For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 19, 2019

pour quoi non?

“Baby’s got back!” Once elly saw what lumbered by in panel three, she decided that maybe, despite her fears of being too overweight for a swimsuit, she herself doesn’t look so bad after all.

Horizontally-striped bathing suit. Today this is considered to be retro. In Elly’s time, it was not.

Elly has the normal baby belly but she could do better with that slouch of hers. It’d help flatten her stomach a bit. Elly is pretty much the standard figure for a mom. These ladies in bikinis are probably not moms and are young as in 20s-30s. If you see beaches today, plus-size go in bikinis. Nowadays they don’t care what others think of their imperfect bodies.

Ellie, you have nothing to lose.

Its all a matter of perspective!

Speaking of perspective, has anyone else notice that the artists drawing the women in comics tend to make them better looking then you would even see in real life? :-)

Aren’t you on the wrong side of Canada?

One of my favorites from the original run.

Well I suppose that is true. You don’t have to be the best, just not the worst. As for the worst. Just keep trying. One day you will be remembered when all the ‘not the best or the worst’ folks are long forgotten.

This confirms John’s expression in yesterday’s strip.

Never buy the biggest house in the neighborhood or have the biggest ass on the beach.

El found herself somewhere in the middle.

Lynn’s Comments:

This was me. This was how I viewed myself on a beach, and this is how I entered the water: gingerly—when I felt invisible. Now that I’m 72 and have a figure that looks, well…72, I jump right in. Worrying about how you look isn’t as important as enjoying the moment. It took me far too long to figure this out.

Lynn’s Comments for her strip today which first appeared on 7-20-90 (https://fborfw.com/strip_fix/ ):

This was me. This was how I viewed myself on a beach, and this is how I entered the water: gingerly—when I felt invisible. Now that I’m 72 and have a figure that looks, well…72, I jump right in. Worrying about how you look isn’t as important as enjoying the moment. It took me far too long to figure this out.

LOL. Somebody should tell the lady in purple to be careful. Captain Ahab was sighted nearby.

Best way to have a beach body? Have a Body. Go to the Beach!! Problem solved. People worry too much.

Another day in the life of Belly Fatterson…oops, I mean Elly Pattesron.

HHHMMMMmmm….. There, but for the grace of God, go I..

Fat shaming

Go for it Elly! Don’t worry so much about what others think. Go have fun.

I’m like the lady in panel three. I can either hide, feeling ashamed, or I can hold my head high, and dare someone to make a crack. I choose the latter, as long as I’m sufficiently covered in sunblock, to avoid burning.