For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 05, 2013

Nicotine must be acting up again.

Um, what?

Smoking would not be a deal breaker for me, because there would never be a proposed deal. I would not even go out with a smoker.

You’re getting an awful lot of stew out of one oyster.

And aren’t Phill and Georgia already living together?

I’m sorry, but I wouldn’t wantthis man for any thing. 1) He’sa jerk. 2) He smokes (enough said).I could go on from there, but let’sleave it there.

Oh Oh the “M” word.

So, in other words, Georgia sees Phil as a project, a lump of clay she can mold into her ideal mate. Might take a while, but if he responds correctly (that is, obediently) to her making his quitting smoking a condition of the relationship, they can then move on to the next step in his re-education. And yes, there will be a next step, because (as the great Jerry Weinberg once said) “once you solve your number one problem, number two gets a promotion.”

This is why you don’t live together before marriage. Why should he change? She’s already accepted him the way he is and he’s getting what he wants. If you can’t be happy on your own, you need to work on you. Never expect someone to change to make you happy.

best laugh of the day

I don’t think she should marry him even if he does manage to quit for good, he could always go back. My dad did. There’d always be that risk. As for living together I agree with puggles. Living together is a great deal for the man and a lousy deal for the woman as she’s probably doing all the so called “wifely duties” (meaning laundry, cooking, housework) while he gets all the benefits of marriage without any of the responsibility. Couples who live together usually both work so what does she get out of it? Zilch.

How much are cigarettes in Canada now $9-15 bucks a pack. Homes prices, gas, groceries, postage etc. you name it. You have to see the vehicles crossing the border at Port Huron in Michigan to give you a good prospective and they drive like idiots.

I don’t get what Georgia sees in Phil. Surely he must have some good qualities that aren’t being mentioned in the strip. All we’re seeing is Phil acting like a big, and incredibly ugly, baby.

My granddaughter, age 7, wants to write a comment: think about the uh-oh baby in cul de sac.Then think about cigarettes.which one is worse.[Needed help with spelling – words are hers.]

I would never have dated a smoker in the first place.

Howtheduck and Puddleglum, you are both forgetting that Phil’s doctor told him to quit smoking because his lungs were bad. (See August 26 & 27) Georgia had nothing to do with the decision. She is just helping him to break the habit.

I thought they were already married by this point…

Phil! stick With The Cigarettes! You’ll Be A Happier Man!

drewhollan:When I lived in Canada, there was only one thing I ever had to “go south of the line” for. Actual event:Customs: Canadian citizen?Me: Landed [green card equivalent]- How long out of the country?- [look at watch] 20 minutes.- Buy anything?- Yes.- What?- [point to sack on passenger seat] 10 dozen tortillas.- Get on through!

I said I wouldn’t marry a guy who smoked, either. He doesn’t. But before him, I fell for a guy who did. I was crazy about him! He picked someone else, and I was left bereft. I wished he could have quit, because smoking did eventually kill him, but it took 40 more years to do it it’s evil work.

I just don’t like Phil… I don’t see what Georgia finds attractive about him. 1st class jerk, he is.

Phil is creepy. Make that Creepy with a capital “C”.

Yup, it is agreed….a first class“Jerk” is he.

Man child. What a baby