Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 09, 2021

Mark, be thankful for the spinach casserole.

You have to live with what is .Not what could have been. Orther wise you’d go nuts.

How did the real world Chase react to these strips in 96? Wasn’t he a fearful homophobe??

Mark, you are lucky too.

Let’s hope Mark kept that guy’s name/number. He may want that list later.

I gotta wonder: what is that homophobic gospel-slinger Anita Bryant up to these days?

Hahaha, so true in many cases. The moment you’re “spoken for”, you seem to develop a magnetic charm for the opposite (or, as in this case, same) sex!

Piffle. All the “I would have done something’ers” come out of the woodwork after you no longer need them.

I’m afraid to win the lottery, cause all these kids will come forward and say “Daddy”

Clearly Mark made the same mistake as many others and latched onto a man who reminded him of his father;

In my experience, people often find you more attractive when you are with your mate. Keeps divorce lawyers in good money.

In the last panel, is Mark scratching his head or shaking his fist?

Mark is the lucky one. Conservative > liberal.

If he was a woman, she would be a bow wow!

I don’t remember this particular strip, but I always had the impression Mark did settle for Chase, nabbing the first gay guy he met after he understood his own gayness.

Yes, but Mark is a DJ and many DJ Groupies show incredibly poor taste.