Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 29, 2019

harsh… very harsh

Tiffany, put aside your pride and go over to the DeGroots for dinner.

This isn’t Funky Winkerbean, is it?

Hopefully Gunther and Bets will arrive to affect a rescue. ✨❤️✨

And pride don’t pay the bills.

Have we ever seen a character in this strip in this state?

Now those predicted tears are starting to well up.

G&K, please don’t go where we fear you are with this story arc. If you do, I will never read the strip again.

Being alone on Thanksgiving, that’s horrible, I hope the situation improves for Tifanny!

I assume you’ve been taking leftovers from Kablooie Cafe seeing that your fridge is empty. Be thankful for your job at a cafe where you can take home leftovers. You wear a uniform everyday to work which keeps your clothes clean, not requiring laundry. Again, be thankful for your job. Your boss invited you to her Thanksgiving dinner. Be grateful for an opportunity to eat and be with other people. Best of all, you will be sent home with leftovers from the DeGroots. So, go.

me too, i do wonder if she will go to her dad’s though but it’s not like she’s gonna get money anyways so i say go to Luann’s folks place like i said already one more day this week and i’m curious what she’ll do tomorrow?

The worst part is, there is just one lonely beer left in the ’fridge.

it’s hard sometimes to feel thankful if a lot of you’re life is “I” centered…if she spreads herself out to her friend she may find a reason “we” are thankful and it will feel better.

We all called this story arc at the start. I wonder if the artist is going to throw us for a loop? She has two options on the table, but perhaps her exiting the dorm she will run into someone that will change her life? Stay tuned for Saturday’s comic.

It’s sad she had to sell her expensive Souffle lingerie, but I bet none of it fit her at her current weight. So there’s that. I wonder if she could ask the proprietress of Souffle if she (Tiff) could be a plus-size model for the line? Or if proprietress could put her in touch with agents to be a plus-size model? It grinds me that Tiff isn’t pursuing any of her high school dreams at all! And at the very least, if she wants her own nail empire, she could be taking some cosmetology course (she could probably sleep through it, she already knows so much), get that certification, and take business courses on line. I know someone who got her business degree on line and only showed up on campus across the state three times. And to walk at graduation.

WTF. Can we please stop abusing Tiffany and let her find some happiness for once? Maybe a boyfriend or something? (Keep in mind that she’s never even been properly kissed in the whole history of this strip.) Someone hug this girl already!

Wow! Tiffany NEEDS to visit some True, Blue Friends, STAT!

Or quickly encounter someone much WORSE off than She is right now. Someone SHE can help.

OR, as Cstimpy above just said, maybe Tiff SHOULD go and have dinner with Tom and Ann. Then move back home. Yeah, I know the argument: “Ann will slowly grind Tiff down, if she did that.” People, Ann is doing THAT, NOW. Tiff Moving back home would make little difference. Plus moving home. save Tiffany food and lodging money. And she would STILL have Bets to help her with her studies. And suddenly moving back home, would catch Ann off guard.

One more very important thing. Tiffany moving back home INCREASES the chance that Les will drop by to “visit.” Les hates Ann. Tom May not know about Les. Explanations would be in order. It’s a opening salvo that can taken advantage of in Tiffany’s favor.

“Friends close. Enemies CLOSER.”

Now, what will tomorrow bring?

Greg, do you really want Tiff to hit the streets were she be homeless, Why the evil queen Ann get’s away this.

Since she can’t afford food, Dez and Bernice might bring her a meal.

I swear ann eiffel is such a two faced conniving control freak that tiffany would rather go hungry on thanksgiving than deal with her. But at any rate, tiffany you need to swallow your pride and to see your family. You only get one and i’m sure your dad would love to spend time with you. Or with the degroots.Don’t spend thanksgiving feeling sorry for yourself. That’s way out of character for you.

She is at a life crisis point.

Whoa….Greg has really crossed the line. He is relentless in his abuse of Tiffany. He’s like a sadistic, psychological Jack the Ripper, tearing into her. He’s behaving like a pimp, slapping the girls around (in a manner of speaking), withholding their money (Tom does that job for him), and fawning over a new plaything (enter Ann). This strip would make an interesting research project for an advanced Psych. class. Forget Tom, check out the artist’s track record.

Just one more night before we go back home Sunday to Luann & Puddles. My guess is that in the last frame of tomorrow’s strip, a completely discouraged Tiffany will see her phone ringing. That will keep the ship afloat until Monday.

Yes you do Tiffany. There is always something to be thankful for. You’re pretty, somewhat bright, you have goals, just kind of cloudy now how things are going to work out. Even staying home by yourself is better than going out with your dad and have to watch ann slime all over him and gloat. Don’t give her the satisfaction of hurting you and watching your lameass dad make a fool of himself. Have more pride in yourself.

I think it’s time Tiffany employs the services of Mr. Grey. As a former Grifter himself, he still has his connections and may be able to come up with a plan (a la Mission: Impossible) to make Tom come to his senses and dump Ann for good.

She has a full size refrigerator in her luxurious suite? Tiffany should have downsized a long time ago, as soon as she knew she couldn’t afford all of this. I don’t have much sympathy for people who keep spending when they know they don’t have the money.

You still have a job and friends. She seems to be heading for a depression.

Many, many people have family who are abusive, neglectful or just don’t care. It is sad Tiffany’s father doesn’t seem to care about her. But she has many friends who do care. As adults we need to find people who love and support us and spend time with them. Don’t ever spend time with unloving people just because they are “family”.

Break down and sell the room Tiff. You need the money.

Do we know anything about Tiffany’s mom?

Tif. Be thankful for what you DO have. Which at this point, consists of a job, and, friends. The later of which you’d better start letting them help show you a way out of your predicament.

Tiffany has been living the high life and was known to be very self absorbed. I hate to say it but Ann Awful is making Tiff grow up and become an independent adult. She is strong woman and will do fine, she just has to keep her head above water, she already has friends who will support her decisions and that is what is going to help her through this. It’s gonna hurt, but that is a part of life. She will make the right decisions.

Learn to embrace minimalism, Tiffany. That’ll be 85 bucks, please.

You have friends who want you and care about you Tiff, go to them.

Tiff… HANG IN THERE! Even at the “lowest low,” there is still hope. You’re smart enough to figure out a solution. And you know you want control of your life. Don’t move back home with Dad and Ann, as you’ll never get that level of control of your life. Do what you must to maintain that independence. It may be humiliating… not what you’re used to… but if you work hard (both at your studies and making money), you will get there. Unfortunately, part of that might mean having to “let go…” let go of Dad, that is… You have to evaluate the situation and see if there’s any hope at keeping a relationship with your Dad alive, now that Ann has him in her clutches…. or whether it’s time to “let him go…” and move on with your life. Have the courage to make that decision. Have the courage to move on. It will get better.

Volunteer gigs (like the one Bernie and Des could still take her for) usually pay volunteers with a meal. They keep you occupied but not too overwhelmed, and they look nice on a resume too. And it feels almost like socializing, but with much less effort to belong.

You have some good friends who would help you out. Swallow your pride. This is an opportunity to make those needed changes in your life. Crawling back to your Dad would mean you are admitting defeat. That’s just what Ann wants. Don’t give her the satisfaction.

Tiffany’s eyes are full of tears… This is probably the most hard moment of her life. But there is still tomorrow. Maybe something good will happen tomorrow.

I could name a lot more than Tiffany if I wanted to count all the things that are wrong with my life, but I prefer to focus on the good things that I am thankful for, such as the fact that I have a roof over my head (although, like Tiffany, I probably can’t afford to keep it), I have enough (too much?) to eat, I have friends and, in spite of a number of problems, such as gout, epilepsi and whiplash, I am in generally good health. I am also thankful to God for His creation and His redemption, among other things. All in all, I have much more to be thankful for than to complain about. I hope Tiffany realizes that that applies to her as well.

Besides herother woes tiff is also failing macro economics—unless that situation has been rectified.

I’m hopeful for a George Bailey/“It’s a Wonderful Life” moment here.

Poor kid.

She needs to remember that she has friends. And that she’s healthy, smart and strong!

Poor Tiff. Nobody should be alone during the holidays.

I can see the tears coming from the poor girl.

Luannverse COME TO THE DAMN RESCUE PLEASE!!!! It is getting hard for us who care about this strip to see this character go through so much. She has grown a lot, and is no longer a selfish little girl anymore, although a little bit of saucy old Tiff, within her new reality would be nice. I hope that day is coming SOON. She has three alternatives, going home (ugh), going to the De Groots (nicer people you can’t meet), Al and Irma (I can’t remember their last names, but wonderful people too, sweetness and a nice, caring Wiseguy, how can you beat that), or going with Dez and Bernice and serving dinner to some truly lonely seniors. Or another alternative entirely, but those scare me, and others so don’t even think about going there. If you go too dark with Tiffany, your readership will revolt and many will leave.

Thanksgiving continues in Luann’s world, cool. We should see a phone call/ knock at the door checking to see if she wants to come over, the question is which one; romance (Les/Irma’s group), future friend (Luann and the Degroot side), or people worse off than you (sorry, no L in Bernice/Dez). It’ll set Tiffany’s future for the next six months + is my estimate.

Come on Greg Evans. You have to give Tiff a break. She has been a character in this strip for many years. Let her turn her life around. Also get rid of that Ann Awful.

Tbh, I don’t know how much of this storyline that I can take.I know how Tiff is feeling. I was unemployed for 6 months, about to lose my place, had to keep bumming money from my sister so I could go to interviews, my power kept getting turned off, my water got turned off. No one visiting me, I was rock bottom until I got an inheritance check from my mom passing away but it went all to my late rent..

I know Tiff is just part of a comic strip but there are a lot of young people in her situation..

Gray or Grey, “DUCKS” if MD decides to respond. (lol). Cheer up dude btw.

A lot of folks asking Mr Evans to kill off Ann, but the strip needs a villain. Tif was a mean person but has changed, Dirk settled down, TJ hasn’t had a scam in awhile, Les likes kittens: Ann is the only one left. And the fact that so many people react so strongly to her character means Mr Evans is doing a good job ( in my not at all humble opinion).

Ah, the young broke years. May I never go through that again……

Enough already…do not push her towards suicide…this seems to be where your arch is heading and I WILL STOP reading your strip if you do this

That’s what you get for being mean to Luann for 28 years in high school.

Not that I can remember.

Life changing situations.

Poor Tif! I hope things will turn around soon!

Forest from the trees.

It’s gonna be OX to the rescue.

Was practicing music for church for the start of Advent this Sunday, and one of the pieces has the phrase : ♫ “A voice cries out in the wilderness”♫ , and it made me think of Tiff.

Hunger in the mother of desperation. (I just made that up.) :o)

Will Saturday see Tiffany Farrell at the Rescue mission!?!?

she got have 2 other invites, show up for one of them instead of feeling sorry for yourself

We need some salvation here, STAT! This is getting way too dark…

Welcome to reality, Tiff. Nobody owes you anything, in adult life. The last vestiges of the spoiled rich girl are what we are witnessing the death of, here.

I’ve mentioned depression and suicidal interventions for a couple of weeks but Tiffany hasn’t yet exhibited any in her self reflections yet. I’m hopeful that GnK won’t take this to such a drastic place. Tiffany does not express herself as feeling isolated or “doomed.”

But still! Even now, one can envision GnK developing situations to put Tiff in more desperate situations.

I agree with Mordy et al. This has gone on long enough.

I don’t know…as a cook, i’m not knocked out by the idea of showing up on the degrgroots doorstep unannounced, I plan for a certain number of people for dinner parties. I also can’t blame Tiff for being warry of running to Luann for support given their history and Luanns dubious maturity level. Plus, the Degroots are her employer. Showing up, unannounced, on their doorstep in tears, not a great impression. Could help, but could make a bad situation worse.

I’ve mentioned depression and suicidal interventions for a couple of weeks but Tiffany hasn’t yet exhibited any in her self reflections yet. Tiffany has not yet expressed herself as feeling isolated or “doomed.” I’m hopeful that GnK won’t take this to such a drastic place.

But still! Even now, one can envision GnK developing situations to put Tiff in more desperate situations.

As for me: This has gone on long enough.

I’m with Tiffany. Life is rough.

OK Greg, enough of this. Time to give Tiff a break. Or are you torturing your readers on purpose?

Can anyone tell me the date(s) when Ann Eiffel tried hitting on Bernice?

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Sad. Just sad.

Tiff does have a lot to be thankful for. She has friends who care; she received 4 invitations for Thanksgiving. With one more day to go, I’m hoping for a knock on the door and it’s Bets who isn’t going home for the break because she has too much studying to do. They say the darkest hour is just before dawn.

Just as Annie Awful planned.

Sounds like Tiff is getting a “Life”-lesson.

Tiffany! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and go to the DeGroots, now!

When Life deals you nothing for dinner, go on a diet, Tiffany. Things will eventually get better, despite the sadistic creator….

Pops should get the hint about there being a real problem between Ann and Tiff. Probably assumes it has to do with Tiff not wanting Ann to “replace” her mother. Or Ann’s recommendation of a cut in Tiff’s spending.