Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 07, 2023

If this doesn’t hit close to home, I don’t know what does.

Ahh, married life.

A Brad and Toni strip that reads just like some of those old, old, old Frank and Nancy strips. How about a strip that doesn’t criticize the other person.

Talk about passive-aggressive….

The perfect couple have their first quarrel.

She leaves here drawers slightly open. hmmmmm (snicker). :-D

This is a great couple. Only good thing about this series at this point

Touché

My dad always left cupboard doors open, drove my mom nuts.

Touché.

If I am reading this correctly, if Brad does not like something Toni does, instead of complaining about it, he fixes it. Toni, on the other hand, just complains about what Brad does.

Really tiny issues – prior to their first kid…

Toni welcome to the club everyone leaves drawers or doors slightly open.

“I don’t see any open drawers.”.“That’s because you can’t see your butt from behind like I can. Pull those droopy panties up!”

give and take kids, give and take…

A nod to Brad and Toni. The history bomb of the year is having your husband’s father be crowned King of England and the little actress, with the hurt feelings, sends her Prince alone across the ocean to honor his father, then hurry right back for their son’s birthday. That is one marriage doomed to end up on some very big rocks.

Same at my digs. Everone leaves drawers and cabinet doors open an I run around behind everyone closing em. Betcha I’m good for about at least 40 a day.

Does anybody remember that “reality” show, Newly Wed and Nearly Dead, where a psychologist worked with couples that were having issues? One episode, the wife would chew with her mouth open (disgusting) and the husband would throw away the toothpaste cap instead of putting it back on.

It’s great to see Brad and Toni again—even if it’s only a one-shot Sunday strip.

So I guess he knows about that drawer with all the toothpaste caps!

Where is that Shannon kid?

I’m surprised she didn’t complain about him leaving the lid up. That’s most wives’ biggest complaint.

The sign of a healthy marriage; cleaning up the small things without complaining :D

Yep! They’re married…

The next person to buy toothpaste, buy toothpaste with a flip cap. This is not a quarrel. This is a discussion on behavioral observation. I have a sister. After she has gotten snack out of the kitchen, the place looks like a poltergeist has been there. The cabinet doors are all open and half of the drawers are pulled out. What odd is she knows where everything is stored.

One sign of a good relationship is putting up with these little irritants without complaining or having a fight about it.

They really are a beautiful couple. Very different, but very united. It’s good that Toni warns Brad about his forgetfulness, he should do it too instead of just closing the drawers without saying something to her.

Somebody ain’t getting none tonight.

Brad and Toni are far more interesting than Luann

Huh. We have the same dynamic, except SO leaves stuff in the wrong places and drawers open.

Car keys? How many cars have they and are they that old to require keys?

Just comments – NOT – an argument ! ( I’ll do better, sorry )

My wife leaves the drawers (and closets) open, so yes, I go around closing them. But we’re 32 years into that, so it’s more just natural movements for us.

Brad has not noticed she leaves the toilet seat up.

Brad, My lad, you’re making three HUGE errors here today:

1) Not grovelingly acknowledging that only males make “mistakes.”

2) Daring to point out that Toni also has “flaws.”

3) Not taking full advantage of a very rare, “Shannon-free” moment. :-)

I tend to leave shoes on the stairs, drives my wife crazy.I have entered a 12 step program. Ha- cha- cha!

Let the little things go.

The male gets the W in a minor skirmish. He’ll live to regret it.

Husband does a hundred little good things, wife doesn’t notice. Husband does one little bad thing, “Why are you always doing that?”

Brad has learned that minor things like this aren’t worth talking a about or inadvertently starting an argument about, you just take care of it yourself. I do.

Just buy your own tube of toothpaste!

I like this.

This is my wife and I to a tee.

One could argue that by closing the drawers without her knowing, he doesn’t give her a chance to correct a little bad habit and that by telling him about what he is doing wrong, she helps him improve himself… But I dare you, in real life and if it were your wife, to leave the drawers as they are and then tell her, as she does with him, that she keeps leaving them open. How many want to bet she would reply that you can easily close them instead of complaining?

Toni would be quite attractive with open drawers.

I’m sure that Toni and Brad could find more faults with each other, and, spend as much time making up for them with each other. Which might finally get Shannon a little cousin to play with.

Who leaves the cap off the toothpaste?? That’s wierd and must be stopped LOL!

But seriously, the best thing to do is comment every day about a good thing your partner has done. Seeing bad habits is easy.

Ah – the adjustment period.

This might explain why I’m not married. I have like seven vacuum cleaners, do all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, organization and shopping. And if I was married, I would have to have two full baths one for each of us. Nobody wants a husband like that.

I had an apartment as a Senior Assistant at college… where everyone would gather of course, and one of my friends would come in and without a word go around closing every open door and drawer in sight. …so we started opening stuff just so he’d be happy. ;-)

I turn off the lights in empty rooms…

Married life……

With all due respect, have You talked to a professional?

Just lost my wife go 31 years on Xmas day, suddenly. I’d do anything to have all her faults back with me…Seriously, Cherish the one you love…gone way to soon

Nice to see Brad and Tony. And Tony’s hair is so much longer!

The closer

Been awhile since Toni and Brad stepped into spot light..but this is a Sunday edition so by tomorrow……….?………who ?.

Ok so who is better looking…..Toni or Brandy from liberty meadows?

I leave stuff—like meds—out on counters for a memory trigger. Spouse hates that and always puts her in cabinet. About once a week, when I ask—“I forgot to take them.”

Many husbands do a lot of small things for their wives and don’t expect anything. Altruism at its best actually as it keeps marital harmony. Many Women find the splinter in their partner’s eye neglecting to see the log in their own. It can go both ways of course but women seem to get more upset over those small things than guys do……

Time for a baby! Then these things would seem trivial! So put cap on, hang up keys, close the draws.

My wife always left the closet door opened about 6 inches. It drove me crazy. At first I tried to remind her, but she didn’t comply. So now I just silently close it whenever I see it left open.

Good come back Brad.

Oh right brad and tony exist.

Ah, married life.

Nag, Nag,nag!!

They aren’t main characters, are they?

They haven’t even gotten to the serious stuff yet. . . . TP – over or under; Toothpaste – squeeze in the middle or from the end? Cry Havoc, and release the dogs of WAR!!!

“I close them without making a big deal about it. But thank you for letting me know what bothers you so I can correct my behavior. I love you far too much to ever intentionally make you unhappy.”

Fair play?

Soooooooooooooo familiar to me

tomorrow: The Thrilla in Pittsvilla !!!!!

Congratulations y’all are normal

Both of them might want to pause and consider if those issues are intangibles.

Women always complain about our habits but deny their own. It’s the way of the world.

Today’s marital bickering seems to be a draw, which is probably for the best….

My ex would leave the covers of jars unscrewed. When you tried to reach a jar in the back of the refrigerator and pick it up by the top it would fall and spill everywhere. Ugh. I learned.

Had the same discussions about open cupboards.

Boyfriend – “I don’t see any open cupboards.”

Me – “I go through the kitchen and close them several times a day.”

Careful, kids! This gentle ribbing is how the Lockhorns got started!

I am getting married!