For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 29, 2020

OK OK…you know the meme.

How much longer and until Mike & Martha are no longer an item?

Martha, when are you going to learn that men don’t take subtle hints and aren’t the best at reading either your mind or the room? Just tell him point-blank to knock it off with the girl-watching when he’s out with you — it’s the only way he’ll have any idea what you’re talking about!

Ladies and gentlemen… this is called rubbernecking. All men do it and so do all women

Even when you’re on a diet, you can still look at the menu…

He’s a guy. Unless you tell us, we will not know. Period.

Those women are all to old for you Mike.

a couple of quick slaps to the back of my head and I KNEW WHAT.

Just tell him to stop being a pig… ;-)

This strip gives me a serious case of Deja Vu.

Stop looking at other girls dummy.

Martha will be ancient history.

We never know what’s what and that’s that. Sorry.

Get used to it. He’s male. He’s with you.

As long as he doesn’t hurt himself snapping his neck around, you’re good.

Those fancy females Mike’s looking at, look way to old for him, anyways.

Time for her to give him an ultimatum-“Look at other girls I am gone-forever.”

After several years of marriage my wife and I were walking the street. We crossed paths with a well endowed woman wearing a skimpy halter top…. and I didn’t look.My wife elbowed me in the ribs and I said, “What!?”She said, “Just making sure you were still alive”, and grinned at me.

Michael hopefully will learn what most men have learned. Don’t look at other women when you wife (or date or girlfriend) is present – unless she points them out – in which case agree with whatever reason she pointed them out but only non-committedly (such as SHE: “Look at that pretty woman”. YOU: “Yeah, she’s OK.” and if you want to score a point add “but not as pretty as you”.

don’t play dumb. women know men know “what”!

You can look at attractive people without snapping your head around and being obnoxious about it. Just look with your eyes and don’t turn your head.

I really hate it when people expect you to read their minds! I’ve experienced that from both women and men, but my fellow women seem to be especially bad about that.

Mike seems to be showing an interest in attractive women who are drawn to look quite a bit more mature than he is. Mike may be wise beyond his teenaged years.

Michael, you have Martha. No need to look any further.

My mother used to tell me that as long as he dances with me, even if he’s surveying the dancefloor, there’s no reason to worry… and it is so true…

Did you ever have to make up your mind?And pick up on one and leave the other behind?It’s not often easy and not often kind.Did you ever have to make up your mind? – the Lovin Spoonful

the biggest problem here isn’t with the boy. It is with the girl. Far too often we girls / women want men to agree with us even though we never told them what was on our mind. If somehow we have to tell them what is bothering us, it doesn’t count. That if they truly loved us they would think just like we do….which is dumb. Men don’t think like women. For that matter not all women think the same.

insecurity is so unattractive.

Two words, Mike: Mirror shades. A little incongruous indoors, but they’ll save you from a pain in the neck.

Good thing he was talking to Gord. This advice would’ve been wasted on Lawrence.

He can become a scout for a (real ) modeling agency then it is his job to check out people

Mike the only thing that would make you look more like an idiot is if you started drooling on yourself.

My comment about the original publication date has been removed. It’s pretty clear now all you have to do is flag something and the moderator will remove it without looking at whether the comment violates any rules. There was someone who actually complained and I remember being astonished and dumbfounded that someone would actually find an original publication date to be offensive. I guess there is no limit to things that people can be offended by these days when dates are no longer politically correct. That person must have had a really hard time in history class.

Well, the Original Publication Date is 26 May 1991. This one was pulled up so next Sunday’s comic strip happens after April 1 in the reprint. The Original Publication Date – aphobes can flag it all they want.