For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 01, 2013

These comments could make Elly feel imperfect and unwanted. John is acting so uncaring about her feelings. They should both see a marriage counsellor.

Clearly, John is familiar with the term, ‘Too much car for you, man.’ Ha!

yes they are and i hope she got a lot of alimony he is a big jerk!

I hope she got happiness.

Never, ever say stuff like that to your wife.

OH I get i! Today is April Fools day, He was playing a trick on her

Is it me, or does their marriage seem…troubled since the reboot?

Most of the time their minor conflicts don’t seem funny — they seem like symptoms of big problems.

I absolutely understand where John is coming from.

John is so childish and immature, doesn’t have a clue about himself or relationships or women, or anything. mayble Elly liked his childishness/stupidity enough to marry him in spite of his idiocy. but i’d get tired and hurt enough to tell the stupid sob to grow up. after i slapped him silly for being so insensitive. but still, you’d want a better role model for your children.

i guess it’s true that most men hardly ever grow up in to rational, thinking creatures, much less adult hood.

Maybe I’m misinterpreting this but didn’t he just say that he feels comfortable with Elly? If that’s a bad thing than I’m a bad man.

That’s because she wouldn’t put up with your baloney as much as your wife would! I know this is a comic, but this is ridiculous how disrespectful he is being to his wife.

Yeah, Jon would be a lot better off suppressing his thoughts and feelings. Keep them under wraps where they can fester and grow, maybe lead to a REAL affair outside of his marriage. You and Elly would all appreciate that.

Her ex-husband must have been a real piece of work.

Does the saying, “no matter how pretty and hot she is, somewhere, someone is tired of her chit” ring a bell?

John if you’re insecure to that degree, how did you ever get married; or ever get a date to begin with?!?!?

The trouble starts when a man marries a woman, thinking she’s going to stay the same for him, and she doesn’t, At the same time, she marries him, thinking he’s going to change for her, and he doesn’t.

John feels intimidated about asking a “perfect” woman out knowing good and well she’d never want anything to do with him. Maybe she’s looking for a perfect man. Extremely handsome men have the same idea that women exist to please him and the more the better!

blonde brainwashing working on the weak mined men

My DH said this stuff to me about a co-worker once. He was drunk at the time, so he thinks he had a good excuse for letting it slip out loud instead of just thinking it every day. Loose lips get you and unhappy wife, John!

My X did not even realize he was being disrespectful to me if he flirted with a waitress, or the belly dancer. My man’s sister tried to really bug me by hiring a “dancer” for his 50th Birthday (that she held on his pool deck with all the family, even though I wanted to do that birthday for him). We were being platonic at the time, but he still showed no particular intrest in the stripper, and I’m sure he was not interested in someone that much younger (we have talked about things like that). I had a dinner party for him the next day with the cake I had made and some good friends- much nicer. That sister is no longer a part of his life (no contact except the annual Christmas card, as it was with my brother and me). Her pesky daughter is still trying to come between us, (She even called him late on NYE when I was there in his bed to tell him that his X was all alone and lonely and he should call her- he listened politely and hung up). He has no contact with his X.

I first saw this addressed in Dilbert as Attractive Woman Disorder (or was it syndrome?), where guys are so overwhelmed by hotness they can’t even introduce themselves properly. I certainly had it, as any of my (very few) dates with “total babes” ended up complete disasters.

I agree that John is not very tactful. However, I have seen that with women too. An example from first wife when she came down to breakfast one morning:Wife: “I had a horrible nightmare. You and Orlando Bloom were in a deathmatch fighting over me.”Me{chuckling}: What is so bad about that?Wife: You won!!

My hubby enjoyed looking at pretty brunettes (I was a pretty brunette when I was young) and I’d point them out to him. He’s deceased now and I miss him terribly.

Yea, we know. You mention it about once a week. Married life can be wonderful!

“Nifty insight” was my take on it, too. I’m surprised to see how many negative remarks it generated here, right from the first response suggesting counseling on.

I interpreted it to mean Elly was just right for him.

Also, how many of us are reading these strips in the harsh light of what we now know happened later in real life?

John is SUCH a tool . . . and not a very useful one either!!!!! :-(

John u have a body like crap. If you had a wrestling match with Brewster he scissor u real good. He is a real man u are not.

No husband would say those things in front of his wife. I don’t believe it. And, yes I have been married, for 29 years. Well, John might have noticed her teeth!

bawana? It’s fine to think those things, but a nice person doesn’t say them aloud! Who you are and what you are, as you put it, should take your wife’s feelings into account. You sound like you want a free rein to do what you want.

So, when does Elly dump this loser and find a man who will love and appreciate her? Never disliked John more…

Shallow Hal needs gal! And if John doesn’t knock it off, he could be that shallow Hal that needs a gal!

@ Nabuquduriuzhur ~ FYI, the same goes for the opposite sex. I have yet to meet a guy with “leading man” looks who didn’t think he was “God’s gift” to women and who didn’t date only the most beautiful women (and then complain to me how they just couldn’t find somebody “real” to have a relationship with). The corresponding phrase describing that kind of man was “He’s a dog,” which is just insulting to the 4-legged variety.