Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 08, 2023

do what I do: get a night light

I feel ya, Brad. I’ve reached an age where I find myself making more trips during the night than I used to when I was younger. And I’m only 33!

Yikes! Wrong time to hydrate?

Perhaps reading D. Coverly might change the mood. ;o)

Brad making those 3:30 runs to bathroom in the middle of the night is part of getting older. Toni lol.

Looks like ur-in-trouble Brad…

Romantic? You’re married now. Romance has long since left the building.

Woo! Another reminder that Toni exists~! I feel like Greg could milk a lot out of “early newlywed years” in addition to the “Luann and her weird college classmates” stuff.

Well, in cold weather some people feel more like going to the bathroom, and drinking plenty even more.

I try to find a balance between being hydrated enough to not get leg cramps & not having to get up to use the bathroom.

Apparently, the men in the Degroot household aren’t the best with being romantic =/

Greg is really into the risqué euphemisms lately.

At least it is not another “Luann, clean up your room.”

In the first panel, one might think that he accidentally slammed the toilet seat on, ah… something.

‘Waterlogged zombie with a throbbing toe’ – now THAT scans.

Too bad. I hate to think no kids except Shannon

Sleeps like a baby,has to go several times a night! I remember 33, it was 40 years ago.

Uh-oh. Trouble in paradise. Brad is looking like his teenage self. And something is throbbing but it’s not what she thought.

“Wait until the throbbing shifts back.”

That’s what gets you going?

Brad!

You’re awake and “Shannon-less.”

Take advantage of this rare “opportunity.”

wait until 50

His pillow talk sucks. Now I know why they haven’t yet had a baby.

The smarter toes should have told the dumb one to be careful. When all else fails, blame in the intelligence of the toe.

Wait about twenty-five years and it’ll happen whether you hydrate or not.

That 6-8 glasses per day of water is probably the worst “health” advice anyone ever came up with. Really hard on the kidneys. And people still listen to it! (plus no, all the liquid in food plus coffee and more does count toward your liquid intake, despite what they said).

Time to work up a sweat Brad.

Not saying much but The Count is sure Ann Eiffel’s pillow talk is a LOT better >:9 OH… and Toni could do a hella lot better than that dork. He must have money.

Life happened, kid.

I have to occasional bout of sciatica. It feels like the left leg is on fire while getting hit repeatedly with a cattle prod.

My wife just told me that her butt hurts.

Only four times??? Ah to be young again lol

Well, if it’s sexy you want Toni, his toenail is now painted black;)

“His dumb toe?” Are we to take it he thinks he has some “smart toes”?

I know how you feel, Brad. I’m at that age where I just can’t hold it anymore.

Well…..while we’re awake…..

Pillow talk!That’s an opening Brad!! Baby in October!!!

nothing like marriage for killing romance

FOUR times? Maybe Brad should see a doctor. Even with a lot of water drinking, that isn’t normal.

Ah yes, pillow talk………

Dude, that’s your cue… she wants to engage in some nocturnal calisthenics guaranteed to both get your mind off the pain, and help you sleep…

real married [pillow talk-my wife and i will sometimes be so romantic as to discuss trash day-then laugh

Love it.

Bred will slowly become like his father. No bad because Frank is a great person.

The last time I remodeled the bathroom, I installed a urinal. (It was supposed to be an antique claw-foot tub). My Wife is disabled, so we decided on a shower-stall instead of the old bathtub….. but I didn’t want a home without a tub, so I moved a wall three feet, (which made the “laundry room” a bit smaller), and made a rather large shower unit. Unfortunately, the shower took up more room than I thought and the claw-foot tub wouldn’t fit the way I wanted it to,……… so I installed a urinal, instead.

……… Makes my dark walks and business in the bathroom much more convenient.

Don’t just drink when you’re thirsty, Brad. Be sure to do what the experts tell you to do.

Wait to you get older Brad.

Is this where they make a baby now?

Brad – no one cares about how much water you drank or that you stubbed your toe. Quit whining, stop chugging so much water, buy a pair of slippers and pay attention to the cues your wife is giving you.

I remember the stages of pillow talk throughout my marriage. Yes! Oh Yes! Yes Yes Yesssss!. Now I’m happy to settle for the occasional, yep!

Entropy sucks

Pillow talk was more romantic until they got married.

After all, toes are for finding things in the dark. The subsequent yelling is for warning others that a hazard is present.

Well, Bwad, think of it as a preview of coming attractions.

Panel 3 and 4: looks like toni is trying to seduce brad but he’s just not having it.

How long have these two lovebirds been married?

Their wedding was well after Luann started Junior College, and she’s not past her second year yet (apparently).

18 months is a mighty short time for a marriage to a hottie to go stale.

Ouch! I sympathize with Brad. Even having a nightlight, I still can manage to stub one toe or another sometimes!

But he does have the consolation of sleeping with Toni!

Having caught up with Luann strips for the last 2 weeks, all I can say is Luann is such a prude. No wonder Nancy and Bernice tried to hide their shared interests from her. She is such a simpleton while Nancy and Bernice are complicated women. I loved to read those books – they were my escape. Yeah, I used the past tense. I got bored with them They became repetitious and has a formula romantic writers tend to follow. Too predictable. A nice read for a boring day up in the mountains – perhaps one day I will do just that.

true story, my b.i.l. stubbed his big toe a month or so ago real bad and never had it checked. Right before Christmas he notices the skin was rubbed off and was showing the bare flesh, and oozing gunk. Finally went to his doctor. He said “get to an E.R. immediately!” They admitted him for testing, found infection deep into the bone. Toe had to be amputated and he is now on 6 weeks of I.V. antibiotics.

“I’m a Waterlogged Zombie with a Throbbing Toe”

Find somebody to record that and it’ll make BILLBOARD Top 10

I keep a flashlight on the nightstand for that very reason.

I know a lot of people are posting their surgical war stories, and I really feel for them, as a nurse, an Army vet, or just a dude who hasn’t endured what you have. And forgive me if I say I hope I never do. However, 2 1/2 years ago—July 13, 2020—I went under the knife to have two valves in my heart replaced, and to repair an aortic aneurysm. I was lights out for about 8 hours. And yes, since they had to stop my heart, technically I was dead. I spent close to a month in the hospital (and COVID was in full swing back then), and two months on disability. My heart is fine now, but I have to take warfarin (aka Coumadin) for the rest of my life, as well as periodic blood draws.

He was more romantic in the past? This IS Brad we’re talking about, right?