Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 24, 2021

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 3 years ago

    OMG – _ A Moment of Truth!!!_

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    Namrepus  over 3 years ago

    And I see your true colors shining through…

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    Oh, what has Gunther done now?!

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    Pilly the Almighty Teddy Bear  over 3 years ago

    Not the response anyone wants.

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    Vilyehm  over 3 years ago

    Bets can’t take mushy. Gunther was supposed to be a prop.

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    wantcomicsnow  over 3 years ago

    Usually it’s women who scare men off by saying that.

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    DaJellyBelly  over 3 years ago

    The question now is how will Gunter get home?

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    M4kh41  over 3 years ago

    This still doesn’t make up for Bets’ annoying attitude.

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 3 years ago

    Dazed and Confused! Gunther needs a ride home.

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    R.W.Singer -SF  over 3 years ago

    You can’t win, Gunner!!

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    Willow Mt Lyon  over 3 years ago

    They both look surprised that Gunther said, “I love you.” I don’t remember him saying that to Rosa. Did those words hit Bets in the face so that she has to face reality? This relationship has been nothing but a game to her, something her fans can follow on social media. I don’t think she ever thought of their relationship leading to loving one another. Poor Gunther. It will take awhile for him to come down from this relationship.

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    beb01  over 3 years ago

    And so she walks, just as I suggested yesterday. There’s still time fir a redemption arc. Maybe Leslie can teach her how to be a better person [/s]

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Uh……. this is NOT a promising way for Bets to respond to a statement of, “I love you.” from Gunther.

    If this is her real response and she does not want love from Gun….. that is just bad and it feels like Gunther is being used.

    If this is her response because she is somehow nervous or psychologically fearful of love…. then I guess this could still get interesting.

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    BJShipley1  over 3 years ago

    Wow. Today my coworkers and I were joking around with “how to ruin a date in 4 words” and Gunther here just managed it in 3.

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Nooooo

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    gnmnrbl  over 3 years ago

    Deer caught in the headlights!! She’s in shock and doesn’t know how to respond to hearing “I love you.” He doesn’t really care about how she’s been behaving tonight, just that they’re together is all that matters to him. She probably feels guilt because gun is showing her romance, selflessness, and kindness where she has shown him none.

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    linus82  over 3 years ago

    Un “te amo” seguido de una sonrisa nerviosa no hace ver muy convencido a Gunther, pero por lo menos fué capaz de ponerle un alto momentáneo a los alegatos de Bets. Ahora Gunther tendrá que pagar y regresar a casa caminando y vestido de pirata, pero como consuelo aún conserva sus papas fritas.

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    RickSchechter  over 3 years ago

    Didn’t see THAT one coming.

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    overtherainbow  over 3 years ago

    Wow, I did =not= see that coming! Suddenly I’m interested in this arc again. :-D

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    capricorn9th  over 3 years ago

    Wha…..? What the heck happened Firstly, I expected Gunther to say to bugger off and go. He did not. I am disappointed in you. Again, no backbone. Now, Bets walks out after these three words was said? I almost think she is scared. Is she scared of love?

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 3 years ago

    Order another Beanie weenie wowie meal? , Gunther

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    Dillithamir  over 3 years ago

    I must say something about that middle panel….

    HA!!!

    … there I said it.

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    kenhense  over 3 years ago

    I have been abandoned at dinner a few times. It’s a move used by someone who likes to play dirty pool.

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    DoloresJ.Nurss  over 3 years ago

    Okay, now THIS is the potential turning point! Can she or can she not process actual love?

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    howtheduck  over 3 years ago

    To be fair, we don’t know exactly why Bets left. It could be:

    1. Weinie world fries are upsetting her little tum-tum.

    2. Seeing Gunther in love has made her nauseous (which I can kind of understand).

    3. She has been pushing him towards a break-up and she is upset because her tactic has clearly failed.

    4. She is off calling Tiffany to see if she can come over and make things up because she has realized that she ruined a perfectly wonderful time with a guy who loves her.

    5. She is not done ranting, but now realizes that Gunther is not a good audience for a rant, so she is going out to find a random stranger so she can finish her rant.

    6. Never fall in love with your costumer.

    7. She is off to tweet about it to her on-line fans and then she will come back and try to convince Gunther to do a TikTok video about proposing.

    8. She spotted the storyline for next week involving Shannon and she has decided to make a run for it.

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    ACTIVIST1234  over 3 years ago

    Hope we get dome backstory on Bets’s complicated behavior.

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    Z-bert  over 3 years ago

    Not what I expected – at all!

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    rklynch  over 3 years ago

    I honestly didn’t expect that…

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    butterfly_qvrs  over 3 years ago

    Oh Wow…and here I thought Gunther would break up with Bets. This one declaration should have been able to salvage the “romantic evening for two” and instead…wow.

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    hersheyjgm  over 3 years ago

    She wants to be his #1. Expects him to agree with her about all this Tiffany stuff, be supportive of her arguments, drop whatever he is doing to do what she wants whenever she pulls his chain, but can’t handle the ILY? What’s up with that? SO, what does she want in a ‘boyfriend’?

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    Brdshtt Premium Member over 3 years ago

    ♡ It’s OK, Gunther, she was so excited to hear that, she had to go to use the restroom, hence, her having to “go”.♡ ♡She’ll be right back in a sec♡.

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    Ok. Seriously now, and setting the all sarcasm aside (no more little hearts), I did mention earlier in the week, that Bets would be in control of everything, and now the apparent break – up without even discussing with Gunther first. I know, there are some heads exploding here because they could not see this coming. But, like in real life, things do not always go the way we think things should go, and it happens here in the Luanniverse as well. I did not think the break – up would be this abrupt; much like throwing a prop away after the final show. Greg should have left him in Peru, or maybe this will be a learning experience for him.

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    Just to take everyone’s mind off this disastrous outcome, I’m inviting everyone here to a huge barbecue at my house on Sunday between 2:00 PM and 2:03 PM. Just look for the huge derigible shaped like Puddles (Luann’s dog) flying about 150 feet above the house – it will be easily visible from HWY 50 near Sacramento. There will be steaks, chicken, shrimp, hot dogs, and for some, I will even flop a few crows on the grill. See y’all here!

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    Joe1962  over 3 years ago

    Why would Bets be scared to love Gunther.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 3 years ago

    So…. with Bets leaving Gunther at Wennie World….. presuming he is not within walking distance to the Gulag….. who does Gunther call for a ride?!?!

    A. Les

    B. Luann

    C. Tiffany

    D. Ma and/or Big Al

    E. Uber

    F. Bernice

    G. Mordy :)

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    Joe1962  over 3 years ago

    Do we know anything about Bets past.

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    JoeMonforton  over 3 years ago

    Charlie Brown just got dumped, and he’s better off for it. He was being used. I’ll bet this is when the Luanniverse circle closes with Ms. Bets on the outside. Maybe she’ll run into Aaron or Quill.

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    chihuahuamama999  over 3 years ago

    Keep walking Bets. Just keep walking, we’ll all thank you!

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    TampaFanatic1  over 3 years ago
    In short one of two things just happened: Bets is scared of commitment or she just had a moment of clarity and realized that she has been acting like a self ingrate, especially to Gunnie! Time will tell, probably next week unless G&K shift gears and take us back to Casa Tiff or the life of Luann or Brad and Toni etc…… I hope she apologizes to Gunnie but things never come easy to Gunnie so I suspect he will spend some time wondering what the heck went wrong. Cue ‘90s Canadian Indie band The Pursuit of Happiness’ “I’m an Adult Now”, the lyrics fit the mood Gunnie likely is in!
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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Whatever, dude. Although you probably disappointed a bunch of readers by not being the one to call it off yourself.

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    ronaldspence  over 3 years ago

    Wow Bets! A vote with your feet, but you are his ride though! Oh well Gun, think of all the time you will save not having to be the wardrobe guy for the webpage!

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    GreasyOldTam  over 3 years ago

    So, Bets demands total loyalty from Gunther, then runs away when she gets it? I’ll never understand women.

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    Vilyehm  over 3 years ago

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    lvlax  over 3 years ago

    Poor Gunther! Bets’ reaction to his “I Love You” has to cut like a knife. I hope he now wakes up to the fact that she’s been using him as a prop and doesn’t love him. I wonder how he’s getting home?

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    JohnCrawford1  over 3 years ago

    Well, harumph. Pretty much the opposite of what I wanted Gunther to say. #dumpbets

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    Airman  over 3 years ago

    Makes me think of the old Frank Sinatra song, “and then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you.” Bets was stunned and made the right move. Gunther is just over reacting to a cute girl who has actually paid attention to him.

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    Vilyehm  over 3 years ago

    This breakup occured just before the Indonesian Bali-wood Convention.

    So love means never having to sew her sari.

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    Ruth Brown  over 3 years ago

    Now you know, Gunther.

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    luann1212  over 3 years ago

    Ah fear of commitment. Who would have thunk it? After Bets raises the stakes on a choice between friends and a commitment to her (specifically Tiffany who mostly cares about Tiffany) then goes and tells her he loves her. I think, for whatever reason, perhaps related to her non Luannverse past she has poor self-esteem (sorry for the shrink stuff, but this is our projections -:). The cosplay and the social media is all a way of compensating for it. This is different than Rosa. Rosa did exactly what she wanted and stayed with her passion leaving no room for Gunther, but here Gunther shows his feelings for Bets. Now the ball is in her court. I think the game is not over yet. Many here won’t agree, but I remain optimistic. Luannverse time will tell.

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    bytebot-gocomics  over 3 years ago

    Finally, a situation where I would agree that silence is violence.

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    DIF20  over 3 years ago

    She’s a first class selfish twit!

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    dadoctah  over 3 years ago

    It’s not that he cares more about Tiff, it’s that he wants to be on good terms with everyone. And in the case of Tiff that requires a lot more effort (although Bets is coming up on the outside).

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    seanyj  over 3 years ago

    Typical, Gunth is developing feelings for her and she bails.

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    Binky  over 3 years ago

    Wow Bets…that was mature…

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    momcom  over 3 years ago

    Does anyone else have whiplash from that whole conversation? Weren’t we just learning a lesson about fries?

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    rozthebabysitter  over 3 years ago

    Bets first appears April 1, 2019. Out of curiosity, before this installment posted, I went back and re-read all the Bets arcs. I’m not that surprised. From the beginning, Bets has been possessive, controlling, jealous, and narcissistic. Sure, she is nerdy/smart, fun, cute, outgoing, and lively. Although it seemed like Gunther was having fun, it did seem like a dysfunctional relationship in the making.

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    Baarorso  over 3 years ago

    Are you beginning to see how shallow Bets is Guth? Were I you, I’d rather be alone then be with an arrogant, manipulative sort like her.

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    imagenesis  over 3 years ago

    It is time to see the obvious Ghunt… the feeling is not mutual! It appears she is in the relationship just to have fun! Sigh!

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    TwilightFaze  over 3 years ago

    Well…..THAT was outta left field.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    What just happened? Didn’t Bets know? She wanted someone who wouldn’t never lie to her and now that she’s found him she can’t believe it and walks away? Is she afraid of true love and devotion? What’s wrong with her?!?!?! BETS, CAME BACK AND EXPLAINS YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!

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    ct0760  over 3 years ago

    Now I definitely hope Bets gets kicked to the curb

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    RSH  over 3 years ago

    She doesn’t know how to respond to that one. She’ll go to and sit in the car and cry some because she cannot show that kind of emotion in front of Gunther. It doesn’t fit with being tough and in control.

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    charlenelin1201  over 3 years ago

    You never use those three words without first getting to first base, and by that I mean you must get intimate with her first. Try to get touchy feely with her, and if she backs off you know she’s not ready for more. Do this and you will never never get rejected.

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    pekelopan Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I guess the only thing left for Gunther to say is " just kidding"

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    drewpamon  over 3 years ago

    I feel like many of the commenters are people who have never been in a successful relationship or who are too old to remember what being in a relationship at 20 is like.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And there you have it, Gunther.

    You were NEVER Bets boyfriend.

    Merely her prop (erty)

    A textbook sample of a “one-sided affair.”

    THIS is why some guys CHEAT.

    Be thankful you weren’t married, Gunth.

    Else Bets would leaving with ALL of your stuff, to boot.

    Celebrate that Bets took you out in wild and set you free.

    Now, call a Uber for the ride home.

    Delete Bets number from your phone and then BURN that stupid pirate outfit.

    In fact, BURN that stupid sewing machine too while you’re at it, as it’s been nothing but trouble.

    And above all, resist the urge to take all this out on the next “train-wreck of a girlfriend” Greg and Karen decide to send your way.

    If it’s any consolation, Toni also got “cold feet” during her courtship with Brad.

    Unfortunately, Bets is NOT TonI…….,

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    Susan00100  over 3 years ago

    Nobody in this strip has had more disastrous relationships than Gunther. Not even Luann.

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    abucksworth Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Didn’t see that one coming.

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    sueb1863  over 3 years ago

    Sorry, Gunther, she doesn’t want your love and never did. You were just a prop for her to use on Instagram, a means to her end of internet popularity.

    But how Gunther can say he loves her after witnessing her selfish behavior just means he still hasn’t gotten it.

    Now he’s been dumped in a hot dog restaurant while wearing a pirate costume. Not exactly a high point of his career.

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    What’s not to love? :D

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    Squoop  over 3 years ago

    Methinks Gunther is confusing his feelings with Stockholm Syndrome. As for Bets, controlling narcissists not only demand loyalty, but then tend to have contempt for those who allow themselves to be controlled by them. And utter disdain for anyone who falls for them, because deep down they actually despise themselves. That’s my take on why she left.

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    jonscomics58  over 3 years ago

    To quote a very old song (roughly).."and then he had to spoil it all by saying something stupid like ‘I love you’.

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    dlkrueger33  over 3 years ago

    As Jerry Seinfeld says to George Costanza after the same situation, “I see a pretty big matzoh ball hanging out there.” https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f12e334e-b032-41dd-b99d-feda95947e38

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    Lawrence.S  over 3 years ago

    An answer she wasn’t prepared for. She should have realized it based on the c*ap he put up with from her.

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    jamesamber29  over 3 years ago

    Wow I can’t believe they made Bets so rude. I’m starting not to like the creators not the character.

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    He’s only saying that cause he thinks he has to.

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Hit the road, Bets, and don’cha come back no more no more no more no more, hit the road, Bets, and don’cha come back no more! (To to tune of Hit the Road, Jack!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

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    Khpg   over 3 years ago

    Well this just got even more difficult to bear watching. I don’t even mind Bets that much if Gunther would just man up for a change. Maybe they’d find a partnership not dictatorship!

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    JD_Rhoades  over 3 years ago

    I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve had just about enough of Bets.

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    YorkGirl  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Wow! Who mentioned her comment about “mushy” dinner? Maybe she’s NOT a romantic. If she were embarrassed, that’s a strong reaction, to walk out. If she doesn’t feel the same way, she might not want to get THAT involved and walked out. Still…I had her as domineering, insecure in relationships, and perhaps putting on a “show” for her followers. There were moments in their relationship when she wanted to cuddle. Was that just for show? I didn’t think so, but now I’m confused. :-o

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    YorkGirl  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Those were my first thoughts, but what does Gunther feel? Is this the first time he’s expressed love. I’m hazy on the Rosa relationship dynamics. There are so many unanswered questions, I don’t see this ending here……

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    Dkram  over 3 years ago

    His proclamation of love has defiantly scared her.

    \\//_

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    DebUSNRet  over 3 years ago

    She’s a flake anyway!

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    1soni Premium Member over 3 years ago

    More fries for Gunther.

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    ctb11365  over 3 years ago

    Bye Bye, Bets. Maybe not in the next few days, but it is over.

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    electricpostcard  over 3 years ago

    A real friend wouldn’t have just turned and run caring only for themselves. A real lady would’ve sat with Gunther and said….“honey, don’t you think it’s a bit early for the “L” word? Lets grow a bit more together first. One day I promise we’ll get there together. Lets go somewhere and study biology a bit more…”. Ah yes, that would’ve been a healthy reply. But no. You ain’t gotta burn the whole thing due to a hiccup in the trip. Just apply a patch and keep on truckin!

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    buer  over 3 years ago

    Bah, a worse reaction would have been her laughing. This is still opening for him going after her and finding she didn’t know how to handle this declaration but is really moved by it.

    If she had just been using him as a prop, a love declaration would be perfect and easy, meaning he’d be totally under her control so she would have no reason to run away. Well, he has been under her control so far. So there’s also the possibility that she now finds out it was out of love and not just because he’s a submissive guy who likes to be bossed around by his dominatrix. In other words, she thought it was their game, and realizes it’s more serious. The fact that she leaves shows she feels some kind of responsibility or a choice to be made.

    Of course, she could just be disgusted by his declaration, but she was pushing him to tell he cares more about her than Tiff, so she did get what she wanted.

    I’d be leaning, however, toward the idea that it’s the first time someone tells her he loves her and she doesn’t know how to react. Maybe her bossy attitude is a way to always remain in control so she won’t depend on love. Bah, we’ll find out soon enough, within a year or two… But most probably next week.

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    RickMcdermott  over 3 years ago

    Finally looks to be over

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    kingbrlee Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Since it’s Saturday, I guess this storyline will end and we won’t know where Bet’s is going until sometime this summer.

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    Ichabod Ferguson  over 3 years ago

    Weak bladder.

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    timzsixty9  over 3 years ago

    and so departs the “user!”

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    MS72  over 3 years ago

    That shut her up!

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    Wizard of Ahz-no relation  over 3 years ago

    on the plus side it did stop Betts’ rants

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    jrankin1959  over 3 years ago

    Holy cow, what a passionate moment! (Makes Brooke McEldowney look like an amateur, it does…) :/

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    T Smith  over 3 years ago

    Ruh-roh!

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    alexius23  over 3 years ago

    Platonic meet Romantic

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    DawnQuinn1  over 3 years ago

    This arc has taken a REAL bad turn.

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    ctolson  over 3 years ago

    Sooo, Bet’s only wanted companionship not commitment, and is going on the run.

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    Yakety Sax  over 3 years ago

    Startling………….

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    Cuckooman Premium Member over 3 years ago

    your fries are getting cold, won’t taste good now…

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    tiprod1953  over 3 years ago

    i just hope this is not a three week arc….

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 3 years ago

    =:-O

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    WilliamVollmer  over 3 years ago

    Obviously Gunther’s saying that he loves her is NOT something Bett’s expected. It caight her so surprisingly she doesn’t know how to react. Does she have ANY feelings toward Gunther, or, is he just her social networking tool, cosplay costumer, and, partner? Enquiring minds want to know!

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    Jim2g  over 3 years ago

    He will be sorry, she just used him

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    Cuckooman Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I’m guessing this is a “Bets has issues with feelings, emotions, commitment, etc. ..”

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    brick10  over 3 years ago

    Gunther is better off now. Write Bets off as she is soooo into herself there will never be room for you.

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    Tyge  over 3 years ago

    Oh, oh! Gunther dropped the I Love You bomb. And Bets wasn’t ready!

    Does this mean we’re “going to Peru” again?

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    artmer  over 3 years ago

    Oops.

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    comic reader 22  over 3 years ago

    It’s okay to tell someone you love them. It shouldn’t mean anything more than just that. It doesn’t mean you both have to immediately be in the same kind of love, or that you have to end your relationship. He never said I love you and we need to get married or I love you do you love me too. Maybe they both need more time to sort out where they are headed.

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    LeighBurton  over 3 years ago

    Bye, Bets! Gunther is too good for you, anyway!

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    gigagrouch  over 3 years ago

    Well, THAT’S torn it…

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    LarryMonroe1  over 3 years ago

    Well, that ends that.

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    JonnyT   over 3 years ago

    Well c’mon. There was no smartphone broadcasting her reaction to their followers on social media. Everyone knows Bets likes her spontaneity carefully planned and documented.

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    A.Ficionada  over 3 years ago

    Ouch! Poor lamb. First Rosa, now this :/

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    mountainclimber  over 3 years ago

    Reminds me of an episode of Big Bang; Leonard and Penny are in bed and Leonard says “I love you”. In that episode, it is Penny who is insecure. But all ends well — by the end of last episode, they are married and expecting.

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    maverick1usa  over 3 years ago

    What a revolting situation this is!

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    Skeptical Meg  over 3 years ago

    I’m sorry Bets. That’s the wrong answer. Thank you for playing. You get to leave with these fabulous parting gifts.

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    Mr. Organization  over 3 years ago

    Kudos to Greg for not writing a predictable, jealousy-fueled breakup. I look forward to seeing how this unfolds.

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    Michael G.  over 3 years ago

    I told ya to run. But noooo!

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    Cincoflex  over 3 years ago

    Ouch. Gunther can come over to my house and I’ll bake him a cake while he spills his sorrows.

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    wantcomicsnow  over 3 years ago

    If Gunth does stay with Bets, I hope he realizes he’ll have to sever all ties with his “friendssince third grade,” at least the female ones. As far as his male friends well, Knute has long since disappeared, I’m not sure how long he’s known Ox, but I don’t think Les made an appearance until high school. Not that Les and Gunther have a friendship, more of an armed truce. :P :D

    If Bets catches him even saying hello to Luann, Bernice or (God forbid) Tiff, she’ll have a minor meltdown and use the “you care more about them than you do me” line she used this time.

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    Tyge  over 3 years ago

    Greg loves these Game of Throne moments! This is as big as Luann dumping Quill!

    Wouldn’t it be interesting if Luann happened to bump into Gunther just now?

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    percheronhitch6  over 3 years ago

    very disturbed young lady alert…

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    D.E.N.  over 3 years ago

    So … the user walks. Interesting. This is probably the signal to say screw the readers, and switch to a completely different story line on Monday. Unless this is one of those rare ones that carry over to Sunday.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Well, that shut her up!

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Can this relationship be saved? All Bets are off.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    Greg painted himself into a corner. He’ll start a new thread Monday.

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    Numbnumb  over 3 years ago

    Looks like Gunther picked the wrong ‘witch’!

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    Bernedoodle  over 3 years ago

    If you love someone let them go. If they come back or don’t it’s the best that can happen.

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    draksig  over 3 years ago

    Was this the first time he told her that he loved her? Was she just shocked?

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    eladee AKA Wally  over 3 years ago

    Oh no! She did not take that well. I suspect this will bring on some interesting revelations about Bets. Maybe she feels unworthy of being loved?

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    Natarose  over 3 years ago

    Damned if he do, damned if he don’t.

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    mandy052878  over 3 years ago

    Is that the first time either has said the “L” word?

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    jnacombs  over 3 years ago

    cue Rod Serling entrance.

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    SUDCC-IV-CS  over 3 years ago

    Gunjther is DONE FOR! No Man should EVER drop the “L” BOMB, first! Guranteed to get your heart SLAUGHTERED, EVERY SINGLE TIME!

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    cromwelljones53  over 3 years ago

    Yeah! There’s the Drama! I love Bets and Gunther, but there is no way they could stay together.

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    dbradway1  over 3 years ago

    Ah. Poor Gunther.

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    raybarb44  over 3 years ago

    Interesting reaction to those words when she just spent $300 for a gala pirate’s night that supposedly showed her feelings for him, regardless of how the night actually turned out….

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    Wubbie  over 3 years ago

    Oops! Gunthie tends to fall in love with women that just want to use him as a convenience. Or drag him off to a foreign country to do grunt work in an office.

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    PhilSexton  over 3 years ago

    This exact thing happened to me four years ago, even to the french fries. I literally have not been the same since. #$%^& comic strip.

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    locake  over 3 years ago

    Is Bets going to make Gunther walk home? Maybe she is so surprised she forgot she drove him there. I hope she remembers him before he has to walk home.

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    Decepticomic  over 3 years ago

    Ok but why tho?

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    paulscon  over 3 years ago

    I think I understand Bet’s reaction. My last girlfriend left when I said those words. She thought I was getting too serious, she just wanted to have a light hearted friends with benefits relationship

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    Zontar from Venus  over 3 years ago

    R’uh r’oh. He said the “L” word!

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    rmbdot  over 3 years ago

    Good! Now I can have the rest of the fries to myself, and she can be the one to have a “WTF just happened” evening for a change!

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  over 3 years ago

    Go and stay gone.

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    Argythree  over 3 years ago

    As a reformed idealist myself, I have to object to the way Rosa is being described here. First, I disagree with LUANN1212’s characterization of Rosa as being similar to Bets at all. Idealists don’t even have room in their hearts and heads for themselves, let alone someone else. Rosa’s parents were pushing her to go to ivy league schools and become a high paid professional (in part because most middle income legal immigrants to the US do that with ALL their kids, figuring that stability, financial success and prestige are the American dream). Rosa broke away from that because she honestly wanted to help others; she didn’t just use Gunther as a prop in some social media drama like Bets has. Secondly, to whoever said Rosa dragged Gunther off to Peru to work in an office: Rosa thought her uncle was going to give her a job in a clinic helping poor people. She had no idea she’d end up working in an office, and she finally left that office to go work in the kind of place she intended to go to. AND I think Rosa actually did love Gunther, as much as an idealist can love another person rather than an ideal…

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    rmbdot  over 3 years ago

    I agree that she doesn’t know how to handle Gunther saying the 1-4-3.I don’t agree that she’s necessarily dumping him (yet).I am afraid that she will post the news to her social media followers (and worse yet – possibly take a poll on how she should respond) before she has had any real reaction/conversation with him about it.

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    locake  over 3 years ago

    We know now that this story Will continue next week.

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    GovernmentCheese  over 3 years ago

    Gunther was left alone at WeenieWorld, with his Weenie.

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    Thorby  over 3 years ago

    Put up or shut up, Bets; are you “all-in” or do you “fold”?

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    Tetonbil  over 3 years ago

    Wow! Well, that will certainly ice’s the cake. Poor Gunther.Well, better to see this now in his journey than later.Come on with me Gun, I will buy you a beer.

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    desperado10mm  over 3 years ago

    She must use the restroom NOW!

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    OneTime59  over 3 years ago

    Gotta wonder if Gunther (with help from the authors, of course) had been thinking and feeling about love for Bets for a while, or did he just blurt it out?

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    Moonkey Premium Member over 3 years ago

    She left Gunther to clear off the table, too. All about her.

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    NyahNyahNyah  over 3 years ago

    Is this the first time either one of them has used the “L” word? It looks like they are both surprised that he said it.

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    Adam-Stone(Soup)  over 3 years ago

    Dad done it, Gun; you used the big L word.It’s a shocker to many women who are really messed up in life.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 3 years ago

    I TOLD you that G&K were up to something !!!!!

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    willkepley  over 3 years ago

    And there we go. Take it & RUN Gunth!

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    huew  over 3 years ago

    What he meant to say was “I loved you.”

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    Need coffee  over 3 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU8oNu3pdS0

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    Ukko wilko  over 3 years ago

    Maybe she’ll stay gone.

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    donwestonmysteries  over 3 years ago

    How did Luann get so popular? 597 comments and counting.

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    djinnthespazz  over 3 years ago

    Dang. Gunther, you are the best. Let this one go.

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    DG  over 3 years ago

    I see things differently I guess. I think Bets realized how Gunther feels about her. If I had to guess, she is either going out to call Tiffany or go back to her house.

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    AndrewSihler  over 3 years ago

    Awfully high-maintenance, Bets is. And it’s beginning to look like she’s the kind of person who pulls a relationship up by the roots just to see how it’s doing.

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    phurface  over 3 years ago

    Bye Bets. You’re just not right for Gunther. Way too manipulative.

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    GKBOWOOD Premium Member over 3 years ago

    WOW! Who thought it would be that easy!

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    Richard Perry  over 3 years ago

    Gunther actually looks pretty good with that ’stache. He should grow one for real the take his new found manliness and make a woman out of Luann.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Bets has probably gone back onto the dating app already. This one didn’t work out for her the way that she wanted. Now, it’s time for Gunther to adopt some more cats.

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    Kiwiwriter47  over 3 years ago

    So here’s my take, for what it’s worth:

    1. Gunther just said “Here is my heart.”2. Bets is stunned — she doesn’t know how to take this at age 18 or 19.3. Both her emotions and reasoning abilities are overwhelmed, so she has to flee the scene.4. She has a backstory that has to be rendered to explain a good chunk of her response. Remember that we have yet to meet her family or learn her history, as opposed to Desdemona (who is quite a hoot).5. I don’t think this is over.6. This will go on for a very long time (see the Brad-Toni romance)7. As Anton Chekhov wrote more than a century ago, “All comedies end at a wedding.”8. As any reader of romance novels and viewer of romantic comedies know, the plotline involves many twists and turns — it is not the subway tracks on the A Train from Aqueduct to Rockaway, which go in a straight line through Jamaica Bay. The two lovers fight over everything from their conflicting pasts to the wedding location. Rivals try to horn in and wreck the plan. The characters are often caught between a choice of lovers.

    In this case, I think of the cheery movie “Something New,” in which Sanaa Lathan, a lovelorn, staid, but professionally successful black woman, finds her true love in a white landscape architect who enjoys hiking (which she doesn’t). Then she has to choose between him and that classic “Ideal Black Man” that she meets at a party after she has a battle with the architect. It’s a fun movie, and very appropriate to this situation.

    So my take: Bets loves Gunther, she knows it, but she just can’t admit it to him…or herself.

    And that’s all I have to say about that. Which should be enough.

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    gjbaxter  over 3 years ago

    Maybe she’s off to apologize to Tiffany? Doesn’t seem like it though.

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    JenniferFarrell  over 3 years ago

    This was never about Gunther. I believe we are going to find out Bets was very unpopular and bullied as a child. I suspect one (if not the) reason will be a lack of money – that she was shunned for being poor and probably very poorly dressed/groomed. She’s nerdy enough that she likely did well academically, but she retreated into a fantasy world of sci-fi cosplay where she could be any hero/figure she wanted that wasn’t herself.

    She has been controlling and jealous like any immature, insecure girlfriend who has no experience with an equal, adult relationship. Her obsession with pleasing her “fans” is a result of her (mistaken) belief that internet strangers giving you thumbs-up means you are popular and well-liked and that these people she doesn’t even really know are her “friends.”

    The money issues turned her into someone who charges 50% of the profits to “help” her boyfriend"s friend. And it turned her into someone determined to make it as an internet “influencer.”

    This dinner was not supposed to be an actual romantic night with her boyfriend. She even refered to Tiff’s efforts as “mushy.” Bets does not live in the real world very much. She’s turned her life (and to large extent Gunther’s) into one big stage show, complete with costumes and sets where she pretend to have a fun, romantic dinner with her beau for the entertainment of her online “friends.” (Hello, pirate theme. That $300 was supposed to build her an elaborate stage for her make believe world that she would have then showed off to those fans; it was a double investment. One part to playact for fans and one part an investment in her influencer brand.) She freaked out when Tiff gave her a nice dinner for two that would have made her take the night off from her acting and just be with Gunther.

    Can she be “redeemed”? Sure. But she has a long way to go, a lot of growing up to do, and a lot of apologies to make. Perhaps Gunther’s declaration will be enough to set her off down that road.

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    w2lj  over 3 years ago

    There’s a backstory there.

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    txmystic  over 3 years ago

    WTF Bets?

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    JustMe  over 3 years ago

    oh wow….that hurts

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    JustMe  over 3 years ago

    On the one hand, I say “Oh wow!”. But on the other hand, when my now husband first told me he loved me, it was via text and I was in a parking garage and almost ran into a wall (yes, yes, I know, shouldn’t have been reading the text but IT. WAS. RIGHT. THERE.). So, I can understand having to take a moment to process it. For the record, I texted it back….then was off to date-night with him :)

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    Scoutmaster77  over 3 years ago

    There’s somethings to work out…

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

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    mark47n  over 3 years ago

    Bets is demonstrating her selfishness and narcissism all over again. Her jealousy is really off-putting.

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    rpmurray  over 3 years ago

    Friend-zoned.

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    illuminare  over 3 years ago

    There are no exceptions for her behavior throughout her and Gunthers relationship- she was a controlling and selfish person. And even with that he still puts her first all through her selfish whining and me me me attitude about the dinner party.So now to top it off, she walks out on himafter he says I love you.She doesnt deserve anyones love. What she deserves is to have her butt kicked so far that her ancestors will feel it.

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    spaced man spliff  over 3 years ago

    Too many comments to sift thru.

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    Back to Big Mike  over 3 years ago

    True love requires back and forth, give and take. She doesn’t want someone who loves her. She wants someone who will do what she wants…period.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 3 years ago

    Reality just smacked her in the face. It ain’t pretty.

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    Mary Sullivan Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Well that was romantic.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 3 years ago

    Sometimes words are just words.

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    bigal666  over 3 years ago

    And once again into the wind, “As the Stomach Churns”,

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    Dragoncat  over 3 years ago

    Bets… I know you’re in shock, but please don’t leave him stranded.

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    j_m_kuehl  over 3 years ago

    let her booty walk the plank

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 3 years ago

    SUNDAY: Brad and Toni think Shannon needs a time out.

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    SammyWoo  over 3 years ago

    Didn’t he said that to Rosa?

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    PatsyL.Paul  over 3 years ago

    It’s usually the guys who take off running.

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    bakana  over 3 years ago

    Whoops. He said the Three Words that cause Bets to go into Panic Mode.

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    Phongor  over 3 years ago

    Oh, no. The premature ‘I love you’.

    Bets better recover quickly (and nicely) from this.

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    ChrisTrey  over 3 years ago

    Judging from the fact the G doesn’t run after Bets, I’m wondering if he took a gamble when he said that to see what her true feelings for him were? He’s smart enough to know by now he’s being used, so maybe this was his sneaky way of getting even with Bets or at least ending the relationship without her becoming the “victim” as she blasted out any other kind of response of his to all of their fans.

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    tonypezzano  over 3 years ago

    Ran off as she realised they love the same person.

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    kittysquared Premium Member over 3 years ago

    She feels something for Gunther: she had wanted a romantic dinner with him, albeit a pirate one. You don’t plan $300 dinners for someone who you’re just fond of. I guess she didn’t see it coming – I sure didn’t. And there were no signs how deeply Gun felt about Bets. Feels off. But I don’t think they are over (though I wish they were).

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    Cuckooman Premium Member over 3 years ago

    well at least the week ends big…

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    Rocknaww  over 3 years ago

    Dude.. She drove…

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    ScretWitch  over 3 years ago

    Ouch…

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 3 years ago

    What! No Ox and Tiffany? Ox has a platinum card.

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    toshephe  over 3 years ago

    Bets suddenly realizes how good a man Gunther is. Seeing love for her is a mirror for her to examine herself. This could be a change moment for her.

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    Sisyphos  over 3 years ago

    —And so it ends?

    Bets in a snit, appalled at the thought of actual “love” and the commitment that goes with it?

    Maybe Gunther has learned a lesson, yet again….

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    montylc2001  over 3 years ago

    I think a lot of you are taking this wrong……she went to the bathroom.

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    sfknight  over 3 years ago

    Could have been worse. She could have said, “Thank You”.

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    Airman  over 3 years ago

    Time for Ann Eiffel to re-appear as: “Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo, Mrs. Robinson, Gunther needs you more than you will know, ho-ho-ho, time to go.”

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    colddonkey  over 3 years ago

    Don’t love me, just let me control you???

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    PeterPirate  over 3 years ago

    I hope we see Bets talking with Luann and Bernice, or maybe Tiffany, on Monday.

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    tejano  over 3 years ago

    Was it spontaneous or Gunther had plans to say this in this dinner?

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    carrissima  over 3 years ago

    I really hope this signals the ending of Bets. She’s incredibly selfish and not good to Gunther.

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    JRMadDog Premium Member over 3 years ago

    One never knows, do one?— Fats Waller

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    pagercat  over 3 years ago

    That’s all, folks!

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    PhoenixHocking  over 3 years ago

    Okay, I did not expect that. It seems to me that Bets doesn’t want to be loved. She wants a “yes-man,” someone who will agree with her every whim and wish, and someone she can parade around to show how cool she is. But love? The “L” word? I think that scares her to death. Seems Bets probably has a really sad backstory where love is concerned.

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Go. Go fast. Go far. Go long. Go away. Just. Go.

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 3 years ago

    So what next?

    - ♫ Come Monday, It’ll be alright ♫

    OR

    -♫ Yesterday’s gone ♫

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 3 years ago

    stay tooned !

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    StoicLion1973  over 3 years ago

    Ah, big mistake, Gunther.

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    13shark77  over 3 years ago

    Nothing more stranger then saying those three words. My experience is about the same, says them first girl bolts lol. Guns expression after saying it even surprised himself.

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    calliarcale  over 3 years ago

    Ouch!

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    AMBER1  over 3 years ago

    This what happens when You tell someone on how you feel, they get up and leave. :(

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    BlitzMcD  over 3 years ago

    Or as Gene Pitney astutely observed some years ago, True Love Never Runs Smooth.

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    radar15627  over 3 years ago

    oh no he said the L word

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