Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 13, 2016

Well, duh, sooner or later Luann will leave the nest too, and in the future Shannon will leave the nest that Toni and Brad have made. One more thing, I want TJ to permanently disappear with no drama.

shocking, isn’t it?

Success not always so sweet…

Because NRBeachBum is the Luann comments police, I will defer to him and not mention that:

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The interview with Beutel (James) (Banana Triangle) posted at:

webcomicsinterviews.com

Or that there’s a new poll question – Would you want live on a desert island and eat bloody bananas?

Post your answer in the blog comments.

It might be the goal, but not being needed isn’t necessarily the most satisfying feeling.

Now if we could just get some of that outgrowing going on over at the Berger estate. Ma Berger could get more time with Mr. Gray. Gunther could move on with Tiff, Bern, or Luann…

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Maybe even someone new? What light through yon window breaks? Gunther! Deny those shirts and refuse that plaid!

Old Smiley “Staying” as a “roommate.”

Jeeze, its too BAD You DeGroot Parental Units didn’t Teach Brad the Concept of “Three’s a CROWD”…..,

Well Luann’s going to do it too so get used to it.

It’s not often that Frank’s the rational one between them.

Hey my before I go to bed comment. What I see Nancy and Frank discussing is so familiar for one who has two grown children. They are like plants, you birth, or adopt the little buds, nurture them, feed them, try to weed out the bad influences, try to shine the light of love and good judgment on them, you defend them from frost and other dangerous influences, then they grow up, and suddenly they don’t need you. A friend, who raised 7 daughters, and has a passel of grandchildren, and very successful grown daughters, said something I think that is appropriate: “once they get of age, and are grown you get out of the way.” This is where Nancy and Frank are. It hurts because you love them so much, but its good when they do good. You never stop being a parent, but they do start being adults, and the hope is that your planting and nurturing worked. As Frank said “Uh, wasn’t that the goal?”

Doesn’t the house where Brad and TJ live and where they plan to move Toni, belong to Frank and Nancy? In that case, I don’t think it is wrong of them to ask why haven’t they heard about planned changes in the people who rent their house.

Also, is it a rare thing for people in USA to have an bank account? My 12yo has one for a couple of years already.

Success can be bittersweet.

Hope Brad & Toni are not saving for a house in L.A. They’ll be 110 before they have enough. That’s a long time to live with T.J.

Why don’t you know more about this? You might if they’d let somebody post a regular message outlining points about the comic for you to study up on.

Well, now we know where Luann gets her “Drama Queen” persona!

Oh, oh! The empty nest monster has just reared its ugly head.

Yes. And it just breaks your heart when you do your job well.

Give her a minute to get beyond the Mother hard-wiring, Frank.

“Nest, To Impossible”

“My Own Space….The Final Frontier”

“Touched, And Gone”

“Gone… But Not Forgotten”

“The Life Of A Family Tree”

“Leaves…And The Returns”

“Branch Addressing”

“The Root Of All Bo Weevils”

“Fruit Of The Bloom”

Or

“Cul-tivation De Sacked”

So, they don’t read the strip?

I don’t even know where to start….

Before reading this, I thought of her tears yesterday as mourning the demise of her cute little son in the “17” shirt. Today she is mourning the death of her role as nurturer. But don’t worry, Nancy, the grandkids will be coming!

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Nicely drawn panels reflecting common/typical laments of parents everywhere. Nothing else to report or comment on from me, today.

Don’t they own the house where Brad (& Toni) and TJ live? Shouldn’t they, as landlords, know about his intention to add another person to the lease?

Frank has emerged as the voice of sanity in this chaotic world we live in. He and Nancy have done their job, now its time to let Brad and Toni face their Brave New World.

Is bernice and dez still roommates?

This stupid strip is like being stuck in “Groundhog Day”!

Reminds me of a deodorant commercial where the mothers are crying in pain their sons have grown and gone, the fathers are crying in joy their sons have grown and gone.

Yes Frank, Yes it was. Good Job!

I meant a part of the equity, obviously.

I do not want to know everything my young adult children do. After 20 years of worrying about them it’s nice not to have to be concerned about anyone else’s life so much.

Many mothers are incapable of letting go of their sons. When it’s time for Luann to leave, hopefully not with Quill, it will be her father who will be distressed and anxious. When children marry, many parents of the same gender feel they are being “replaced.” In some ways (no innuendos please), they are, but that’s the way of the world.

They HAVE a house and TJ already lives in it. Why don’t they buy that one from mom and dada?

Yes Nancy that is what you want you children to do right?

Is Bernice and Dez still roommates?

.NG – How come you can doublespace with a “.” and I can’t?

not to moms

Before the week is up (maybe) Luann will come dancing in and remind Frank and Nancy that their services are still needed… the laughing will cease..

Woo Hoo!

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Ditto!

My dad retired as a Mstr Sgt. He made piddly, too. I babysat starting at 8, took over my brother’s paper route at 12, worked at a hamburger joint at 15, hardware store at 16 and off to college at 17. I had a tuition scholarship as long as I played in the college orchestra and worked summers and holidays to save for expenses, room and board. I’ve never borrowed from my parents, but they have been good parents to me. If my brothers or I needed anything besides a roof and meals, we had to pay for it ourselves. It didn’t hurt any of us. We know how to work and work hard.

Because they apparently don’t talk to you. It has nothing to do with age. It has all to do with the fact that for the most part Nancy has hated on Toni.

I don’t want to be harsh, really, but Frank is right. Deal with it, Nancy. Embrace your New Freedom!

Brd and Texan at Heart, i coukd see you you each liking parts of this interview on another hard worker

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http://www.npr.org/2016/10/05/496639696/bruce-springsteen-on-jersey-masculinity-and-wishing-to-be-his-stage-persona

Crimonenceles, Mom, don’t you read the strip!?

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