Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for April 25, 2010
April 24, 2010
April 26, 2010
Transcript:
Cathy: I've tried everything, but the weight doesn't come off! Charlene: I hate my job, but what can I do in this economy?? Andrea: My teenage daughter is driving me insane! Cathy: I diet! I workout! Nothing happens! Charlene: I stay late! I work weekends! I still can't get ahead! Andrea: I plead! I cajole! She just rolls her eyes at me! Happy to be near friends, yet way too involved in our own little worlds for any actual interaction or teamwork...The grown-up version of "parallel play": "Parallel whining": Cathy: I haven't had anything but salad for lunch in nine years! Charlene: I always eat lunch at my desk! Andrea: When I take my daughter out to lunch, she texts under the table!
legaleagle48 over 14 years ago
Hello, Andrea. Nice to see you again, after what – FIVE YEARS?
Seriously, it’s time to get Cathy out of the mall and back to work (you remember, that thing that she used to do before she started living at the mall every other week?)
lyndona over 14 years ago
That just hits a little too close to home these days ;)
lindz.coop Premium Member over 14 years ago
And what about Charlene who has been preggly for 3 years or so – stuck in time – how horrible!!! Time to get that baby born.
mrslukeskywalker over 14 years ago
This is why they aren’t even friends with each other anymore, let alone with anyone else. Nobody gives a………….. Not even themselves.
lightenup Premium Member over 14 years ago
True friends may not always understand, but they can at least listen and commiserate.
avonsalis over 14 years ago
Lyndona, you’re right that it hits too close to home … even if we can’t be sure which one of the three is hitting close to your home! (Hopefully not all 3. My own worst of these is the teenage daughter, and the pithy picture is apt. She tries to be nice about it, but teen behaviors are practically forces of nature!)
I think the “parallel play” analogy is actually brilliant. (I learned the term when my teen first arrived in the family and we heard about what healthy toddler development involves. They seem to ignore each other, except for momentary stares, squabbles or hugs, but they’re learning what they need to learn about how to be a person at that stage.)
The “parallel whining” serves an eerily similar function - these ladies need to feel they’re not alone, even if it’s true that none can really care all that much about the others’ concerns.
Does this mean maybe they’ll grow up eventually??
vickimarme over 14 years ago
Since Cathy is not a real person, but her creator is….maybe this is just a fabulous way to illustrate our own self-absorption. EVER THINK OF THAT…..before we all rush to comment on a non-existent life? I am begining to be more captivated by the comments than by the strip.
Imagine…….
LearningAllTheTime over 14 years ago
Oh my! My friend sent this comic to me because it made her think of me and the post I did not long ago on pretty much the same topic. I agree, Cathy is going through what I am going through. Her version just seems a bit funnier, probably because she is a cartoon.
http://marco4bella.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-light-bulb-moment-ha.html
If you wish to read or not. :o)