Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 15, 2021

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    Da'Dad  about 3 years ago

    The wife is fond of saying “Great minds think alike.” It’s hard to support long distance so it’s another trip to the coast.

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    TaliesinWI  about 3 years ago

    Actually they probably feel as if the weight of the world is off their shoulders. They don’t know what’s next, but they know it’s not “working 18 hour days for subsistence wages”. Anything is an improvement.

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    jr1234  about 3 years ago

    Are they going to come live with Arlo and Janis like the kids in Crankshaft?

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    Alias1600  about 3 years ago

    Loving the coloring of today’s comic!

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    Chris  about 3 years ago

    “we know what we’re thinking, so lets get going.”… what? I thought I’d help him finish what he was saying.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Interesting!

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    Its just me  about 3 years ago

    Seems Janis is a mother who never lets go of her children.

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    John Smith  about 3 years ago

    My girlfriend is always wearing my t-shirts, dress shirts, jerseys and sweaters.

    But let me wear just one of her dresses and suddenly its “we need to talk!”

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    John Smith  about 3 years ago

    My deaf girlfriend just told me, “We need to talk.”

    That’s not a good sign.

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    Tyge  about 3 years ago

    We’re on the same page!

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    LadyPeterW  about 3 years ago

    IF you will NOTICE, they are both thinking the same things, in the first 3 panels. But Janis is like a lot of mothers, where they never quit being a mother, the dynamics just change as their children age. And Arlo is being a bit uncharacteristic, in not realizing he has to talk to his wife, about their kids & granddaughter.

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    Dani Rice  about 3 years ago

    This is Hubby and me. Every once in a while one or the other of us will exclaim “I don’t know why I bother to talk to you!”

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    Michael G.  about 3 years ago

    They’re nearly in tune with each other.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 3 years ago

    At some point, parents must let their children grow up with guidance!

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    paranormal  about 3 years ago

    We were thinking in sync…

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    cuzinron47  about 3 years ago

    Normally those words ‘we need to talk’ are an indication of impending doom.

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    These are tough times. Everybody needs to be open to giving and receiving help of all kinds.

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    BC in NC Premium Member about 3 years ago

    “We need to talk” is one of the more ominous phrases out there. You never hear “We need to talk – let’s get naughty tonight.”

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    Moonkey Premium Member about 3 years ago

    It seems all men freak out over the words “we need to talk.” I saw it as that, even though they were thinking the exact same things.

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    davecat  about 3 years ago

    Perfect. Just as it is.

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    daddo52  about 3 years ago

    Kind of thought this is where this was going. I like to think of it as Janis is always willing to help her kid.

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    flagmichael  about 3 years ago

    I think there are two issues. The first is the income situation, which the kids can work out themselves. The second is the effect of economic stress on the couple, and parents can help reassure the kids that hasty decisions about that are a mistake.

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    j.l.farmer  about 3 years ago

    if you are the kind of mother and father you should be, you ever let your children go!

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