Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for March 17, 2012

a dog ony wants something if it sees someone else having it

Whoa! That should make Aaron and Billy happy. A big smooch from Cathy, although now she has a jealous dog to deal with. Good luck with that, Cathy.A quick hello to everyone before we leave!! (in fact, I’m running late… aaack!!)

LOL love Vivian’s look in panel 4. But panel 2 is the winner. Five hearts floating around that kiss. Wow. How not pathetic for a change. A full-on hugs too. Ahhhhh, life is good.

 

Morning Cathyites. Friend Aaron is sleeping in. LMB just came upstairs in search of Cheerios in his stash drawer. I’ll take him for a walk. Nice morning going on out there.

A former boss used to have a wire-haired terrier who reacted the same way when he kissed his wife. In that house there was definitely a dispute over who was the alpha female. (The dog was there first … )

I can’t roll my eyes this morning. Well, I can roll my eyes, but not at Cathy being lame or Irving discrediting my gender (see Broomie comic today). Geez, an eye-roll-less day. I don’t know how to act.

 

Morning Susan seems like forever since I gave you your own greeting. lightenup come and gone until later today. Hello new commenters today.

 

Mom! your sentiment last night was endearing. You’re right especially that I have Billy and LMB (and they’re both equally precious to me). Except for my parent’s deaths, Billy and I have been together through anything bad that’s happened. Jon’s loss isn’t mine alone; our crew was in a funk for weeks after that. It was terrible on his young family. We know we have a dangerous job, but idiocy makes it harder. Sigh. The only thing that life and fair have in common is that they’re 4 letter words.

I love this! One of my dogs does this if I talk to someone, or pay attention to my other dog, Buff. Aaron, it’s a comic, lighten up!

Discovered this facet of dogs the first time I kissed my girlfriend (now my wife of 35 years) in front of her dog. Had to take time to convince ‘Shorty’ that I wasn’t hurting her.

I think we should give the new kids in town some latitude since they don’t know about our history. Many are longtime readers who don’t comment, yet know us well. Others are new arrivals perhaps. Out of context, our conversations may indeed look a bit off. And for those who’ve come to play with us after lurking for a while, nice! :-)

While I’ve been the “alpha female” in our house 13 years longer than we’ve had our dog, she’s a real “daddy’s girl” and can get a little jealous whenever my husband hugs and kisses me . . . but I think it’s more because she’s being left out of the “hug-and-kiss fest” between us rather than because she’s upset that he’s paying attention to me and not her. She may be the “Princess” . . . but I’m always going to be the “Queen”!!!!!

 

;-)

 

Happy Saturday, Aaron, Dr. Billy, lightenup, K.F.G. (wherever you are!), Susan, rgcviper, summerdog, gmforde, serenasakitty, kittycatpawsare, hendelca, lindz.coop, Teresa and all the rest of the “Cathy” fanatics hanging out with us here today. As always, good to “see” you all. Hope you’re having a great weekend so far!

By the way, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all my Irish (and non-Irish) friends here today!

 

Sorry for all the multiple posts today.

Just one of those rare days for me, I guess.

Everyone has them every now and then!

Luck of the Irish to everyone.

Funny today! My mom used to have a German Shepherd who was extra friendly (sometimes whiny) when she talked on the phone. I’m not sure if he thought she was talking to him, or if he felt like he wanted her attention when she was paying attention to the person on the other end of the phone.

I enjoy Cathy because I feel so much saner and together compared to her :) but at the same time, I frequently understand where she’s coming from.

Okay, here’s the update on the tournament for those interested… For everyone else, skip this comment. For a St. Patricks Day, it was an unlucky and bad day for her. It started out terribly where her first opponent asked her 3 times for a draw (they get 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw and nothing for a loss). She said no the first 2 times, but then gave in the third time and ended up with a draw. When she got back to the “holding room” (a school cafeteria where all the parents and coaches wait while the kids play), everyone told her that she shouldn’t have taken the draw at all and she should have complained that the opponent was bothering her with it.She realized that she made a bad decision and that really embarrassed her, and she never really recovered from that.Rather than learning from it and moving on, she kept thinking about it and every time she lost a game she felt worse. It even got the point where she was crying, which broke my heart. She doesn’t usually cry during tournaments and is pretty even-keeled no matter what happens, so it was strange and I didn’t really know what to say to make her feel better. However, it makes more sense to me now why she didn’t let the first 2 losses in the regional get to her (she lost the first 2, but then went on to win the last 3) – because they were honest losses, not because she accepted a draw that she shouldn’t have or because she was upset. Anyway, it was a bad experience for her, but at least she’ll remember it and hopefully learn something positive from it. We also told her that one of the reasons her team was able to get to state was because of her 3 wins in the regional, so she should remember that and feel good about that.She hopefully now knows not to accept a draw, but rather to view it as an opportunity to win.The hardest part for me is seeing my sweet, sensitive child feeling bad because she thought she was doing the right thing. She is the one in her class who whenever someone gets hurt, she rushes over to comfort them and bring them a cup of water. The teacher has created a job of “clinic helper” just for her. She is the one who in first grade, when another kid with social issues peed his pants, she rushed over, grabbed his hand and took him out of the room to the bathroom and never laughed at him. She is so sweet and giving, and it’s hard to tell her not to be that way sometimes. And there was another kid who told someone else on our team that her stomach hurt so she wanted a draw. Thank goodness our teammate said no, and she was told to go to the bathroom and keep playing. But I’m convinced that someone told her to do that in order to get the 1/2 point rather than lose. Even though I’m not so naive to think that is an isolated incident, it does bother me a lot to have to teach my children that ugly people exist in the world and people don’t always play nice. Sorry for the long post… it’s been a long, ugly day and it’s good to get it out.Hope everyone is well…Talk tomorrow…

lightenup jr you’re still my hero. Getting to the state level is, well,

huge!I know your Mom knows these words, and they are my most favorite words ever. They’re from Aaron. Ready?

 

The future isn’t where my life is, it’s in the moments I’m in.

 

Those words help me through anything. We know a lot of college students here. Most of them made signs out of Aaron’s words. So did I, at work, to remember. They heal hearts and they’re better than a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, because you can hold onto them and pass them to someone else.

 

OK? We’re proud of you lightenup jr. :-D

Hi Cathyites!! Sorry to hear L Jr had an “off” day. I suppose what Aaron said earlier about “life” and “fair” applies here very well. Luckily, she will have many more chances to win.

I confess I sometimes have used the term “lightenup” or reminded folks that “it is just a comic” when they were attacking each other (particularly on the FBoFW site). I never meant it to be harsh or offensive, just to remind folks that the comic is supposed to be exaggerated and that I don’t think it is ever appropriate to attack the comic character (or worse, the artist) with foul language as I have seen on that site. I suppose newcomers to this site don’t realize that we are talking about our own lives and not the lives of the characters when they first see our comments.

In my “own life,” the cats often give us the “cold shoulder” when we come back from a trip, but they can’t maintain it for long, so within a half hour, we are usually back in good stead — at least with a purr and usually a cuddle.

Hi everyone Lighten jr I’m sorry some kids have to acted badly.Honey don’t let them get you down.Because you are a very Smart and Sweet Caring girl.I’m proud of you you did a great job way to go. I hope you don"t mind me butting in: )