Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 14, 2013
Transcript:
Man: So I told my parents right after graduation and moved in with Eduardo. We've been together ever since. Mark: What? It took me years to get it all sorted out! I hate you! Your life sounds perfect! Man: Perfect? We broke up twice. We were in couples therapy for ten years. He was fired, then I was. Our house was repossessed... Mark: Hating you less. Go on. Man: Then our kids sued us for "malparenting...:
applecrash over 11 years ago
The lives of others seem so much more appealing than our own until we are able to see them for what they really are.
pawpawbear over 11 years ago
I had a post on my Facebook today that said the grass is always greener on the other side. Becaus it has been fed with B**l S**t.
jnik23260 over 11 years ago
“Mal – Parenting”? I’d have sued my folks for that if they’d had any money!
David Lobbezoo Premium Member over 11 years ago
Didn’t John Irving write in “The World According To Garp” that if we had the chance to throw our troubles in a pile in the middle of a floor with other people and to take the pile we wanted we end up taking back our own?
goulo over 11 years ago
@gmartin997I guess it was inevitable that someone would bring out that tired old joke / canard (I’m not sure if you intended it to be funny, or if you really believe one partner in a same-sex relationship plays the role of the opposite sex)…
CasualObserver over 11 years ago
The trouble with being a “middle-of-the-road” person in life is that you get second-hand mud on you from those in either ditch slinging mud at each other.
SwimsWithSharks over 11 years ago
Nobody’s life is as good as it looks on Facebook.
magicwalnut over 11 years ago
@David L…Thanks. I’ve been quoting that for half my life, not remembering where I’d read it. I now consider myself enlightened.
Carol69 over 11 years ago
I am waiting for the naysayers that have heaped personal abuse on calimesajim to man up and show a little class with an acknowledgement he has been correct about the Benghazi cover up. It’s OK to disagree but not so cool with the personal attacks.
goweeder over 11 years ago
Going from a comic strip to a political rant is quite a large leap. Now that you have vented for the day (hopefully), please refrain from trying to incite the masses. I get the impression that you love to hate.
route66paul over 11 years ago
It is not so much about “which one plays the role of the opposite sex”, it is more like “who is dominant”.
ossiningaling over 11 years ago
?? They can’t be much more than a foot apart.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
They were living in a car? If it had been a house, it would have been “foreclosed”..And dukedoug, that’s the great thing about America; we never get over ourselves and insist that the rest of the world doesn’t either. If you do, we’ll invade you just so you can’t get over us.
krisjackson01 over 11 years ago
I wish my son was gay. His room would be neater.
Mike31g over 11 years ago
DNFTTPlease!
loves raising duncan over 11 years ago
I’m sure I’d get a lot of flack for this….school reunions, who needs them?
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
Everybody has a bad week.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago
Probably just about every kid would sue for mal-parenting if they could.
Carol69 over 11 years ago
You forgot one of Clinton’s more important accomplishments/legacy that being a rapist and predatory molester.