On A Claire Day by Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett for May 02, 2024

For the first time, since this strip started over, I agree with Sammi on this one.

Let Paul know, Claire.

If she and Paul have committed to Official “Boyfriend/Girlfriend” Status, then she should cancel with Aaron. If not, then she’s just “Playing the Field”. If she does cancel, I don’t think she needs to tell Paul about it…

If you have to ask, then it’s not good and you know it!

They ever think it is a bad idea until they get caught.

cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions by expansively recontextualizing liminal narratives

You are overthinking this.