For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 21, 2024

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    leopardglily  10 months ago

    Semantics.

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    Enter.Name.Here  10 months ago

    I’m 64 and I never stopped growing or learning new things.

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    rebelstrike0  10 months ago

    Parental definitions:

    Grown-up: An ambitious term that applies when you need to take on more responsibilities…but not when you want more privileges.

    Noise: Any piece of music composed after 1969.

    Sixteen: The number of miles your father had to walk to school.

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    snsurone76  10 months ago

    What is this—a remake of the movie MARTY??

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    Gizmo Cat  10 months ago

    From Lynn’s Comments: I once asked my mother, “When do you know that you’ve actually grown up?” She said, “Never.” This strip was done with her in mind.

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 10 months ago

    Why do they call it growing UP? The older you get, the more you shrink!

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    Ned Snipes  10 months ago

    Aging is mandatory, growing up, well that’s optional.

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    nyrB Premium Member 10 months ago

    does liz have a double bed or are they lying on their parents’ bed?

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    flagmichael  10 months ago

    My standard for the moment we become adults, is the time we look at ourselves and ask in shock, “What have I done?”

    You awake with a start / To just the beating of your heart / Just one man beneath the sky / Just two ears, just two eyes

    Pink Floyd: “Childhood’s end.”

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    VegaAlopex  10 months ago

    I’m 66, and I never had a career.

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    markkahler52  10 months ago

    When I was a young fella, I didn’t know everything a young fella should know. Now, I’m an old man, and I don’t know everything an old man should know! O well…I still “think” young!

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    fgerbil46  10 months ago

    This is one of the best For Better Or For Worse! It goes into my saved collection!

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    Wren Fahel  10 months ago

    I remember my best friend & I planning on getting an apartment together once we graduated from high school. Then I met my husband when I was 17 & that kind of put the kibosh on that. I did go over to her apartment quite a bit, and she was my maid of honor at my wedding.

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    flagmichael  10 months ago

    My standard for when we are “grown up” is the moment we look at ourselves and think in dismay, “Oh, no! What have I done??”

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    e.groves  10 months ago

    Most people become adults but not everyone grows up.

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    rshive  10 months ago

    Apparently the answer is to not be Elly.

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    freewaydog  10 months ago

    I don’t know how to be a grownup at age 58 & counting

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    howtheduck  10 months ago

    I hate to break to Elizabeth, but she has already achieved physical maturity.

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    rmercer Premium Member 10 months ago
    I WON’T grow up, I don’t wanna go to school, Just to learn to be a parent, and recite a silly rule!
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    Redwing80  10 months ago

    looking at 82 in 3 weeks, hope I never grow up !!

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    notjimothy  10 months ago

    You “grow up” at the end of the month when you can’t get alll the bills paid.

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    Bob Blumenfeld  10 months ago

    This is by FAR the talkiest Sunday FBoFW I’ve ever seen. Heck! It’s even talkier than most of her weekday strips.

    Not to say that it isn’t funny and thoughtful at the same time.

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    mindjob  10 months ago

    What I learned yesterday: Because of it’s large mass, Charon orbits Pluto at a point between the 2 bodies and they are gravitationally locked, always facing each other on the same side

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    donut reply  10 months ago

    ♪ I don’t wanna grow up ♫

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    paranormal  10 months ago

    The trouble is you’ll have to do your own laundry, cook your own meals, clean the house, etc.

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    ladykat  10 months ago

    At 69, I’m still learning how little I know, and I try to learn something new each day.

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    pheets  10 months ago

    We are all essentially a work in progress.

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    dennis.caunce  10 months ago

    You have to grow old, but you don’t have To grow up!

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    proclusstudent  10 months ago

    They the brain is not complete until about 25. Then you have to learn how to use it. Thus, the Founding Fathers (of the USA) put the minimum age of the President at 35.

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    g04922  10 months ago

    Peter Pan song…. “I’ll Never Grow Up!”

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    ajr58(1)  10 months ago

    I was so much older then; I’m younger than then now

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    French Persons Premium Member 10 months ago

    “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys-R-Us kid…!

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    sschardi  10 months ago

    Give me your answer, fill in a formMine for evermoreWill you still need me, will you still feed meWhen I’m sixty-four. ( thought it was 6 ft 4)

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    MRBLUESKY529  10 months ago

    If you don’t become a grownup by the time you’re 50…..you don’t have to grow up.

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    raybarb44  10 months ago

    Career goals and preparation for them by education and job experiences are very important. Maturity is establishing, recognizing and following those rules that guide you. Keeping an active mind and enjoying those things you like and want to do is necessary for all your life. However, physical maturity rakes place differently for boys and girls., usually in High School……

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    Newenglandah  10 months ago

    I’m retired and doing very well financially. I still think I will be a “grownup” some day.

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    gigagrouch  10 months ago

    Older

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    candor1230  10 months ago

    I’m 76 and the doc says I’ve shrunk an inch. I think that means I “grew up” yesterday.

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member 10 months ago

    I think I started shrinking about 58 so then I was as grown up as ever probably around 57.. ish? I don’t think it’s a clearcut instant and probably spread out over a couple of weeks.

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    Boltsfan2029  10 months ago

    I may grow old, but I will never grow up!!!

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    dlestersprint0  10 months ago

    I’m 83 and haven’t grown up. My wife calls me a 9 year old.

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    Jelliqal  10 months ago

    I admitted I was an adult when I had to work through my Dad’s estate after he died. I pushed away emotions to do what was necessary. (Late 40’s BTW)

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    InuYugiHakusho  10 months ago

    Forty years old and still a child at heart.

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    The Great_Black President  10 months ago

    That is in contradiction with this strip:

    Elly is on the phone with Michael.

    Elly: What do you mean you won’t be coming home for the summer?

    Michael: I was able to get the internship here in Ontario. Besides, I don’t have a place to stay at home. You gave my room to Grandpa when you invited him to move in with you, remember?

    Elly: Oh…yeah….right.

    Michael: I have reserved a room at the Howard Johnson’s nearby so I will come visit two weeks before school resumes for fall. Talk later?

    Elly: Yes. Love and miss you.

    Michael hangs up

    Elly{talking to herself}: Sigh…For years you scream at them to grow up, and one day, they do. Be careful what you wish for…you just might get it.

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    yaakovashoshana  10 months ago

    I’ve never met anyone “of a certain age” who, in their heart of hearts, didn’t feel like they were faking this whole “grown up” thing.

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    JanLC  10 months ago

    There are some aspects of everyone’s life where we grow up fairly quickly. Then there are other aspects where we never do. The latter is a whole lot more fun.

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    sjsczurek  10 months ago

    “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys-R-Us kid.”

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    The Great_Black President  10 months ago

    Surprised Dawn is not doing anything academic right now. School is the Enjos’ cocaine.

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    Arghhgarrr Premium Member 10 months ago

    I think most people end up in some sort of arrested development where the point of consciousness in our heads that we call our selves reaches a certain age (that is different for each individual) and just stays there while our bodies keep on aging. So basically we all end up feeling like we are 20 or 30 years old and find it hard to imagine how we got stuck in the semi broke down bodies

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    tomfromthe50s Premium Member 10 months ago

    You’re grown up when you say “NO!” to yourself, and can make it stick!

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    calliarcale  10 months ago

    Yep - you never really finish growing up. You just get older. :)

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    love2cook  9 months ago

    Her responses are valid.

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