For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 24, 2024

All those things are true. However, notice John is not mentioning the nose.

You should’ve stopped at panel 3 John.

John was so close, and then he got careless and blew it!

She was a frump when you first met her, John? Oh, well—there’s no accounting for taste!

Dead man walking….

He is such an a-hole.

Now we know why Lynn Johnson got a divorce.

That was down right mean John! You’re no peach yourself, you know.

Or, as I like to say, I was ambushed by gravity.

John – say goodbye to bed and hello to couch!

Boot to the head.

“Well, I know sometimes you think, that all you really are is the woman with the kids, and the groceries in the car; and you worry about your hips, and you worry about your age, meanwhile I’m tryin’ to catch, the breath you take away. Oh, an’ believe me, you still do. Baby, all I see, when I look at you, is one hot mama” — Trace Adkins, “One Hot Mama” (My husband once dedicated this song to me)

Everything John said is true, but all Elly heard was “a little lower”. Nothing else he said mattered. John is going to have to learn how fragile her ego is regarding aging….and it’s not going to get any better with time.

Someone is sleep on the couch tonight.

that deserves a smacked bottom… :L

Sort of a left-handed compliment.

John didn’t know when to shut up and quit while he was ahead. The ramifications of which will be major and long term.

LOL.. Gotta love John’s humor.

And that, your honor, is when I killed him.

That is what “push-up” bras are for.

Way to boost her confidence, you jackazz.

Almost a gold medal until he went one sentence too far …..

I can’t believe any husband would make that last remark. What an idiot.

You’re sleeping on the couch tonight, John!

Sometimes you shift into a lower gear when you get older.

I prefer to use the word “rearranged.”

Hey John, I think that yer balls will be dragging much lower soon.

Oh, John! You never know when to shut up!

You were doing fine until the last panel, John.

And Jon, you were doing so well——until that last remark. Typical of a husband sticking ’his size 10 and a half in his size 11 mouth ! ! ! !

oh I would feed him liver and onions all week for that ( or whatever is his least liked food).

Quit when you’re ahead.

Ooga Farley!

Booga Farley!

Googa Farley!

Mooga Farley!

45 wasn’t so bad. Mid 60s is a bit more humbling

Low blow, John.

He does not realize the gravity of this situation.

Weapons will be involved

Sort of like the realization when a guy must look at his own face in the mirror every morning when shaving and at one point confront himself for whom he really is.

John thinks of himself as happy-go-lucky and a bit of a joker, but others tend to see him as obnoxious and boorish.

Sometimes, you just can’t resist a wisecrack. It just sort of falls out of your mouth before the brain has a chance to stop it. (Thus speaks the voice of many, many years of not knowing when to shut up! )

And I love you too. Most of the time.

And that she can blame on the kids.

Oh wait, she does that with EVERYTHING!

Oh oh

There were time when things got bad that Elly would remember about her husband and brother being marooned on that small island on Great Slave Lake.

Sounds like if she is thinking about it now she will probably be wishing that he remained undiscovered, and by now John is a skeleton.

And that’s enough to put you in the doghouse for awhile.

Bet Elly is wishing those border guards had given John a wood shampoo when he mouthed off to them.

John, John, John.

And she will kick him “a little lower”.

Payback is a B****!!!

Breaking News: Local dentist John Patterson was beaten to death with a frying pan. His wife freely admitted to the crime, and “As long as I get one housewife on my jury, I’m a free woman.”

Shoulda stopped at panel 3. I’m just sayin’

Never end a compliment by saying it’s part of a set up for a joke.

As Butt-Head from Beavis and Butt-Head would put it:

“What a dork!”

I know I’m in the minority, but I don’t think he should have said the things in panels 1-3. They’re lies, which isn’t helpful. A better approach is to say that yes, she’s changed, but it doesn’t matter because he still finds her attractive, appreciates her, loves her for who she is, etc. Elly can see that she’s changed, and is having trouble with that. She will continue to change as she ages, so accepting the reality and realizing that it’s not a big deal will help her in the future, too.

“And that’s when the fight started, your honor.”

My husband says he married me for who I am , not how I look(ed). As we get older, that becomes all the more important.

Splainin’ hands (and apparently double-jointed) – panel 3

John always stops talking one sentence too late.

Yeah, well, birthdays suck!, What are you gonna do ;-)

Wow! Somebody better sleep with one eye open…

John’s jokes are usually of the “throw something at his head” variety