Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 05, 2011

Panel 5: Wait,…just what guys have you been living with?

Oh, sure! Have them broken up before they even get married!

I have found after 4 weddings (3 girls and a son) that it doesn’t matter if it’s bride’s or the groom’s mom. The Dad’s job is gofer. And mostly it’s gofer the checkbook. Smile and keep moving.

Did she learn to leave the seat up, like men prefer ……

Opposite in my house. House full of women…and my husband.

@Plods—Yes, indeed. What women want in a man is a servant with a paycheck whom they can hold emotionally hostage. That’s it in a nutshell.

The last I heard the divorce rate in this country(USA) is now at 51% of all marriages! My grandparents were married for 64 years and theirs was an arranged marriage! I have come to the conclusion that monogamy is not the preferred selection (male or female) for the human species. It’s not in our genes!

There’s also a correlation between cost of wedding and incidence of divorce. After weddings these days, marriage pales and palls by comparison.

Divorce rates are down; 41% for first time marrieds. This goes up significantly for those who remarry and it brings the average up to about 50%.

The divorce-to-marriage ratio can be misleading. Since people who divorce at all often don’t stop with one divorce (some people have a 100% divorce rate—all their marriages end that way), a rate of 50% divorce averaged across all marriages means there are still a lot of people who remain married to the same partner long-term.

twipsy, best to just keep it in our jeans…….

First marriage here, 35 years and counting. Just takes a little work and commitment on both parts. Learning to put first things first.

@whmlllWho ever said Janis was “so virgin pure”? She must be quite interesting to keep a lunkhead like Arlo wanting to stay and fight the marriage/divorce rate. Go back and look at earlier cartoons, she is quite something.

Janis has lived with Arlo & Gene: two guys.Arlo is correct, and it is something to look forward to. Divorces are made in heaven.

gocomicsmember is right – about 2/3rds of first marriages are successful. It’s those serial marriage folks that drive the statistic that 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce. Of course, that kinda detail would ruin the punch line and a comic strip is not a classroom. This one made me smile.

Arlo & Janis have stuck marriage out for the long term. That means statistically, Gene and Mary Lou are DOOMEDsmall sample size, admittedly…

If you want to see some of the older strips, go to JJ’s blog at http://arloandjanis.com/ because he uses a “classic strip” as the lead-in to each of his posts.

they do not have “Gene” as an only child. They have an older son named “Chip”. What happened to him?

And Chad from over at the Zits house…

I know my wife will get caught up in all of it if/when our daughters get married