For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 09, 2019

sure y’are, Mike

Michael is looking at her eyes, her smile and her hands. How sweet. I think most boys would be looking at different parts.

He is paying attention. He just hasn’t heard a word she said.

He’s got it bad!

Yes, but to her looks & not her words.

Don’t discount the value of talking with your hands. When I was interviewing for jobs in ‘95 one of the rules of the interview was to keep your hands folded neatly in your lap, don’t flap them around. When I interviewed for my last decent job I tried to keep my hands still, but I wasn’t able to do it. I kept jerking my hands to my lap and they would creep out. I figured I’d blown that interview but I sent my ‘thank you’ note (another rule) and to my surprise I was offered the job the next day. The office manager later told me she was taken by the way my hands would begin to flutter, emphasizing my answers and comments, then suddenly would jerk down to rest in my lap, only to creep up again less than a minute later. So there, job interview dos and don’ts. My restless hands got me the job.

Like a tail on a dog…

This is actually a pretty nice dynamic of the difference between adolescent boys and girls. Sometimes it carries over into adult relationships and marriage, which can cause a bit of a problem.

Besotted.

Not the kind you want, Martha.

Michael’s dialogue is clearly written by a woman here (obviously). No teenage boy thinks about a girl in these terms….well, solely in these terms.

Have to agree with Michael one hundred percent.

Part of him is.

“Are you undressing me with your eyes again?”