Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 11, 2019

I don’t know about Prince Charming, but this maybe one of many reasons Calvin stays single.

I always wondered what kind of king would name their son “Charming”.

You don’t need this story to learn why to stay single.

can’t two males bond a little?

if you regularly read to a young child,chances are that child will grow to enjoy reading

Yeah but did Hamster Huey stay single?

This is what’s known as “showing how to argue with your spouse in front of the kids.”

Mom would never read you Hamster Huey Calvin, no moral to it.

Keep digging Dad….

Dad as Prince Charming? I hardly think so!

Clear to see where Calvin gets it from.

Mom can’t complain. She married him. It takes two to make a wedding…or a baby.

Oh really Calvins dad. Why

Maybe because men are the best at telling tales?

This is why they need a dishwasher! Dishwashers save marriages!

Talking with my boy at bedtime was one of the best experiences I can recall. He’s 53 now, and I truly believe those nighttime conversations had a lot to do with his future. If I had to give any one piece of advice to a young parent, it would be: KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN, you won’t regret it.

It’s in the fine print between making the coffee and taking out the trash.

Oh dear, mom and dad seem to be having a bit of a spat.

My guess is Dad may be sleeping on the couch tonight.

And this is how trouble in paradise starts – shouting a “conversation” in front of Calvin, throwing the book and stating, “Story-time is over!”, stomping into the kitchen and saying, “Fine! You want the dishes done, I’ll do the d____d dishes!”“Dishes? You think doing a few dishes is what this is about? My mother told me you looked like trouble…” “Your mother! Your mother is the one who told me you couldn’t cook your way out of a paper bag! And she was right!”

…or, you know, stuff is ok, whatever…what do I know.

Both my parents would read to us on different nights. Dad was the more likely to do voices. Dad introduced us to the Pooh and Christopher Robin books, well before the Disney version. (Although Disney thought he was one of the few American parents even aware of the books.) Dad sometimes read comics aloud to us, and I remember him trying for Olive Oyl’s voice in a Popeye comic.

I think Prince Charming set the bar a little to high.

I don’t recall seeing mom out there shoveling the snow, working on the car, repairing things, or cleaning the yard.

Sometimes being single is easier. Marriage can be tough, but what a freaking nag she is today.

This is how Mom and Dad got to be like Earl and Opal when they got older.

All the likes are women?

As usual, Panel 3 is priceless.

Yeah because the “Dad’s Job” of making money for the household doesn’t count?

Dads always get a bum rap.

Yeah, in today’s popular culture, dads are depicted as clueless incompetents.

Calvin stays a child of 6 perpetually.

Divorce?

divorce…

Hahaha… "Prince WHAT?’’