Oh, Elly. You socialize with Anne and Connie by themselves, almost never together. We had comic strips in the past that showed they did not get along. You can tell your story, but in the final panel, Elizabeth clearly does not believe you.
When I was in second grade, my family had to move across town. I made new friends in the neighborhood & tried to keep in touch with my old friends. I had one party inviting both groups…but they didn’t get on at all. I did manage to keep one of my original friends all through school, but we definitely grew apart (she was into the whole ‘70s “stoner” thing and I was kind of an ultimate “goody-two-shoes”). However, when I’d sleep over at her house, she & I could talk easily.
My daughter had two friends that they always hung with. One daughter Jenni, Becky and Jill other daughter Kim, Lindsey and Ronda. It was the same with other members of my family. We always assumed that teenage girls came in groups of three
“It’s ok for you, too, to have more than one close friend.”
I remember those days too. I had two very close friends by the end of the eighth grade, but someohow over the summer, and by the time we reached high school, one drifted away, and by the end of the tenth grade, we were in completely different crowds. The one friendship that lasted is still my very close friend 50+ years later…
legaleagle48 over 3 years ago
She’s got a point there, Elly!
GirlGeek Premium Member over 3 years ago
How about the phase, “Things don’t stay the same forever.”
KelleySweat over 3 years ago
“One can never have too many friends.”
howtheduck over 3 years ago
Oh, Elly. You socialize with Anne and Connie by themselves, almost never together. We had comic strips in the past that showed they did not get along. You can tell your story, but in the final panel, Elizabeth clearly does not believe you.
Baarorso over 3 years ago
“Two’s company and three’s a crowd” only applies if you’re an introvert Liz.
jr1234 over 3 years ago
New friends silver
Old friends gold
Johnnyrico over 3 years ago
Are you friends with Dawn or romantically involved with her?
Wren Fahel over 3 years ago
When I was in second grade, my family had to move across town. I made new friends in the neighborhood & tried to keep in touch with my old friends. I had one party inviting both groups…but they didn’t get on at all. I did manage to keep one of my original friends all through school, but we definitely grew apart (she was into the whole ‘70s “stoner” thing and I was kind of an ultimate “goody-two-shoes”). However, when I’d sleep over at her house, she & I could talk easily.
Dk1989 over 3 years ago
My daughter had two friends that they always hung with. One daughter Jenni, Becky and Jill other daughter Kim, Lindsey and Ronda. It was the same with other members of my family. We always assumed that teenage girls came in groups of three
Yardley701 over 3 years ago
If Dawn is your true friend you will always be first.
Ken Gagne Premium Member over 3 years ago
“All my friend’s get along”? Curse that apostrophe!
Prey over 3 years ago
I prefer this. https://www.funny-memes.org/2015/12/if-you-love-someone-set-them-free-if.html
pheets over 3 years ago
For some, one is company, two is a crowd (me) yet they say “The more, the merrier”!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Ouch. Point and counter-point.
lauradolan over 3 years ago
I don’t get Elly’s point about safety in numbers. I thought that was for going to bars.
RossStanton1 over 3 years ago
Make new friends and keep the old,One is silver and the other gold.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
or “The More the Merrier”……
Linguist over 3 years ago
I wonder if Elly is pounding away on an Olivetti Lettera 32 manual portable typewriter?
I still have the one I got brand new, in 1964, and schlepped all over the world for many, many years.
It still gets lots of use. Teenage granddaughter has borrowed it to use for school reports. She loves the idea of using an antique machine.
this is summerdog over 3 years ago
How about, “You are complaining about too many friends? Get over it!”.
j.l.farmer over 3 years ago
until you have experienced it you don’’t know how it feels to be the third wheel.
djtenltd over 3 years ago
@GirlGeek- Or how about the Hershey’s commercial: “Change is good!”
devildog64 over 3 years ago
Without Evolution, we are doomed to Extinction.
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
How far away are we from “Rabbit Number One”?
Jan C over 3 years ago
“Two’s company, three’s a crowd” is specific to romantic relationships and/or encounters. It does not apply to a tween friendship.
1JennyJenkins over 3 years ago
Plus Elly could have added:
“It’s ok for you, too, to have more than one close friend.”
I remember those days too. I had two very close friends by the end of the eighth grade, but someohow over the summer, and by the time we reached high school, one drifted away, and by the end of the tenth grade, we were in completely different crowds. The one friendship that lasted is still my very close friend 50+ years later…
dv1093 over 3 years ago
Only when you’re with your boyfriend.
CoreyTaylor1 over 3 years ago
Especially if that third person is ELLY!
Foob over 3 years ago
Wait a minute. What happened to all the friends she mentioned in yesterday’s strip that were all going to wear the same outfit?
bobgreenwade over 3 years ago
I believe that “two’s company, three’s a crowd” mainly refers to romantic relationships.
bobgreenwade over 3 years ago
Doesn’t “two’s company, three’s a crowd” refer mainly to romantic relationships?