For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 27, 2022

bravo, Mikey

Love the feet off the ground in panel 4

If he’s like that after the first date what would he be like if Michael asked for her hand in marriage in a few years?

Micheal will not touch the ground between the porch and the car. Fly high, guy!

I got a smile out of this and some mornings that’s better than a laugh.

After all the junk they ate at the movies, I hope those two sucked mints before they sucked face!!

Bravo

Oh looky, Mike has anti-gravity shoes.

He passed……. gas.

So that;s what passing the first date test is like. I usually heard the “What are you thinking girl. That guys fat, dresses funny and looks like he panhandles for a living.” and that was from the parents that liked me.

In my day, having her parents approve of you was a fail.

he’s so love struck, he’s floating to the car.

Notice that he is also levitating… LOL

Okay. Now things have changed forever. For the better? We’ll see.

If a boy wanted to date my daughter, he had to come in the house and talk to me first.

You never pass that one…

If it looks like he’s floating, it’s because he is studying magic tricks

There should be a strip where John was dating in the 1950s:

John: Mr. Harris, I would like to invite your daughter to my parents’ house for one hour so we can watch Milton Berle on television.

Mr. Harris: Buddy, if you do that, by God, you are going to marry her!!!

In reality, did Aaron Johnston date much? If he did then it must have been tough; how did not know these girls weren’t trying to access his mother’s deep pockets.

He’s 3 feet off the ground. I like that.

I can recall that I got along better with some of the parents better than with my dates.

Oh, Micheal, Michael, Michael. I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but THAT my boy, was just a pop quiz.

That kiss was so awesome it knocked the dots right off of her blouse!

I love Michael floating on air in the last panel.

It’s odd perhaps bit when I was a teen in the 70s I never got the third degree or a shotgun cleaning dad when I picked up my dates, just a polite hello and a handshake. I suppose I didn’t appear dangerous and I drove a 74 Mercury Comet.

I actually fondly rememer the thrill of findoing out I had a new girlfriend…

An oral exam, maybe.

Doesn’t she end up cheating on Michael with Gordo?