For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 21, 2023

Good strategy Elly

Way to go, Mom…

Good solution. He can’t get drunk on soup.

I have always liked this solution: It’s a way to help Mike that’s reasonable, but get shim to budget. Trust me as a former college kid myself, while I wasn’t away from home, budgeting be hard. It still is.

Maybe Michael can sell the junk his mother sends him for his extra money.

Or he could work as a part-time grocery worker

College kids love care packages. Only problem is they always end up sharing with their roommates (the roommates see to that) so he’ll only get part of it.

GASP – Kraft Dinner…

Wow! Kraft Dinner, soup mix, and a green plaid lumberjack shirt to stay warm over the cold Canadian winter. Every college boy’s dream! Except in my day, some 40 years ago, we would have preferred a red plaid shirt to match the colour of the Canadian flag. Green, ehh!

I still send my kid (39) care packages. Mostly filled with baked goods.

Well, I don’t agree with sending him money every time he blows through it, but I do agree with sending him care packages.. if he doesn’t like the food in there, let him complain! At least it’s free! Boy needs to learn not to be so picky.

Not a bad idea!

I got Care Packages and $5 a week in college.I learned to choose friends who got WAY more.

Michael will have to stand in line for government cheese. Lawrence is in a better position. Canada gives welfare to gay people.

Lots & lots of ramen noodles in assorted flavours. Also, instant oatmeal. Yummy

I see he’s getting the Canadian staple, Kraft Dinner.

Or this response:

Elly: Did you beg for money in the 8-page letta to Rhetta? Have Rhetta send you money. Yeah, that’s right. Let’s see Rhetta take care of you the way I have since the day you entered this life.

I specifically remember reading this strip during its original run. Man, that was a long time ago….

Just don’t make it a habit Ellie, there is kindness and then there is enabling.

This was the same John who said in the strip dated November 4th that Elly ought to put a check in her letter to Michael. Now he is saying not to.

My Mom always sent Care packages to me when I was away at school, college, and in the Army. These packages were eagerly awaited not only by me but also by all my buddies – especially, when the package contained goodies baked by my grandmother!

Nice enabling there.

It’s check…

I liked sending care packages or grocery store gift cards – cause then I knew what the money was spent on. Would send gas cards before breaks so they would have no excuse to come home. :)

That’s EXACTLY what my mom does for my sister out touring the world in theater design!

Don’t send ice cream

A commentary on today’s young men who grew up without a Father in the house. Mom’s love to spoil their boys, Dads love to teach them how to succeed in life.

I never got a care package from my parents the one year I was away in college before I got my draft notice! I used the money I saved to buy books and bus tickets to home. When I went home on Christmas break, I worked part time at the store I used to work at before.

Good move, Ellie.

“Kraft Dinner”… LOL. Need to send some Ramen Noodles next..

The interesting part is that Elly, after telling Michael she was sending him nothing yesterday, was preparing to cave and send him a cheque today until John intervened.

Then he won’t feel the need to come home. Send him all the goodies from home and he won’t miss the place!

wouldn’t Mike have dining plan?

I didn’t know that the box said Kraft Dinner, I thought that’s just what Canadians call Kraft macaroni and cheese.

Cost of shipping will be more than the value of the product. Cheaper to send a Safeway gift card. Then he can spend his grocery allowance on fun stuff and use the gift card for groceries.

And there goes the growing up and learning to be responsible

These days you send them a gift card for the grocery store or the gas station.

Pretty nosy and controlling there, John.

Mothers will be mothers, alright.

So why do they call it “KD Kraft Dinner” in Canada? Is “Kraft Macaroni and Cheese” too “American” or something?