When my dad, like Gus, thought he wanted to move back to his house, he figured he was ready to go back home. I wasn’t conflicted though. He wasn’t ready. He never was able to go back home. He felt ‘good enough’ that he thought he was, but he really wasn’t. Maybe Gus is at that point and if they agreed for him to move back to his condo, it wouldn’t be long before he was back with them again.
Just a few questions? In panel 1 Gene seems to be letting a bird fly out of his hand? In panel 3 he has a red can at the table but in panel 4 its white????
Gus is an unimpaired adult, not a danger to himself or others, fully capable of attending to his health issues. These two should give him their opinion, once, respectfully, and then shut up and get out of his way.
I think Arlo and Janis should just get their own condo and move there. What happens with Gus can be anyone’s guess. Hopefully the poor guy stays healthy and enjoys being back in his condo.
Humorist Art Buchwald went into hospice in 2006 or so. He apparently didn’t like it there because he wrote regular columns on his experience and then he checked out.
Mom will be 95 at the end of the month. Dad passed away in his early 60s. Until about 2017 she lived alone in the family home. My sister then decided she could not do so – okay, mom was “hearing” her new neighbors talking about buying her house and turning it into a school and one night we got a phone call from a police officer at 2 am.
Mom had called and told them her neighbor was going to kill her for her house. (This was a relatively new neighbor – 2 fellows – and not the long time neighbor who had lived there.) But there was a logic to what she did – when I asked why had the police call us instead of one of my sisters “Because you both stay up late and do not go to work so it would not a problem to call you at this time of night.” The police had found her out on the street walking so she would not be home when "thy"e came – and she had taken her jewelry & purse with her.
Husband was director of a mental health center and spoke with the police as they were just going to leave and got them to have her taken to the local hospital by ambulance.
Mom was then in an assisted living home – straight through the early part of Covid – good thing as she had a 2 room apartment to move around so she was not stuck in a shared space with anyone else and had room to do things, though more recently she had to move to a nursing home.
When I call her on Sunday nights (our set time for a call – calls to her spread around the family) she is waiting as she knows what time it is, she knows my niece is living in London, what my nephew is doing, what the rest of us are doing. She just can’t be alone any longer.
Da'Dad 3 months ago
Give Gus some credit. A man’s got to know his limitations.
Robin Harwood 3 months ago
I notice that Gene has learned fast. “How do WE feel about that?”
Tigrisan Premium Member 3 months ago
When my dad, like Gus, thought he wanted to move back to his house, he figured he was ready to go back home. I wasn’t conflicted though. He wasn’t ready. He never was able to go back home. He felt ‘good enough’ that he thought he was, but he really wasn’t. Maybe Gus is at that point and if they agreed for him to move back to his condo, it wouldn’t be long before he was back with them again.
joedon2007 3 months ago
Just a few questions? In panel 1 Gene seems to be letting a bird fly out of his hand? In panel 3 he has a red can at the table but in panel 4 its white????
ScullyUFO 3 months ago
Has anyone else noticed how the speech balloons are sized so that the text fits exactly?
prince valiant Premium Member 3 months ago
Smart man, using the third person"we" when discussing things with his missus.
mp23mike 3 months ago
So what is “this other thing” Gus mentioned?
rugeirn 3 months ago
Gus is an unimpaired adult, not a danger to himself or others, fully capable of attending to his health issues. These two should give him their opinion, once, respectfully, and then shut up and get out of his way.
Bwahahaha! 3 months ago
Yay! A and J aren’t moving!!!!!!
Niko S 3 months ago
I think Arlo and Janis should just get their own condo and move there. What happens with Gus can be anyone’s guess. Hopefully the poor guy stays healthy and enjoys being back in his condo.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside 3 months ago
Humorist Art Buchwald went into hospice in 2006 or so. He apparently didn’t like it there because he wrote regular columns on his experience and then he checked out.
viniragu 3 months ago
“We”, need to grow some cojones, and think for ourselves !!
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault 3 months ago
Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Remember that silence can be taken any way.
Wooded trail 3 months ago
Genes smart to ask “how do we feel about that”- knows his lady well.
mafastore 3 months ago
Mom will be 95 at the end of the month. Dad passed away in his early 60s. Until about 2017 she lived alone in the family home. My sister then decided she could not do so – okay, mom was “hearing” her new neighbors talking about buying her house and turning it into a school and one night we got a phone call from a police officer at 2 am.
Mom had called and told them her neighbor was going to kill her for her house. (This was a relatively new neighbor – 2 fellows – and not the long time neighbor who had lived there.) But there was a logic to what she did – when I asked why had the police call us instead of one of my sisters “Because you both stay up late and do not go to work so it would not a problem to call you at this time of night.” The police had found her out on the street walking so she would not be home when "thy"e came – and she had taken her jewelry & purse with her.
Husband was director of a mental health center and spoke with the police as they were just going to leave and got them to have her taken to the local hospital by ambulance.
Mom was then in an assisted living home – straight through the early part of Covid – good thing as she had a 2 room apartment to move around so she was not stuck in a shared space with anyone else and had room to do things, though more recently she had to move to a nursing home.
When I call her on Sunday nights (our set time for a call – calls to her spread around the family) she is waiting as she knows what time it is, she knows my niece is living in London, what my nephew is doing, what the rest of us are doing. She just can’t be alone any longer.