’re a jerk, maybe a good beating would change that!