Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 14, 2015

What happened to the sisters’ first husbands?

mom’s and norm’s! oh yeah i remember that.

dbsw, Joan’s first husband turned out to be a jerk, walked out when she told him she was pregnant. Val’s husband died of illness.

But what I remember from the older strips, it was Joan who couldn’t say no to Max. She was full of ideas like, give him more options, don’t restrict him, blah blah blah. It was Wally who finally got her to understand she has to set boundaries for Max (and enforce the rules).

Thanks for the background.

Wow, been reading this comic for years and only just realized todayMax wasn’t Wally’s child!

Yes that is correct. He went to get milk and never came back. He cleaned out their bank account and ran to some island. With no money, Joan and Max went to live at Val’s house. After Joan was involved with Wally he came back for a few days until Wally told him to leave for good. And to Hekko: thanks for reminding me that Joan was a complete idiot with Max letting him do whatever he wanted. Didn’t want to squash his creativity Joan would say as he was destroying Val’s house.

dbsw: you really should go back & read from the beginning!I’ve been doing that, and you get all the history & laughs & tears. I didn’t know about Stone soup until last year, love it!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Agreed Val.

Hmmm. Just how old is little Max, anyway?