Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for September 08, 2023

  Double your pleasure, double your fun

Twice the chores.

Sounds good in theory but …

You can almost always find an upside.

Wanda! Tell them they’ve got the wrong idea!

What do you mean I can’t have a pony? Dad said it was okay.

Not always…my mom let my father come over to enjoy Christmas with us. It was bitter sweet and never the same, but it was nice of mom after what we all have gone through to try to be civil around the holidays. Years later they became friends again and mom forgave him.

“I don’t want two of everything.” ~Gray, Jurassic World, 2015

A kid Hammie’s age named ‘Stacey’? Call me surprised, unless this strip is set in 1963.

This is going to resonate with almost half of the people in the U.S.

The only thing you get two in this situation is a cake. Gifts are half from one parent and half from the other. Only mom does the party with your friends.

If you play your cards right, there’s a silver lining to everything. ;-)

Told you this yesterday. Are you just catching on now?

Not as much fun as you’d think, Hammie.

True story: In high school, my daughter was asked, “What do you call your mother’s husband?” She answered “Dad.” Then she was asked, “Then what do you call your father’s wife?” She answered, “Mom.” They were amazed that her original parents were still together.

See what eavesdropping and being nosey gets you.

plus there is the ploy of playing the rents off eachother to get extra stuff

My Uncle Junior used to make the rounds for every holiday — his in-laws, his brother’s family, his parents’ family. Every time he’d leave after eating a full meal he would say, “Well I’d better stop now because I still got to go eat with…..”

He was a wonderful uncle.

(Love how the swings have rubberized chains. Such a good playground detail!)

Doesn’t sound so bad after all does it Hammie?

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Two Mommies. Two Daddies.

I remember the “divorced” kid down the street had all the good stuff the rest of us wanted.

Haha! (＾▽＾)