For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 28, 2016

this ain’t the start of the arc where Elly’s pregnant with April, is it?

Just like my former husband. Always wanted whatever he didn’t have.

Just be thankful for what you’ve got though you may not drive a great big Cadillac

his train hobby kicks in?

The trick is not to be happy with what we have, but to be happy with what is coming. It comes – and what we have goes – in spite of what we think we want.

Aw, give the guy a break. Go on a cruise or somethin’. Take @TEMPLO’s advice.

Midlife crisis? Somehow, I avoided that.

Go zip lining with your family.

Lynn’sNote:

A few years after this strip was drawn, …the gag wasn’t so funny.

Oh dear. So very sorry.

Looks like John needs Jesus.

He could ask himself what would happen if a war came to his country (since I also live in Ontario Canada I’d be a bit nervous about this as well). What if his family was in danger? what if an earthquake hit or wildfires? What if they suddenly had to scramble for survival? What if one of his kids got cancer? All kinds of horrible case scenarios. I know it sounds terrible but if you ask yourself such questions it really will make you thankful for what you have and you’ll want to run home and embrace your family and thank God they’re healthy and have their needs met.

My mid-life crisis happened @ age 70. I bought a new Ford Mustang Convertible! Love it!

And Lynn experienced the bad end of it.

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A few years after this strip was drawn, …the gag wasn’t so funny.

The seed of discord has been planted. Oh the work of “frienemies”.

So far, no midlife crisis here. I’m looking forward to a long life. 8^)

i find him to be very sad………….

“But who cares? I want more! "

Sometimes ya gotta reach for the gusto, Ted. Go for it…

I have either missed my midlife crisis or I am going to live at least to 160!!

Lynn’s Notes: A few years after the strip was drawn the gag was not so funnyDid Lynn Johnston give any indication why she thought her strip was not funny? Did it get old? Was the line shopworn or too much of a gag? Did she feel she recycled the joke from an earlier strip, what?

I went to Australia and spent 2 weeks in the bush wrestling western gray kangaroos down and putting tracking collars on them. Most fun I ever had. Totally different from my life in Texas.