For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 11, 2023

Staples “that was easy” button, anyone?

If you wanna know(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)If he loves you so(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)It’s in his kiss(That’s where it is)

Well! Anthony just needs the right motivation.

Well, it looks like the fake love note worked, in sort of a roundabout way.

Things may not have gone down the way they expected them to but the end result was the same. So it’s all good.

Whoo hoo !

Awwww. How sweet.

Ten years from there, the metoo movement will have a fit over it. Yeah, go figure….

On the lips of truth. Realization takes place.

See the note worked

So the note worked after all! (Though Anthony might also need a lesson in boundaries…)

Last time I did that (all though, I kissed her on the cheek), the girl reported me to the teacher who stood me infront of the class and said if I ever did it again, I would have to kiss her. So, I waited until my senior year in high school and the teacher had retired until I kissed a girl again !! ! !

About frigging time.

❤️

Finally! Now, the kissing part in school would get me in trouble back in the day.

Bust-a-move!

Actions speak louder than words.

Beautiful picture in the last panel! Happy Valentines Day (on the 14th)!

A kiss tells you more about a man than all the words he may say. I have heard many pick-up lines, all lame, but his kiss tells you if he is serious or not.

Breaking the schools PDA rules. They’ll be in detention… together. So, another cute story to relate at their anniversary gatherings.

Hey! Get a room, you crazy kids!

And tomorrow’s strip will show them going on their first date.

Finally!

Panel 4: By far, the grossest thing seen this year to date… just… YUK.

I know it’s ridiculous of me to be mad at a fictional teen, but he goes to all that trouble to clarify that she’s the one that he wants (ooh-ooh-ooh, honey) and she just throws back an “I don’t believe you.” Even though he didn’t do anything at all to indicate that he’s in love with Dawn to begin with.

Tony and Liz in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love then comes marriage, then comes Tony with the baby carriage. I am sure I don’t have the finer details but it was over 50 years ago for this play ground chant.

It’s about time

Ah yes, the impetuous actions of those in their teenage years. Elizabeth acting impetuously over the word from one of her peers, and Anthony rushing to prove what he has secretly felt for a long time, but failed to have the courage, until confronted, to say and do.

Lately all my thoughts have gone to you

You know that’s true

Sometimes I feel just a word away

You’ll say oh how I miss you too I do

Time is tight I’m lost for words

That’s not like me

Only your eyes could know the way that I feel

And how much I need you now with me

Young love so strong has never been a part of me

Young love hold on we’re feeling it now

Is this the way it’s meant to be

I know I’ll be the one to lose if I’m so wrong

Don’t be afraid to put your heart on the line

I’ll take you where I know you belong

Take my thoughts away beyond the things we see

Sometimes it seems just a word away

You’ll say oh how I really feel it should be

Young love so strong has never been a part of me

Young love hold on we’re feeling it now

Is this the way it’s meant to be

Yay… the boy has some… well, you know ;-)

F_ING FINALLY!!!! YOU DA MAN, ANTHONY!!!

And the dead horse breathes a hopeful sigh of relief.

Awww, ain’t that sweet???

Finally!

I can’t remember – is that Elizabeth’s first kiss?

I’m going to cause a debate and frankly I do not care, but you cannot randomly kiss a girl like that because you have a crush. She might not feel the same way and the kiss feels forced.

Not always. It’s a good start though….

Now is a good time to slip her the French

Well…Mission accomplished…tho there probably would have been an easier way.

I just felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices cried out at once, and then were suddenly silenced.

Aww! I remember feeling like that. Happy for her. Thanks!

’BOUT TIME!!

Finally!! I am all smiles and grins!