Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for December 15, 2009
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Katy: Mom. I need you to make me a costume for my holiday pageant. Laura: What? By Saturday?? What's the costume? Katy: My character is "Hope" for the new year! Laura: A "hope" costume? What is that even supposed to look like? Katy: Sparkles and ribbons and big poofy shoulders. Adam: That's "hope"? Sounds exactly like your mom's bridesmaid dresses.
comYics almost 15 years ago
She’s a keeper. Adams insult was not useful in anyway.
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Somebodyshort—Ditto
Couldn’t you come up with something better to tell the children, Adam?
poppy1313 almost 15 years ago
Careful Adam Your wife my dump her coffee in your lap… I know you love coffee but that my be a little hot…
sarge112751 almost 15 years ago
Unless its for “hope” the Bridesmaids don’t marry a guy like Adam!
YatInExile almost 15 years ago
Too bad the strip is only three panels. I’d love to see what happens next.
celeconecca almost 15 years ago
Susan001 Since it’s the holidays, she’d also have to be with the troops.
saxie5 almost 15 years ago
Can never go wrong with Sparkles!
@Susan001 Your comment made me laugh. Good one.
gocomicsmember almost 15 years ago
As she has watched the styles change over the years since her wedding, she probably laughs at those older styles by now herself. I have plenty of friends who look back at what they used to wear or how they wore their hair (both male and female) and get a big chuckle out of pictures from the era when they were dating or just married.
bald almost 15 years ago
maybe she could find that poofy shirt from seinfled and beadazzle it
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dante.deangelo almost 15 years ago
I’m missing the insult.
alondra almost 15 years ago
I’ve never seen bridesmaids dresses that didn’t look ridiculous. I think you’re right Dr Toon. And that they have to pay for it themselves knowing they’ll never be caught dead in it again, (and hating that they will be caught alive in it once) is sort of insulting on the bride’s part. My husband and I didn’t have a traditional wedding but if we had I would have tried to be more sensitive than that.
johnnydoc5 almost 15 years ago
Well, at least if they were bridesmaid dresses, if you can find one, you won’t have to make a new one.
SaraCVT almost 15 years ago
At my wedding, my bridesmaids wore sundresses that they got at Mervyn’s. Our colors were cobalt blue and ivory and these were sort of cream colored linen with eyelet holes and looked quite lovely. Best of all, I knew they were dresses they would wear again. Bridesmaids’ dresses don’t HAVE to be monstrosities or expensive.
vawser almost 15 years ago
I don’t think Adam is insulting his wife. He’s not talking about THEIR wedding. He’s talking about the bridesmaid dresses she had to wear in other people’s weddings. (Otherwise, he’d say “your mom’s bridesmaids’ dresses”)
Smiley Rmom almost 15 years ago
@Macuschlalondra My mom sewed all of my bridesmaids’ dresses (in addition to my wedding dress - she was an excellent seamstress.) My parents paid for the fabric & everything. The only thing the bridesmaids had to provide was a pair of shoes, and I didn’t make them get matching shoes (long dresses), so they were reusable. The only wedding where I was an attendant, was my sister’s wedding, so my Mom sewed that dress too. I never thought it was fair to expect the bridesmaids to pay for dresses they wouldn’t want to wear again.
kershawfamily almost 15 years ago
I fail to see how Adam’s comment is rude. I think you people are reading something into it that isn’t there.
The problem with the dresses is that too many brides think of it “their” day and insist on a fairy tale wedding. Parents need to teach their kids to have realistic expectations.
Ed The Red Premium Member almost 15 years ago
It’s obvious: Hope is the costume with feathers.