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My maternal grandparents (the only ones I knew) were not big on the PDA. My sister was at their house one day when my grandfather was being taken for some minor surgical procedure and my grandmother went over and kissed him. My sister almost fell out on the floor. Not anything she would have expected from our grandmother.
This is actually a sad âtoon, for a lot of reasons. Not least because Lynnâs marriage (the basis for this âtoon) didnât last. And sad for me, because Iâve lost so many of my relatives of that generationâŠ
This one displays an interesting contrast between the opinions of John and Elly. Elly seems to view affectionate old people as something to make fun of. John views the same old people as something to aspire to. Thatâs quite a difference between the two and you can tell from Ellyâs shocked expression in the last panel, she is going to keep her hands in her pockets. (Sorry John). Me, personally, I am with John on this one. I prefer to admire the affectionate old couple.
" And I just hope that can be âusâ someday⊠"
That is up to him, her, fate and good fortune. Best of luck. And if you believe, then may the âGreat Oneâ bless your future too. Peace out either way.
When I was young, my parents werenât much on PDA. Years later when I had to move back home, there they were holding hands, hugging, snuggling up on the couch.. I LOVED it :)
I was watching a movie and the man killed was 80 and the young detective said " a some old guy" The other detective asked,ââ You expecting to avoid old age, show some respectâ.
My parents were like that. I have so many memories while I was growing up of them snuggled on the couch watching TV together, or going out to dances, or taking their annual Labor Day weekend away. The last picture I have of them was the morning my mother died. My father was driven over to visit her, but a really bad storm hit that night so they let him stay. The picture shows my mom in her hospital bed, and my dad asleep in a chair next to her. They would have celebrated their 68th anniversary that fall (2018).
Considering the history of the author, Lynn, and the history of the comic strip, you would expect the positions of these two characters to be reversed.
Who has to believe that 70 to 80 is bent over and shuffling. Plenty of us vibrant, healthy and very active 70 to 80 year olds are around. We are biking, playing tennis, work out and living life to the fullest.
The first two frames are the âoptionalâ ones which are meant to be a separate gag. Often cut off in newspapers. So the only âfunny lookingâ people are in frame 2.
My parents were like that. Totally in love.My mom died of cancer and three weeks later my dad died. After mom died he said he had nothing to life for, he could not wait to be with her again. He got his wish.
My maternal grandparents were like that. My grandfather passed in 2012 and my grandmother went this past March. While cleaning out their house, I found love letters they wrote to each other throughout their lives. The last one from my grandfather was written just a month before his death, and my grandmother wrote one to him last Christmas, right before her second stroke. Iâm keeping them for my grandchildren so they can see the loving relationship their great, great grandparents had.
the NORMAL dressed people are funny looking El?! You two look liked you dressed in the dark, or havenât done laundy in a month and thats the only clean clothes you had to choose from!
Do you know how many babies I saw bop their little faces on those darn aluminum back carrier frames? I had one, too. Hated it. Got rid of it. Do they still make ones for the back? I now see only front carriers.
my husband and i always said that when we would see older couples. unfortunately he passed away 14 years ago and i am sue a lot of readers are in the same situation. Kudos to those who still have their spouses and get to enjoy each and every day together; make the moments count for future memories.
I love to people watch in the park and elsewhere. The couples I see holding hands always amaze me. My wife and I are, dare I say old, approaching 80 and we still hold hands when weâre out and about. Other people look at us for several reasons, Iâm about 16 inches taller, sheâs thin Iâm slightly overweight, weâre of different races, and we hold hands. Several years ago a young man said we made an odd looking couple. My answer was âlove is strangeâ. If you donât believe that love is strange, just people watch and you will see the oddest assortment of couples. Weâve been a couple for 56 years and as long as we can walk youâll see us holding hands.
Preach my brother! My bride and I have been walking in the park together for 46+ years, and I donât care how much we get laughed at, sheâs the only one for me and hope she feels the same.
I read many of the comments above about Ellyâs attitude towards the older folks in todayâs strip. Even if itâs being done to show us something regarding Johnâs sentimentality, reading it has put a very distasteful spin on her for me. Very uncomfortable reading today and I disliked imagining her actually saying those things. Probably because I have SO many times looked longingly and lovingly at older couples and sighed with the desire to be, someday, walking hand-in-hand with my Sweetest Love at an advanced age. So many people are not afforded that luxury⊠Either to age-out of this life or to be with the one they chose to spend their lives with. Sigh.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
quite something to look forward to
Kit'n'Kaboodle over 4 years ago
My grandparents were âthemâ. It was quite lovely to see.
TexTech over 4 years ago
My maternal grandparents (the only ones I knew) were not big on the PDA. My sister was at their house one day when my grandfather was being taken for some minor surgical procedure and my grandmother went over and kissed him. My sister almost fell out on the floor. Not anything she would have expected from our grandmother.
Argythree over 4 years ago
This is actually a sad âtoon, for a lot of reasons. Not least because Lynnâs marriage (the basis for this âtoon) didnât last. And sad for me, because Iâve lost so many of my relatives of that generationâŠ
howtheduck over 4 years ago
This one displays an interesting contrast between the opinions of John and Elly. Elly seems to view affectionate old people as something to make fun of. John views the same old people as something to aspire to. Thatâs quite a difference between the two and you can tell from Ellyâs shocked expression in the last panel, she is going to keep her hands in her pockets. (Sorry John). Me, personally, I am with John on this one. I prefer to admire the affectionate old couple.
Enter.Name.Here over 4 years ago
" And I just hope that can be âusâ someday⊠"
That is up to him, her, fate and good fortune. Best of luck. And if you believe, then may the âGreat Oneâ bless your future too. Peace out either way.
Caldonia over 4 years ago
Funny-looking? Isnât a riot? She sounds like a mean teenage girl. Yucko.
LeeCox over 4 years ago
Ageist much, Elly?
PammWhittaker over 4 years ago
When I was young, my parents werenât much on PDA. Years later when I had to move back home, there they were holding hands, hugging, snuggling up on the couch.. I LOVED it :)
Skeeter77 over 4 years ago
With a cane maybe she should not be wearing high heels. Just saying âșïž
rshive over 4 years ago
Both of my grandfathers were too poor to have cars, even cheap ones. For them, retirement meant no more walking.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 4 years ago
Sooner than you think.
JoanHelen over 4 years ago
Speaking from my own experience when an old couple like that holds hands itâs usually one supporting the other. :)
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
75? Thatâs not old these days. Most people are still vital and active if theyâve led a healthy life. Iâd say more like 85+.
Yardley701 over 4 years ago
I was watching a movie and the man killed was 80 and the young detective said " a some old guy" The other detective asked,ââ You expecting to avoid old age, show some respectâ.
Wren Fahel over 4 years ago
My parents were like that. I have so many memories while I was growing up of them snuggled on the couch watching TV together, or going out to dances, or taking their annual Labor Day weekend away. The last picture I have of them was the morning my mother died. My father was driven over to visit her, but a really bad storm hit that night so they let him stay. The picture shows my mom in her hospital bed, and my dad asleep in a chair next to her. They would have celebrated their 68th anniversary that fall (2018).
Dobber Premium Member over 4 years ago
All the moments become more precious as the numbers dwindle and life speeds by.
HarryLime over 4 years ago
Recently widowed, and would empty my bank account for a half-hour moment like that. Precious times.
pheets over 4 years ago
That was rather shallow of Elly⊠not to mention how ridiculous THEY lookâŠ
stealth694 over 4 years ago
Nicely put John,,,
M2MM over 4 years ago
Seeing an old couple that are still in love is incredibly sweet! <3 <3
Prescott_Philosopher over 4 years ago
Considering the history of the author, Lynn, and the history of the comic strip, you would expect the positions of these two characters to be reversed.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 4 years ago
Funny⊠when youâre in your early 30âs, as Iâm thinking John and Elly must be, what with having both a teenager and a baby in the houseâŠ
maybe that old couple looks a nebulous â75 or 80â to you.
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Lynn Johnston, in fact, was about 44, when this ran in 1991⊠and I guess that still sounded reasonable to her then.
Now that sheâs about 73⊠Iâm surprised she didnât edit the strip to say they were 90 or 95.
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As DKrueger said above⊠75 doesnât look like that any more⊠rarely does even 80 look like thatâŠand I kinda doubt anybody who WAS 75, even in 1991, identified with that couple.
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In 1891, maybe 75 or 80 looked that old.
But certainly not now, to us boomer spring chickens.
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w2lj over 4 years ago
And it ended up NOT being them.
Bob Blumenfeld over 4 years ago
A rare Sunday strip with dialog.
Snolep over 4 years ago
Sexism and racism finally unacceptable. Ageism, however, persists. Arenât older people cute? How patronizing and ignorant!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Love is the best retirement plan.
www over 4 years ago
Who has to believe that 70 to 80 is bent over and shuffling. Plenty of us vibrant, healthy and very active 70 to 80 year olds are around. We are biking, playing tennis, work out and living life to the fullest.
nmb41 over 4 years ago
I wish all happy couples could grow old together and remain as in love as when they were young.
pshapley Premium Member over 4 years ago
The first two frames are the âoptionalâ ones which are meant to be a separate gag. Often cut off in newspapers. So the only âfunny lookingâ people are in frame 2.
walstib Premium Member over 4 years ago
Holding hands often means one of them has Alzheimerâs.
DaveQuinn over 4 years ago
My parents were like that. Totally in love.My mom died of cancer and three weeks later my dad died. After mom died he said he had nothing to life for, he could not wait to be with her again. He got his wish.
myrendal over 4 years ago
My maternal grandparents were like that. My grandfather passed in 2012 and my grandmother went this past March. While cleaning out their house, I found love letters they wrote to each other throughout their lives. The last one from my grandfather was written just a month before his death, and my grandmother wrote one to him last Christmas, right before her second stroke. Iâm keeping them for my grandchildren so they can see the loving relationship their great, great grandparents had.
lotsalaffs Premium Member over 4 years ago
The way those 2 are dressed, they apparently donât have any mirrors in their house!!
ms-ss over 4 years ago
Hey, we are 78 and we donât look like that!
BlitzMcD over 4 years ago
Sadly, there are those in life who never enjoy that blessing, because they didnât make it that far in life.
Cincoflex over 4 years ago
you and John should be so lucky, Ellie. Iâm glad your hubby sees the best in others.
Barnabus Blackoak over 4 years ago
the NORMAL dressed people are funny looking El?! You two look liked you dressed in the dark, or havenât done laundy in a month and thats the only clean clothes you had to choose from!
summerdog over 4 years ago
Do you know how many babies I saw bop their little faces on those darn aluminum back carrier frames? I had one, too. Hated it. Got rid of it. Do they still make ones for the back? I now see only front carriers.
debra4life over 4 years ago
I love the drawing of April in the first panel. Peeking over the side of her carrier, the edge of it in her mouth. So cute!
Linguist over 4 years ago
Iâm 75 and sure donât look like that!
And yes, my wife and I always hold hands when we are out walking ⊠we even hold hands when riding on the bus.
locake over 4 years ago
John used the wrong words. âTheyâ, the old couple will never be young again like âUsâ. John meant to say " I hope WE are like THEM someday".
Ukko wilko over 4 years ago
Ellie, your short sightedness is unbecoming.
David_J Premium Member over 4 years ago
Irony: the artist and her husband Rod (inspiration for the character John) were divorced in 2007.
j.l.farmer over 4 years ago
my husband and i always said that when we would see older couples. unfortunately he passed away 14 years ago and i am sue a lot of readers are in the same situation. Kudos to those who still have their spouses and get to enjoy each and every day together; make the moments count for future memories.
mwproto Premium Member over 4 years ago
How fast it does become âusâ. Married 52 years next week.
And So It Goes over 4 years ago
I love to people watch in the park and elsewhere. The couples I see holding hands always amaze me. My wife and I are, dare I say old, approaching 80 and we still hold hands when weâre out and about. Other people look at us for several reasons, Iâm about 16 inches taller, sheâs thin Iâm slightly overweight, weâre of different races, and we hold hands. Several years ago a young man said we made an odd looking couple. My answer was âlove is strangeâ. If you donât believe that love is strange, just people watch and you will see the oddest assortment of couples. Weâve been a couple for 56 years and as long as we can walk youâll see us holding hands.
Back to Big Mike over 4 years ago
Preach my brother! My bride and I have been walking in the park together for 46+ years, and I donât care how much we get laughed at, sheâs the only one for me and hope she feels the same.
The_Great_Black President over 4 years ago
Michaelâs indentured servitude: Day 10
Carolyn Cherry over 4 years ago
Whatâs wrong with her? WTH is wrong with old people loving each other? And they are at least 85!
GreggW Premium Member over 4 years ago
According to Lynn Johnstonâs postscript, yes.
soaringblocks over 4 years ago
Thank you Lynn! Weâre 80 and 81 and we still hold hands when we walk.!!
33Angel over 4 years ago
I read many of the comments above about Ellyâs attitude towards the older folks in todayâs strip. Even if itâs being done to show us something regarding Johnâs sentimentality, reading it has put a very distasteful spin on her for me. Very uncomfortable reading today and I disliked imagining her actually saying those things. Probably because I have SO many times looked longingly and lovingly at older couples and sighed with the desire to be, someday, walking hand-in-hand with my Sweetest Love at an advanced age. So many people are not afforded that luxury⊠Either to age-out of this life or to be with the one they chose to spend their lives with. Sigh.
Sassy's Mom over 4 years ago
I always thought it was sweet and romantic, even as a teen. Ellie is normally an intelligent, kind person. Why would she find it so funny?
dwh3962 over 4 years ago
He should have said I hope that we can become them someday, his grammar was incorrect!