For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 23, 2021

John does not seem to know his wife very well. First he does not know her size, but what’s worse is that he thinks Elly is the type of woman who wears lingerie. Sorry, John. Think flannel night gown and thick, warm socks. That’s Elly.

John, you twit.

John, you are basically a nice, decent guy. How the heck did you manage to come off sounding like some kind of creepy pervert?

You can try to flatter her by buying a size obviously too small, that she can exchange later.

Unfortunately John doesn’t know which scent she likes either. Who wears perfume anymore? GIFT CARD John!

Hoo boy…

Jewelry, John. Jewelry. (How long have you been married?) – It ALWAYS fits.

I ‘feel’ for our ‘intre ! ! ! !pid hero’ but I was lucky in the fact that whenever I purchased an article of clothing for my wife it fit perfectly and she wore it regularly

My wife didn’t want baubles so I bought her a muzzleloader so she could extend deer season. Now if we could just find primers….

Give her cash, she will really like that

The artist forgot to include John’s black eye and fat lip in the last panel.

And yet, in that one Perry Mason episode, a young lady who is fleeing the murder scene falls in the mud. She flees to Perry Mason’s office. Perry takes one looks at her, says she is the same size as Della, and goes out and buys here new clothes, even the unmentionables. So just HOW did Perry know Della’s size of bra and panties???

And no … I don’t know her size.

Okay, I know I’m not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I learned my ex-wife’s sizes (all of them) well before we got married. It didn’t help much, but I did the best I could.

This is timely since I’m headed out to do the Christmas shopping for my wife in about 15 minutes. Fortunately, I do know her size and, more importantly, I already have a pretty good idea about what I’m getting her.

“let me show you to the jewelry section then”

This is very similar to today’s “Baby Blues” comic: https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/babyblues

“I just want to measure your brea→THWACK!!!<”

Open mouth and insert foot…

Good thing he was wearing glasses…

Why doesn’t a man just check his wife’s clothes closet and drawers for her sizes before he leaves the house to go shopping? Would make things so much simpler.

Get her numbers or get a big gift card.

John’s actual response to Panel 1:

“Size? Forget Size! I just want to know if you have something that’s one piece and has the butt in the front!

Any husband that doesn’t know his wife’s sizes, plus the style, cut and colors that she prefers and that flatter her needs to take marriage lessons.I like shopping for my wife and often find her things she would never think of getting herself that end up as favored garments.

I don’t get how people don’t think to take a peek at the clothing labels to get sizes of their spouses if they plan to go off and buy them clothing items. It can’t be that hard.

Look at panel three. Do they look like a couple of Muppets to you?

Don’t EVER let your wife know, or point out the woman, who you thought could model for her at that store if you want to live another day….

My sister-in-law gave me a sweater for Christmas this year (we exchanged early). So – she has given me a sweater every year for at least the last 10 years. I wasted no time in returning it for a credit the next day. She was nice enough to include the gift receipt.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

My dad told me once that, after my mom’s last pregnancy (me), he bought her a robe that was the size she used to be. That was his way of reassuring my mom that she would be back in all her old clothes soon.

The Dad in “Baby Blues” had the same problem today.