For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 15, 2024

Rude.

Real romantic there, dude…

No talk of skiing with Rhetta. Mike would be off skiing by himself in Quebec if only he could afford it. But since he can’t afford it, he decides to spend time with Rhetta. That has to make Rhetta feel great. Fortunately for Mike, Rhetta is classy enough not to get upset about it.

Go for your friend’s admiration with a joke at your lady’s expense, lose your lady’s admiration with your ego and insensitivity. Hope you’re happy with the consequences of your choice.

Nice metaphorical segue….

Spoken like a true motor head, Gord.

I love that sideways glance Tracey gives him. These two just click on many levels.

So, Mike would’ve rather been skiing than with Rhetta. Gord won’t trade in Tracy like she’s a car and he needs a newer model. Seems they ought to have had this male conversation with the ladies not there. Now they’re both gonna be in the doghouse.

What, He just said she’s a keeper.

Wow, such sentiment.

Not a good idea to make jokes to your friend at your girlfriend‘s expense.

Gordon can be a real tactless jerk, but at least he’s a successful one.

Similar but way more dumb and offensive 1970s Geritol commercial tag line:

Rhetta’s thoughts, panel 2: (It’s no big deal, Michael. I’m already seeing somebody else!)

This is something you only say to your partner in private, Or in the company of very close friends.

My late Uncle and late Aunt were like that though in reverse it was my Aunt that would do the quick barbs. It was cute as they were married a long time.

my husband is an old car guy. I would not be offended. He knows he got a good one in me.

At least he avoided the cow/milk analogy.

Spoken like a true mechanic. Its the same reason I’m still married to mine :)

We’ve been married since 1971. She still isn’t rusted, and it tip top shape. Not going to trade her in, she’s mine forever.

And when she is…?

Maybe it is, but, males think of everyone and everything in reference to automotive terms … and you know how they LOVE their cars.

Bad Dad jokes already, Gordo?

gah roan… :p

“Yeah, I was gonna go skiin’ in Quebec, but my el-cheapo lame parents won’t give me the money. I was hopin’ to find some Quebecois snow bunnies to hang with, but that wasn’t going to happen. I had no choice but to come back here for March break. But it’s no big deal. Rhetta’s pretty cool. Babe…. You’re my silver medal!”

Dead man walking!

Gordo sounds more like he is from Georgia than Canada, eh?

Sounds like the title of that old Polka classic from the compilation album, Songs of the Mechanic. “Why trade her it when she ain’t rusted and still runs”

The look on Tracey’s face is epic!

Hoo-boy…

I hope he didn’t lose Traci over that last remark. Girls get so silly about comments that are just kidding!

Gordo is the guy wearing the soda on top of his head.

Panel 2—well,the Mike/Rhetta magic is still there—-for now

great drawing to capture the expression. nice job

oh, oh, he blew that one

If she gets rusted he’ll use a little WD-40

If Gordon turns red, it might not be from rust.

Love Gordo’s girlfriend’s side glance. Take heart, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, dates mechanics because they love to tinker on things for hours and make them run fast.

Michael needs to figure it out that his mother will not always be there to pick up for him. One day Elly will die.

Rhetta will become Michael’s new maid.

That “oh no, you didn’t” look on her face is priceless. I sense a thwack coming on…

A true romantic, LOL!!

Rhetta’s been with Mike for two years, hasn’t she? In theory. And I have no idea why.

Friggin hilarious, I love Gordo, unrefined, honest, outstanding !

Too funny ! Gotta love Gordo… he is great.

He has such a way of being romantic! LOL ;)

Dead man walking.

Like Sledge Hammer talking about his gun.

good point but i would watch out for those sharp ccurves

“You know it Gordo! Rhetta is like my sleek sports car that I keep in the garage and only drive once in a while. Gorgeous lines, and she’s fast, ya know? (wink wink). But when I ride that baby and pop that clutch, it’s a good time all around! She’s like a corvette… yeah, my corv-Rhett! Of course, I’d rather be skiing, but hanging out here with you guys and her is a somewhat-close second!”

Besides, for a big girl, she doesn’t sweat that much.

Since when did Gordon get himself an Oriental girlfriend?

At least since panel four.

Happy Ides of March!

An under-the-table kick to the ankle would be in order.

Ouch!

She may be a keeper as she is not rusted. You, however, are a dead man.

One side of Gordo’s face is now frostbitten.

Such a great romance between the two! People have no sense of humor. There’s nothing wrong with a little humor between people. This is funny. It is called humor. If there is no humor, then there would be no comics or laughter. I showed this to a bunch of women at work and zero of them thought this was bad or harmful. They even laughed at the comments and wondered what is wrong with today’s people? Enjoy it, that’s what life is all about!!!

So much UNlike him

I am on both sides of the discussion on Gordon’s comment because I have been in both situations. I see nothing wrong with a couple, married or dating, joking around like that because you need to have humor in a relationship because if you don’t it will get dull real quick, me and the jerk always joked around like that for about 10 years into our marriage and it was all in good humor and we knew the other didn’t mean it and we just laughed at each other, BUT, i then became on the other side when his joking became more and more insulting than funny and then he started saying stuff in front of people that were more insulting than funny, then I would find out that he was saying bad things about me to his coworkers or to friends of ours when I wasn’t around and they were starting to get on the mean side and he would twist things to make it sound like I was an ogre of a wife and he was the innocent poor guy who had to do more work around the house because my health problems were getting worse and I couldn’t do it anymore, I even had my Dad tell me that someone said , I quote, " Poor (exes name) he has to work an 8-10 hour day at work then go home and have to cook and clean and hardly had anytime to himself to relax before he went to bed exhausted, I don’t know why ( my name) doesn’t do more", he apparently never explained it wasn’t that I din’t do stuff but I COULDN’T do stuff. This started after the 10 years and just got worse as the time went and about 3 years before he left me it was getting to the point that he started saying all this stuff in front of me and not caring that he was hurting my feelings and I would cry about it, there were many nights he went to bed and I sat at my desk or on couch in livingroom crying and feeling worthless. Then the last 3 months of our marriage became totally unbearable on me because I found out he had been lying to me for 3 1/2 years about something important and he didn’t like it that I found out so he totally changed ( cont.)

He’s not getting any tonight…

Seems like Elly wants to hogtie Michael down and shave off his hair and beard.

If she was genuinely upset, she’d get up and leave.