For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 28, 2012

And that right there, people, is the difference between men and women. By the way — judgmental much, Elly?

No, John, no!

John keeps digging the hole deeper…lol.. doesn’t have a clue about how badly he’s making Ellie feel. Ellie should get up and walk out…but….John wouldn’t even understand why she did. My mom used to remember every single incident such as this…it blew her self esteem to total shreds. Some women just don’t have the emotional fortitude to ignore this type of incident.

Some men admire, but not outloud.

John, you are hopeless. LOL

@rene tray: yep, we are. And as afficionado states so correctly: married is not dead, you can look, but not touch.. ;-D Personally i don’t mind if my husband looks at other women that way or even comment on them, i do the same with other men..but that may be a cultural difference, as we live in europe.

Sure a lot of Freud’s around here! LOL! or guilty people! LOL!

Ellie should send him over to the table to say Hi and find out who the girl is.

@kfccanada This is the original strip. Lynn did not change it this time around.

On the plus side, John might be a little more uh shall we say perky when they get home.

You can look and dream all you wish, but remember there’s no such thing as a FREE lunch. Check your bank balance.

John is so stupid, he deserves to be divorced and penniless. which would be the perfect dessert to his “appetite.”

such immature children parading in grown up bodies.

Now maybe the women is his sister????

Yep, John will be “romantically inclined” when they get home, and won’t understand why Ellie has a headache.

My wife is not concerned where I work up my appetite as long as I come home to eat.

John…..just…..just shut up.

I think a ‘DiNozzo’ slap is in order—maybe two. For both of them.

It’s supposed to be a date night. They should be paying attention to each other, not the other diners. And it was Ellie who called his attention to the other couple.

Actually, on this, Ellie’s the one putting her foot in her mouth. Her comments feed her husband’s continued admirations. Silly Ellie.

Panels 2 and 3 Ellie is being catty and bitchy. John isn’t doing anything wrong here.

Ellie shouldn’t have brought the woman to John’s attention. He was focused on her.

We should note that he’s cheating. And at times like this, we remember that this strip is substantially autobiographical, in the broad themes, if not always in the details. And this is from an era when there were just hints of things to come.

Well, if good ‘ol’ fred has a lot of money, they will find him, or else anyone can find them at the escort service……….

So much envy and sniping over a comic…your insecurity is slipping…err slip is showing.

hehehe…true…but it might be more politically correct if he was not eyeing another woman while out with his wife!!!!!! Or at least not so blatantly!!!!!

I’ve told my husband several times if he wants to look at other women, he better not do it when I’m with him. He thinks it’s hilarious when he does it in front of me, but I don’t think it’s funny and I’ve let him know it in no uncertain terms. I even told him I would walk away from him if he embarrassed me like that again.

Just keep going, John!

I’ve enjoyed many of these comics, but every once in a while, there is a series of comics like this one that really paint a picture of men in a bad light. Not all men are like this.

Elle knows John is not going anywhere. That’s why she doing a “how stupid can you get” facepalm rather than recoiling in horror at the thought of him finding another woman physically attractive.

While John is admiring the woman and Fred’s ability to find them, Elly should ask him if he’s planning on finding one like that himself. It seems they’ve forgotten about Fred’s wife at this point.

me and my big mouth

What is it called when Elly squints her eyes like in the last panel?

Got a death wish John? Because if you Keep talking like that in front of Ellie like that, she’ll be glad to grant that wish!

John, I’m afraid you’re being an absolute idiot right now.

If this is truly a true story, Lynn didn’t lose anything in the divorce. I’m amazed she stuck it out as long as she did. I don’t see anything wrong with him noticing the other woman or even commenting on her, but the fact that his eyes are bugging out of his head and he is starting to sweat & pull at his tie show how stupid he really is.