Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 29, 2023

stick with the dog Marcie, you will be happier in the long run!

How does Marcie sleep with her glasses on?

This strip reminded me of a movie I once saw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi0kcxIEOUk

My wife certainly qualifies.

To every thing there is a season,

A time for every purpose under the heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 8)

So her future boyfriend has to be a veterinarian?

One thing that made Peanuts so timeless is that everyone is in love with each other. There is no official or implied couple, like a lot of cartoons like to do these days.

One can, NEVER, OWN, another human being. Just be , LUCKY, enough to enjoy passing deep time with, for as long as that time allows.

So the baby steps then, Marcie?

Every man has been taken back to the pound at least once, in his lifetime…….

One difference about your pets: you don’t own a boyfriend.

I never had a pet till my 10th or 11th year. It was a rat terrier. It was decades before I learned why it was called what it was. Aside from being as small as a large rat, it also loved to hunt down mice. My pit bull mix also shares that love of the mice hunt.

These days I prefer the company of cats lol.

She has to learn how to manage him.

Maybe start with a goldfish

Mutters Marcie as she pulls the blankets over her head.

By her reasoning I never would have gotten married.

Not quite necessary, but those things are good…..

Sound logic… That’s what I’m looking for in today’s strip.

Marcie just isn’t interested in him. She’d rather spend her time with her best friend than a putz who won’t leave her alone.

She will learn the most how to deal with boys from owning a hamster. They are a lot like giant hamsters.

I grew up with dogs, cats, and hamsters. Now I’ve had my husband for 54 years.:)

She keeps her glasses on in bed to see her dreams better

Marcie, the prototype of the West Hollywood Marcies…

Dogs are easier to deal with than men, anyway….

Didn’t think it worked that day.

Owned? OWNED?! What does that have to do with…

Um, oh… well, okay, yeah, sorta…. Though I dispute the necessity part, there is a certain analogy here.