Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for November 20, 2023

They weren’t close.

wouldn’t the cousin’s neighbor’s husband also be the cousin’s neighbor? it’s a weird relationship when your husband doesn’t live in the same house as you.

He’s keeping it inside.

Who?

“Do you mean the cousin I haven’t spoken to in 40 years?)

He’s working hard to not be too happy about it.

Obviously from a woman’s perspective. Guys don’t show emotion. Sometimes, we don’t even care about someone we didn’t know in the first place. But we’ll try to appreciate your emotions, although with a bit of curiosity as to why they’re so important to you. I guess you’re from Venus.

He is still processing all that.

Who?

Better her than me???

Never heard of him.

Was she on our Christmas card list? Did she send us a card last year?

And somewhere Rick Moranis is quietly snickering…

Don’t lose sleep over it every family has one,mine is my daughter in law,sorry it isn’t her

He’s still trying to parse who that is

Who?

Was she the one who had the face and name?

Who?

“Well, if just maybe I had the slightest clue who we’re talking about . . .”

Now if this was “Jump Start” by Robb Armstrong, it would be a real problem — could be a main character for that strip.

I had a twinge of a feeling of a notion of a sense of regret and puzzlement.

“She was my sister, and I didn’t like her…”