For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 20, 2014

A wife with a bathing suit on that is too small for her is to be avoided at all costs, thinks John as he is underneath a well-thrown pillow… ;)

If that hole gets any deeper and wider, guess who will be buried in it? Grow a brain John.

. She wants to hear, “You’re always beautiful to me dear.”

Honesty about a bathing suit that’s too small? Never a good idea!

Weeelllllllll, John, I thought you really had stuck ‘your size twelve’s’ in it yesterday but today you have really outdone yourself ! ! I don’t blame Ellie for divorcing you ! I used to stand up for you but you really are a offensive lout !

Amazing that a man whose career is putting his hands in the mouths of others is so good at putting his foot in his own mouth.

Were there really men who were that dumb?

When as a society are we going to look at anyone else and say “Hey there’s an adult that is having fun with their kids in the water” not “OMG that person is FAT”? I have to agree with John on this one. Better to just be happy then constantly worry about the view in the mirror.

Sad but my ex-husband would have likely said something as anal as John’s comment!! Note the key word “ex” husband!!…lol Yep!! He would have said it!!

Lynn’s Notes:I actually thought I was overweight when I drew this. I thought the bulge I drew on my tummy was enormous. It amazes me now to think that I saw myself as unattractive. On the other hand, a little ego bruising at the time was a good thing!

I hate swimsuit season when it comes to this comic, Lynn just doesn’t draw Ellie right. And if Ellie was so self-conscious about her weight, how come she didn’t just exercise like Connie does. Ellie’s self-esteem was the only reason why she didn’t exercise until all the kids, but April was gone.

WHEN will John learn to just zip up that mouth and say NOTHING!? He must really love that sofa. He spends a lot of time there.

He is lucky that was the only thing she hit him with…..

Try fullbodied and healthy. Also, she needs to not slouch.

When we were first married, my husband said something to the effect that he would never marry a fat woman. I wasn’t fat – 5’5" and 129 lbs. He was a very svelte 117 lbs. at 5’8". Now I’m 105 lbs. as a function of previously undiagnosed food sensitivities, and he’s, like, 175 lbs.+. No more talk from him about fatness.

Not chunky, just a little fluffy.

Reading these older strips and knowing it’s loosely based on Lynn’s real life, I find it rather understandable why they ended up getting divorced.

If she would just stand up straight, she’d look like she lost 10 lbs.!

All you gotta say, John, is “You look great!”

Go out and buy yourself one of those swim suits with all the bells and whistles on it. They will squeeze those rolls someplace else. Just ask Cathy : )

Elly’s problem is that it’s the 1980s, when important self-esteem-boosting info for this problem wasn’t readily available on Internet. Get a load of the selfie galley of this correspondent of mine: http://seductivebyatch.deviantart.com/gallery/61790

The funny thing is, today’s ‘Zits’ shows Jeremy responding to his Mom about her looks. He’s busy texting while she is sighing and saying ‘another wrinkle’. While she’s basically asking him if she looks awful, we see his perspective on her when he looks up from his phone and what he sees is Yoda (a real wrinkly character). Yet his response to his Mom is ‘You look like you could be in movies’, and that leaves her happy and smiling, telling him he’s sweet.-Sometimes teens can teach their old dads a thing or two….

Elly has told John point blank, “you are getting fat” and grabbed his love handles. It is hypocritical of Elly to then expect John not to tell it like it is with her gut.

My honey would say something like “You know I think you’re sexy but if you don’t like something, change it.”

It gives new meaning to the phrase, “You can’t handle the truth!”

All Elly needs to do is change her posture and quit slouching.

Ellie loves Claire and she will run away with her just like John will run away with Ted.

And THEN , Your Honor, is when the ground came up and hit me! and again and AGAIN!!!

As the great man of wisdom, Hank Hill, said: That is what they call a loaded question. No matter how I answer there is a bullet in every chamber designed to blow my brains out.

He will need that pillow when he is sleeping on the couch tonight.

Fortunately, my wife knows her shortcomings when it comes to swimwear and doesn’t ask for my opinion. A lot safer for both of us that way.

What men don’t understand is that in such situations the worst thing to do is talk. Just give her a few sexy kisses and she’ll stop wining. That’s how my man does it every time, and that’s really all we want! :-)

Ellie looks great!! And anyway she was drawn that way..