Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 10, 2013
Transcript:
Luann: "I bought a nice Valentine card for Quill. IO sent it last week to be sure it'd get to Australia in time" Mom: "That's very thoughtful of you" Luann: "But I wish I'd waited to see if HE thought to send ME a card. Now he'll get my card and it'll remind him" Mom: "Honey, do you really want to judge your relationship on a CARD? Sometimes men just forget. Or they get busy, or distracted" Mom: "Or they didn't notice the BIG RED CIRCLE ON THE CALENDAR" Luann: "Dad? You gettin' this?" Dad: "Hm?"
Mikeyj almost 12 years ago
He’s building the gallows that Nancy is planning to hang him on :P
The Old Wolf almost 12 years ago
Hah. I never forgot a holiday, a birthday, an anniversary, or bupkis. Unlike some others I knew. My first marriage still went down the sewer. Fortunately, my second one is gigajoules better.
Mikeyj almost 12 years ago
I’m hoping Quill does send Luann a card, with 2 words on it: “IT’S OVER”! Well, technically that’s 3 words but, it’s written as two
Rista almost 12 years ago
Pfft Its a total myth that guys have some kind of gender thing that makes them forget Valentines day. They don’t forget, some of them just ignore it. For any number of reasons, maybe they just don’t have a clue what to do that day or they are scared they’ll do something “wrong” with what they do try. If remembering dates is that important to ya, do what I did. Wait and marry a guy who remembers dates better than I do.And make for darn sure he knows what ever he chooses to do about the date you won’t put him down for it.
wndrwrthg almost 12 years ago
Valentines day will only go away if everyone ignores it. It is a forced holiday with no merit to it, like having to spend two to three months salary on a ring. Pure foolishness.
Barbara McKibben almost 12 years ago
you silly man! lol
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Give Frank a break, ladies! He’s doing a pretty good job as husband, father, provider, butt of jokes….
TheSkulker almost 12 years ago
Not getting paid??? BS! She seems to be getting "paid " quite well. Total support and (in most cases), majority control of the family (husband’s), income sure looks like “paid” to me.
Olderbutwiserone almost 12 years ago
I am not sure if Valentine’s Day is even celebrated in Australia. Or will Louann be held accountable for Anzac Day as well?
HeatherLazz almost 12 years ago
I forget almost every single anniversary, and miss every birthday including my own. I am very lucky that my husband forgives me year after year. I did ask if he wanted to do something special fora our anniversary this year, since it’ll be our 10th. And asked for credit in advance that I noticed what year it was, because sure as shoot, when it rolls around, I’ll have forgotten again.
fruegade almost 12 years ago
I have been happily married to the best guy in the universe for 25+ years, and we both forget anniversaries and birthdays.The trick is to make everyday life worthwhile.
mdcdjg2008 almost 12 years ago
We don’t celebrate Valentine’s day in my house. Not that I have a problem with it but I just feel that anything he does for me on that day would actually be more special to me if he does it on a whim…so his unexpected acts are much more appreciated.
i_am_the_jam almost 12 years ago
What an ungrateful wife.
daniel_bel almost 12 years ago
Slaving away and not getting paid is what his wife does…
Err..tell me again, who’s sitting on the couch with magazine and coffee, and who’s working?
sappha58 almost 12 years ago
Valentines Day: created by card makers to generate cash flow to them. It’s bogus. Stop feeding the corporate dragon!
wicky almost 12 years ago
Broads got different priorities.
justalurkr almost 12 years ago
Of course Luann’s parents show their love every day through their commitments to each other and their home. Nothing wrong with taking a day off to show it through chocolate and a nice dinner for a change.
pathfinder almost 12 years ago
39 years this April — It’s a start.
ABADABA almost 12 years ago
I make her a Valentine card, 46yrs. she won’t allow me out to buy anything
Step-Step almost 12 years ago
It’s sad that men are being shown as clueless in much of the media today.
leleni almost 12 years ago
I forgot Valentine’s Day one year and my husband was hurt. We don’t buy stuff, though. We make each other cards and they’re always funny and sweet and mean a lot more than a store-bought card or gift could ever mean.
leleni almost 12 years ago
We’ve been married 34 years, by the way.
Waddling Eagle almost 12 years ago
Best Valentine’s Day gift possible: finishing the honey-do list.
TexanInIdaho almost 12 years ago
My husband and I would go to the store and each pick out a card. We’d exchange them, read them, put them back and spend the money on a pitcher of beer.
desertmoon almost 12 years ago
This woman would be more than happy to see the fake holidays all disappear. It isn’t just men that don’t like the forced “celebrations”.
kauri44 almost 12 years ago
I realize that some of the anti-woman hostility is coming from trollers, but not for the first time I find myself wondering why the posters who have expressed such bitterness towards women follow a strip about a high school girl. There are tons of male centered comics out there for you to enjoy.
Sangelia almost 12 years ago
take it from a woman’s perspective. some of us do NOT care if we dont get fine jewelry, candy, etc….being told vocally. as well as being paid attention to counts more.but there are women who were brought up to value possessions over that. and there are women who value both as a expression of love.plus, as for the house. many a man has his pride. to him, being able to provide for his family is part of his manly pride. this includes repair of anything broken around the house.as for Nancy, she shows it by keeping the house clean, his clothes washed, and good solid food on the table. since she is a housewife.
rekam Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Still remember the time we bought each other the very same card. I started to pull the one he’d gotten me out of the envelope and as soon as I spotted what it was, I started laughing.
Five boys almost 12 years ago
I have been married over fifty years. Never a card for any occasion , but I do have Abigail house, drive a new Cadillac and have lots of nice jewelry. He will say buy what you want for Christmas, birthday,etc and I do! Works for me!! That should be a big house.. I also don’t type very well and never read until I’m finished. You would think I would learn.
legaleagle48 almost 12 years ago
Then explain the point of affirmative action, whereby many vastly more qualified male candidates are bypassed for jobs or promotions solely because the company needs to fill some arbitrary gender quota, even though the female candidate who gets the job or the promotion isn’t nearly as qualified for it as the male candidate. That’s what Nabudquduriuzhur was complaining about, and he’s got a point, in my opinion. Men don’t really have a problem with the concept of “equal pay for equal work” — it’s the concept of arbitrary reverse gender discrimination that itself creates the very inequity it was supposed to resolve that we have issues with.
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 12 years ago
aren’t you nice?!!!
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 12 years ago
you and the dog shopped together???….awwww!!!!!
barbarasbrute almost 12 years ago
And we have a winner. OMGHS
barbarasbrute almost 12 years ago
That post was what most of us would call “A SENSE OF HUMOR”.
sleeepy2 almost 12 years ago
Yep.
Deborah N Lurie almost 12 years ago
May the woman in your life (if there should be one, considering your attitude) stop doing all she does. Then you can work your attitude off. Please do women a favor and swear off of them.
Sangelia almost 12 years ago
true feminism allows the woman to choose what they want to do. be it a outside job. or to be a housewife. and the ability to change our minds if we feel that we would be better off doing something else.
slypuma almost 12 years ago
Yeah, stop fixing the house and start sitting around talking about Valentine’s Day.
scottjsmith.peng almost 12 years ago
That’s exactly what my wife did!! :-)