For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 23, 2016

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 8 years ago

    ’tain’t easy in the battle of “having two best friends”

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    Argythree  over 8 years ago

    Anne can’t really call Elly a best friend when she sends her kids over to play at Elly’s without calling in advance to find out if it’s ok…

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 8 years ago

    The power of besties begins again. And yes, I’m going to comment on this strip. Whoever doesn’t like this will not phase me

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    CalLadyQED  over 8 years ago

    Not counting sisters, I don’t think I have been my best friend’s best friend since I was 6 at the latest.

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    Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Does ‘least worse enemy’ count?

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    ladykat  over 8 years ago

    My husband is my best friend overall. Best female friend is my mother-in-law.

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    Joken'  over 8 years ago

    Ouch

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    monkeyhead  over 8 years ago

    I’ve never understood why people feel that they have to put in order their friends. If they are your friends then everyone is lucky.

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    Beleck3  over 8 years ago

    right count your blessing when it comes to friends, there is no “too many” or not good enough.

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    Wolff624  over 8 years ago

    I have, happily, never had a best friend.

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    Can't Sleep  over 8 years ago

    Yep, Elly and Lizzie have the same problem, just in different sizes.

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    Quabaculta  over 8 years ago

    You can have two ‘best friends’. Best friends are closer than a normal friend, just hanging out together quietly is just as fun as a rowdy party for three. Normal friends you need to ‘do’ something. Just my opinion….I’ve had two sets of two best friends, one set back home, one set here in the Holy City.

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    USN1977  over 8 years ago

    The explanation is simple, Elly is happy that Connie is moving here. In fact, she is quite happy.

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    Miba  over 8 years ago

    Don’t worry, Anne. I’m just like you. When I was a kid if there was anyone else around besides me I was forgotten about.

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    QuietStorm27  over 8 years ago

    My best friend has another best friend, I have to admit I feel a little jealous and awkward about it. My daughter also has two best friends and one of them sometimes feel left out. So in my experience, someone always feels like Anne in this situation.

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    Ally is ant shoeing much tack.Poar Anny,daligayted two Secund bess fren!

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    Ally is ant shoeing much tack.Poar Anny,daligayted two Secund bess fren!

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    57-Don  over 8 years ago

    …that’s why I constantly dump my kids on you

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    summerdog86  over 8 years ago

    I feel sorry for Annie, sitting there, listening to Ellie rave…..think Ellie!! Think before you open that mouth of yours!

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Open mouth, insert foot, Elly! Geez girl!

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    JanLC  over 8 years ago

    And what, exactly, is wrong here? Elly is telling the truth. She and Connie have been friends since college. They have shared life experiences that Anne has not. Elly and Anne are close enough friends that Anne doesn’t feel awkward about sending her kids to Elly’s house unannounced, and I can see why she would consider Elly an “best” friend. But that closeness is on a different level from Elly’s relationship with Connie. It does not preclude Elly from being friends with both of them. They will all be neighbors (as they were before Connie moved), so why couldn’t they all be friends?

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    Leticia Shelley  over 8 years ago

    Anne, I hear ya…I don’t know how many girl friends I considered my best friends only to hear them talk about others as their best friend so I just don’t use that term except with my husband and daughter.

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    rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Had a friend I considered my best friend and was even named their eldest son’s godmother. But she didn’t consider me her best friend. I have a best friend now who considers me as a sister and I consider her to be my sister.

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    masnadies  over 8 years ago

    This clearly resonates with many of us. Of course, nobody really SAYS what Annie says in this one, but we’ve all felt it before. And again, nobody is “wrong” in this comic, but they are all human and this pain is part of humanity (for the record, I’ve almost never had a best friend either)

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    dlsnyder55  over 8 years ago

    @Last Rose of SummerWrong – it is “set phasers to stun” – look it up…

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