Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 15, 2019

Bark at Dez, Tiffany, for it was her idea for you to apply for a credit card.

Wait until she finds out that $500 limit doesn’t reset every month and that she has to make payments to keep using the card.

Tiffany, welcome to the world of the 99%.

… and there’s that cutaway. ✨

Welcome to the Real World, Tiffany ….

I’m sorry Tiffany. But that “suit?” It’s just not “You.” And it makes you look well, chunky and old(er). And if you’ve maxed out your limit already, you’ll need money to pay the bill next month.

The REALLY Good News, is the Trek Date between Bet and Gunther is continuing off Strip! Which means there’s a very high probability that the rest of it went without a hitch!@ It also means no hard feeling for Luann and Ox for their untimely texts.

The BAD News is, Tiffany will need a job to help pay for that credit card bill. If that dishwasher job at the Fuse is still available, it may have Tiff’s name on it. The Double Bad news is THAT will put her in easy groping distance of Mr. Knox…….,

Tiffany probably needs someone to explain to her the limit on the card she got was probably $500 as she had no independent credit card, so never had to think about what she was doing of dad’s card. So now she may get to taste what “most people” have to do to live, and the horror that she has no more credit, until she pays this off. She will actually have to get a job, the horror, in inhumanity. Sheesh, girl.

If she is that clueless I don’t see how she will ever build her “empire”

Didn’t someone tell me yesterday that Tiffany was no longer vacuous?

Life without Tom can be such a tragedy……. Your lesson is comng, Tiff.

What, Tiffany? You are a college student. They don’t give limitless credit line to college students. For heaven’s sake, start really observe your fellow college students. Look at Bernice. They are not wearing high-end label clothes. Some of them don’t have cars and those who do have old used cars, likely hand-downs from their parents. Many of them have to work for their clothes, gas for their cars, the occasional pizzas and beer and perhaps a date. Like you, they probably have that same $500 limit credit card and many of them are saving theirs for emergencies – like a flight home or something like that. You’ve been out of touch with how the majority of people live. Now you’re smack in the middle of it all. Welcome to reality.

Tiff welcome to real life you are not playing with monopoly anymore.

It’s a good thing Tiff didn’t get a $5,000 credit limit. That would have been spent just as quickly.

What’s wrong with a business casual blouse and a matching knee length skirt?

The REAL shocker is when the card bill comes in the mail. I doubt she realizes she actually has to pay the bill herself….and not with a credit card.

I can hardly wait until she gets the bill. Her card is dead for the time being…

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Oh, and Tiff? That suit is horrid. Looks like something Paul Lynde would have worn.

Tiffany is in for a shock when she retires. I’d like to see her trying to exist on what SS pays.

Welcome to Reality, Tiffany. Enjoy your stay.

There is a learning curve.

four months later

“Tiffany, what are all these letters from your credit card company?”

“Oh, they keep asking me for money, but I’m not paying them anything until they increase my limit! Say, what does ‘penalty APR’ mean?”

Tiffany learned something new. I’m sure she will learn more about how the world works when the credit card bill comes. This is all good for Tiffany. Most 19 year olds are pretty ignorant about many things.

This is probably the first time we see Tiffany in a black suit. She looks so Weird. I wonder if Bernice will end up using Tiffany like a subject of study to do a term paper on “Spoiled teens who discover the real life during College”. It would be really interesting to read.

Whether she intended it or not, Looks like Anns plan is teaching Tiffany some hard life lessons

So what is it that doesn’t suit Tiff? :D

Ugh, growth and change in this strip is SO SLOW. I’m tired to Tiffany not growing up and using her savvy the way she should by now.

Somebody should have told Tiffany that they give credit cards to college kids because they know they’re bad at paying them. Paying the $50 minimum at the end of the month, and watch your debt go down by $10. Put $1000 on that card, and you’ll be paying it for ten years after giving them $10000..

Tiff wants to do manicures. That should not require a business suit. Tiffany’s most valuable assets should not be covered by a business suit. Come on, lady, give us back the sexy bimbo we’ve grown to expect.

since they reconned les’ attempt to assault her out of the picture he might be able to help her with his mother’s monetary issues. and if they remember the characters’ past historys for once. ox will be there to tie a knot in les’ chinos.

Looks like a man’s suit. Take it back.

Too soon for a return to this. I was hoping for a short respite with a Pitts CC episode. Nothing heavy like a creepy class proctor or Tara’s missing weekend. Maybe an Economics class to segue back to the Tiff arc.

It is good to see Bernice interacting with Tiff in some way other than dorm monitor. In fact it would seem that Tiffany has replaced Luann as targets for Bern’s acerbic foil. Except for Sunday’s, of course.

Perhaps, as I’ve wondered before, Tiffany, Bernice and Dez will become regulars in a new “triumvirate.” Something like Luann, Jack and Tara.

And we are back…

I bet that somehow her credit limit will increase after a short time and she will max the card out of course. Then the bill will come in and Tiffany will learn that while she has the same IQ as Paris Hilton, thats about all they have in common.

Tiffany’s latest First World Problem and counting!

Welcome to the real world Tiff!!!!

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So, what are the potential prognostications here for the story arc after Tiffany gets into a really bad situation when the bills for the credit card arrive and she cannot pay them?

1. She runs to “Daddy” Tom Cat Ferrell to get bailed out…. and he does bail her out of this mess. 1 out of 10

2. She runs to “Daddy” Tom Cat Ferrell to get bailed out…. and gets intercepted by Ann… and Ann convincingly threatens to get Tiffany in more trouble with her Dad… unless she can count on Tiffany’s “help” in a “very pressing project” she would like her involvement in. 4 out of 10

3. Tiffany tries to do actual labor at some place (The Fuse, Wennie World, etc) and hyjinks ensue as we watch Tiffany replicate a lot of classic “I Love Lucy” scenes for comedic effect. 5 out of 10

4. Tiffany lands a job at a nail place, and ends up becoming responsible and paying for her credit and learning a thing or three about a more normal reality for most college students. 4 our of 10

Probably none of the above will happen… but those are the things I thought of this morning sans pipe and coffee.

Why does Tiffany want to look like Hillary Clinton? The look is at least 6 decades too mature for Tiff.

I couldn’t understand why reality was getting bigger, then it hit me.

There is a monthly limit on a credit card

Ah, Tiff, life is full of stronger lessons. You could have had that suit at Goodwill for $3 in a couple of years!

Remember Prisilla’s Pop? At age 12 I learned to budget from that strip, and I taught it to others. If I could visit Comicland, I’d treat Tiffany to lunch at The Country Kitchen and teach her, too.

Maybe you should go into ranching, Tiff. You’ve got quite a spread there.

Reminds me of a story Burt Reynolds told of Loni Anderson. He gave her a 5 digit credit card and she maxed it in half an hour. So it’s not hard for a determined card holder.

She can use the suit to go get a job to pay for the suit!

Ever time we go back to Tiffany … I still can’t get over G&K letting Ann E. get off the hook for a crime. Just doesn’t seem lawful.

An even more unpleasant surprise, next month, in the mail, will be something new, its called a “credit card bill”…oh, and there’s something called “interest”, and “monthly fees” and the credit card company is quite insistent upon getting paid…at least that’s been my experience.

Dear God… Will someone please teach Tiffany the importance of getting a job! At least get her to apply for a job in a salon where she can get some on-the-job training as well as earn some money. And, while they’re at it, they should teach Tiffany to actually SAVE some money, so she won’t have to rely on credit cards. At least show her how to set up a “shoebox account”. Even a piggy bank can work wonders.

i’m glad the card gave Tiff a 500 monthly limit; maybe getting her own card was a good idea after all; she’ll learn how to keep a budget without having to deal with Ann; Tiff will get guidance from Dez and Bernice instead. Some are mad that Ann Eiffel’s fraudulent ways have not come back to bite her. I think these are different arcs; G&K don’t want to go there right now.

In the 1960s, there were several prominent rock and roll band’s whose members occasionally engaged in what psychologists refer to as “projecting”. That is, one member would point their finger at another band member and say something to the effect of, “This other person does this and that wrong”, when in reality it was the finger pointer who was guilty of that very transgression. Imagine the surprise of more than a few of us here when it finally became obvious that the things Tiff had been pointing her finger at Ann E. for were actually things she was doing herself…..

Oh, Tiff, poor, naive Tiff. Don’t you see that this strip has no rules, no morals, no politics, go ahead and use your best assets while you’re still young: key words…..Sugar Daddy.

Did none of her friends ever tell Tiff that she actually has to PAY the card? And she thinks she gets $500 a MONTH to spend, and doesn’t realize she has to pay it back? Her friends are doing her a great disservice! Poor Tiff. Welcome to the real world.

Many, many college students discover the same thing Miss Tiff is right now. At least she’s in good company!

And it’s not even a flattering cut in that power suit! Not to mention no head shots. She would have been wiser to just buy a pair of rubber gloves for that dishwasher job at The Fuse.

Poor Tiffster! This Strange New World of $500 limits on credit cards is so unaccustomed! On the other hand, she needs to get a grip on her spending (she is not the Gummymint, that can just print a trillion here, a trillion there).

Life is tough, but it’s better than the alternative….

I am so saddened by the events in Paris. Notre Dame seems like a dear old friend. I am in hopes the cathedral can be reconstructed, but even before the fire, there were problems keeping up with repairs of the decay to the building. Even so, determination will overcome any obstacle.