For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 12, 2014

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    ORMouseworks  over 10 years ago

    It is really, really difficult for a child to move away from all of the friends he has known and enjoyed, to a future without them as he faces all of those changes his life will so experience… ;)

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    mourdac Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Danger, Will Robinson!

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    David Rickard Premium Member over 10 years ago

    “Lawrence could move in with us”Which would be so much more enjoyable than rerunning April’s life…

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    krys723  over 10 years ago

    Am I the only one who thinks they should just skip a few years and start on April’s chapter?

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    Guilty Bystander  over 10 years ago

    I thought Anne was the worst mom in this strip? Connie’s a ditz, but I don’t recall her showing up unannounced at the doorstep to dump Lawrence off on Elly when she wants to head off and do whatever or whoever.

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    ladykat  over 10 years ago

    If I remember correctly, Connie and Lawrence move back and Lawrence and Michael remain good friends, as to Connie and Elly. Connie is doing the best she can for her son – I wonder, how come nobody is is complaining that her son’s father is obviously not interested at all in his child.

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    USN1977  over 10 years ago

    Fifth panel:John: Sure thing Michael, Lawrence can move in, under a few conditions…YOU pay for his room, his board, his clothing, you pay the part of the taxes that bankroll his school attendance, the waste and sewage,,,Michael: Hope Lawrence enjoys it in Thunder Bay!

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    rfeinberg  over 10 years ago

    Lynn J resorts yet again to the “‘splainin’ hands” in panel 4, a gesture no real human being has ever made.

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    Argy.Bargy2  over 10 years ago

    Who, howtheduck? I didn’t know duckie was a mom…

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    JanLC  over 10 years ago

    Duck, there you go again.

    1. Connie is moving because she got a job offer for a supervisory position in Thunder Bay, not because she’s hung up on Ted. Anything else is just your own private spin.

    2. Connie said she hadn’t told him YET back on August 2, and it is not her fault that he heard the phone message before she had a chance to do so.

    Granted that Connie stayed in Montreal and gave herself a makeover rather than running back home when Lawrence broke his leg. That does not, however make her a bad or neglectful mother.

    I’m sorry that Lynn’s characters don’t fit into your preconceived notions of motherhood, but it is a comic strip after all, and most of what we see here is MEANT to be a joke.

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    wherehaveallthetalentedartistsgone  over 10 years ago

    Enter Gordo . . . .

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