It’s Over??? I can’t believe she’s saying goodbye to Gunther and leaving him.
I’ve never been a big Bets fan but I’m proud of her for ending her social media site. Hopefully she’ll find something better to put all her energy into.
Gunther looks stunned. Will he chase after Bets?
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Well, 1 more day of this and it looks like we’ll have a nice new arc on Monday.
If she feels the need to break up with him because she had to end that social media site she made for her and him, than she doesn’t deserve him. She has serious social media addiction issues. If her character is continued in the strip, they need to show her getting help for it as it is ruining her life.
Yep, Bets used this event as a good way to dump Gunther. I did not see that coming. Question is, does she continue vlogging but just remove Gun from the name? I guess Bets does not care how she just crushed Gunther. Now does the G-Man run after her? We find out tomorrow!
Gunther really does look stunned, I agree with Ivlax. And I really feel that way, myself. I’m glad Bets ended her ‘anti-social’ media platform, but I’m not so glad she’s walking away from Gunther. I think they were opposites who did attract and I’m sorry this seems to be over…
It’s part of Bets’ need to be in control that she had to be the one to break up with Gunther, rather than letting him tell her what he meant by “mostly (happy).” She still hasn’t heard about Gunther and Luann showing up together as a non-dating “duet,” and didn’t let Gunther respond to her announcement about having shut down the site devoted to their relationship. I don’t dislike her, but this wasn’t a kind or mature way to end it…all intended to protect her feelings, not to find out what Gunther wanted. It really is her way or the highway.
Well, I hope this is the LAST time Bets leaves Gunther.
And for the record, after all HER complaints about having nothing but “liars” and “cheaters” in her life, after finally finding someone she had something in common with (Cosplay) but in the end, THAT wasn’t “good” enough, it was BETS that destroyed the relationship with her social media addiction, and her pushy domineering ways. NOT Gunther.
Too bad. IMO, Bets was a great character.
Once again, I’ll be interested to see “Who” among Gunth’s long time lady friends, whom he’s helped numerous times by the way, will still be there for him now.
I’m proud of Bets for being so decisive. Most people wouldn’t give up a source of income that quickly.
Old insecurities tend to come back, no matter how hard you try to hide them or run away. Looks like Bet’s is feeling like she doesn’t deserve Gunther after all this. Hope this resolves happily
I hope they DON’T somehow instantly solve all their issues in the Saturday strip. They should accept they’ve got a lotta compatibility issues to unpack and, at best, desperately need time apart to consider if being together is the right choice. I know some people are very Pro-Bets/Gun (Bunther? Guts? Buns?), but I think we all know the healthy option after witnessing the last few months worth of stories. Yesterday, we saw that neither can even keep convincing themselves they’re happy anymore.
The way Stef’s constantly spewing annoying, tone-deaf things two days in a row without Gunther or Bets addressing her is unintentionally hilarious to me. She’s so cartoonishly demented while twisting the knife on their failed relationship as much as humanly possible. No one at the party is doing anything at all to encourage her have the bare minimum of social graces. Honestly, it’s like she’s a court jester whose presence is being actively ignored and it kind of makes me laugh that it’s juxtaposed with this heavy relationship drama.
Also, I’ve got a very delayed realization: why’d Stef even GET an invite to the party anyway? Didn’t she call Tiffany and Dez fat to when she got back to the dorm? They let her walk all over them, at some point they kind of welcome her nonsense by including her.
Gun lost his holster? He looks contemplative in the last frame, perhaps weighing his feelings for Bets vs their differences. Well gone for good or not I agree with Mordock she was an interesting character, and one I liked very much.
Let’s not forget that part of the motivation to go on the road was the rules imposed by Gunther’s mother and Mr. Gray. Nothing suggests that this has changed and it is doubtful that Gunther is about to stand up to them.
Gunther is now part of Bets’ list of bad love experiences. And since it was constant in that relationship, the decision to end it was made by Bets without considering Gunther.
I’m not sorry to see her go, she took over Gunther, made him do what she wanted to do, dress, act, and feel. I think he was gob smacked by all the attention.
Re-reading the last couple of weeks, I think Bets thinks Gunther is on a date with Luann, despite the advice from Tiff to the contrary and the denials from Gunther and Luann.
We the readers know that’s wrong, but what Bets sees matches up with her suspicions about Luann dating back to when Luann was behaving like a completely oblivious idiot on Bets and Gunther’s first date.
So, instead of a happy reunion for The Fans, it appears to be a breakup based mostly on a series of misunderstandings (zzz). The Fans are gone, but they were fair weather voyeurs anyhow…easily replaced in the long run.
If it is The End, I’ll miss Bets…unless she returns to school and remains part of the dorm group, in which case I’ll look forward to seeing her there, and finding out how she reinvents her income, if that ever shared.
The message I’m getting is that Bets lives on social media. If she’s ended Bets N’ Gun, she done with Gunther. If you know the Jack Lemmon/Virna Lisi 1965 movie How To Murder Your Wife (which, though it doesn’t actually involve a murder at all, probably which could not be made in 2023), it’s the same theme – if someone’s collapsed their public and private lives, they’re very hard then to uncollapse.
OK. Let me see if I can follow this. On Saturday (our time) Bets is planning on a great reunion with Gunther. Steph posts a picture of Gunther with Luann causing all kinds of comments from their followers. On Monday, Tiff tries to let Bet knows what is actually happening, calling Steph an idiot. Bets, looking very angry replies, “No, I am” and heads into the party. Many of her fans in the real world expected fireworks between Bets and Steph, but that’s not the G&K way, so instead Bets sees what harm her podcast is doing to Gunther and does a very mature thing, killing the Bets N Gun podcast. (BTW, since she started it she didn’t need anyone’s permission to kill it.)The next part puzzles me. She says “Goodby Gunther Berger”, meaning we’re done. There’s nothing to point out that she planned on breaking up with Gun, based on Monday and other days before, so she must think she’s doing the best thing for Gunther. Mature in that she shows that she does care for Gunther, immature in that she doesn’t listen to Gun’s feelings or thoughts. Bottom line, I feel like I’ve been played by Karen and Gregg as they decided to write off Bets and this is the best idea they came up with.
Well Bets, you started the whole thing and in the end, you messed it up by leaving Gunther and continuing with your road life. You deserved it and he did not. Thank you for ending it. Let Gunther go and heal and move on. Luann will be there for him as a friend. Luann will clean up your mess, Bets. Gunther probably doesn’t agree with Bets’s leaving as the best thing for them now but he will see it was indeed the best thing Bets did for them. Hope this is the last we’ll see you, Bets. Don’t come back. And Stef? Watch out. Your newfound fans will turn on you when they realized what you did. You helped shut down Bets’n’Gun in a mean spit. They’ll see you’re a spiteful and hateful girl. Hopefully Kip will have had enough of you and leave you. Why don’t you join Bets and drive the van into the sunset. You’ll meet a new guy at those conventions Bets goes to.
FINALLY. Don’t let the door hit you in the posterior on the way out, Bets. If she was truly interested in Gunther and wanted to be with him, she would’ve deleted the social media account and continued their relationship. But she didn’t. She’s all about her social media fame, nothing else.
Bets’ expression in the last panel says: “I’m not attracted to Gunther anymore, and I wanted to end this. I am so relieved! I feel completely free again!”
I’m really hoping that this issue between Gunther and Bets get resolved amicably. I’ve been putting up with the stress ever since the two of them split and Bets took off in the van. The story has been intense, but I read comics to relax, not bite my nails. I’ve pretty much resolved to stop reading the strip if the issue isn’t brought to a reasonable conclusion, or (even worse) dropped with no resolution at all. Right now, it’s like anticipating Brad getting killed by a bus while saving a toddler from the same fate. Needless to say, not too many of your readers are going to be smiling when this is over. Prove me wrong.
See? I knew this would happen! From my last comment about me being happy but sad at the same time saying that I was glad to see BETS again, but also sad that this could be the very last time we’ll see her anymore like of all the other come and go characters in this comic series. sighhhhh and it just happened.
Sooo. the whole relationship was built on Bets’ social media campaign. No campiagn, no relationship. I think there is till a chance for them if she realizes or actually truly cares about Gun. – or – the failed perception of their relationship is the reality of it.
In all, I think Gun is realizing Bets needs that outside validation and if he isn’t to sustain her, then he might be best without her.
It’s at least one day early to end this arc, so I think there’s still trickery afoot. Being as self absorbed as Bets is, her “Goodbye, Gunther Berger” is probably just an end to her Bets n Gun social media bullsnot. She’ll surely start another online thing focused solely on herself, and find a way to keep Gunther firmly under her thumb.
Once again, Bets is running away from a situation instead of facing it and once again, Gunther says nothing and watch… I hope that tomorrow he reacts and says something to her, or that the others do it. Tiffany, Luann or even Les. End “BetsNGun” was definitely something that took a lot of courage, but she can’t leave like this. Taking the blame for everything and rejecting any chance to make amends because she has to be punished and suffer. I don’t think that she will get into her van to disappear or that she will go back to college, but that she will go to her parents, who she can’t stand. I really hope Tiffany stops Bets from going out.
So perhaps we will see why the uber/lyft driver was a person in the Rosa and Gunt storyline. I don’t know what would be, but we could be getting close.
As for those who said Bets doesn’t love Gunt, neener.
I can’t believe, after saying Gun didn’t deserve all the trouble he was experiencing, and then she ends the relationship. Maybe Luann will be a friend to Gunther and, who knows, start a closer relationship with him. As has been said, Lu and Gun are a good couple.
I never liked Bets anyway. I always felt she was using Gunther for content on her site. When opinion turned against her, she pulled the plug on her site and showed that she cared not for Gunther at all.
Well, I guess they weren’t really a couple in the first place. Nothing more than a media setup that she created in her world. Nothing more than that. Talk about playing with illusions and being delusional…
Rather than talking things through and dealing with their/her problems once again she just leaves. Gunther, you’re a decent guy, you DO deserve better.
Yes, thank you! Now please, stay broken up this time. Bets is too self-centered for ANY relationship right now. She hasn’t dealt with any of the problems she admitted to in the past. She is so keyed in to social media that every single aspect of her life is tied to it. She is a very unhealthy person right now and she needs to work on that before going anywhere near a relationship.
So “Bets & Gun” was not ever ‘meant’ to be a real relationship, just a vlogging business venture, from day 1. But questions linger and why am I a little reminded of the time she ran off leaving Gun alone at Weenie World after he told her that he loved her? In her mind that was not supposed to happen and I’m wondering if her outburst on having missed Gunth and the hug were genuine. I think they were. But clearly she returned because the ‘Bets & Gun’ vlogg demanded it; but it’s all not working out as planned and she’s running away again; the business didn’t work, ok she’ll start another, ever the business women… maybe. But her emotions may be getting in the way; too many questions here…….
And thus will likely end this arc as Greg moves to something new tomorrow, leaving us hanging for the finale between Bet’s and Gunther. As well as to who does what to Stef.
Noooooo! Oh well, the reason they went their separate ways was a deep difference in personalities which would be very difficult to accommodate in a close relationship.
If you’ve been reading this strips long as I have, you’ll remember that girlfriends/boyfriends don’t last for ever … but let’s see where this goes. Arc over soon I hope.
As predicted so long ago… So long Betz! It’s all about you. Gunny, go forth now and find thee a real woman. One who is creative, daring and not super glued to a cell phone and social media.
What happened to all of Bett’s fantasizing about her and Gunthie growing old and having a family together, or am I just remembering something befogged by old age? Well, she can hit the road now until she finds some other schnoob to exploit on her posts, and Gunthie can finally leave Mama and enter the monastery, which seems to be his likely fate.
Good for her for recognizing how toxic the site had become and what it was doing to them and their relationship, for taking responsibility for all that, and for giving Gunther the chance to be free of her; but now we get to see what Gunther will do. I hope he goes after her. Without the distraction of social media, she might see things more clearly and recognize again what she saw in him all along.
This frame makes no sense. Bet’s ending the Bet’s N Gun site made sense. But then coldly walking out with a Goodbye Gunther Berger, is so out of character for her. Guess that is what you get when you only have 3 to 4 panels a day to work with.
This isn’t the first time Gunther has been in a relationship with someone, who ended up leaving him for some reason…and when was the last time she was even mentioned in the strip, much less shown? (2015, according to Wikipedia)
Stef’s bow could be horns! Bets may have created the vlog, “Bets n Gun”, but it took two to create the relationship. In love, there is forgiveness. Ending the vlog is good, ignoring the posts is better. Walking away from someone you love, rather than talking it out is not love. It’s controlling the situation and selfish. I’d be very surprised if this was the end. =:-o
And so Saturday approaches. Will the current arc end? Will Bets really leave? (I doubt it). Will Bernice really wake up in the pool house with Kip? (I really doubt it) Will the ice bergs continue to recede at the same rate that Luann’s love life proceeds? ( Yep.)
If this is indeed the end to the relationship between Bets and Gunther, then the next person on whom Gunther needs to set his relationship sights is….GUNTHER. There is way too much angst about “Gunther and (enter name of significant other here)”. Gunther needs to work on developing Gunther so that he does not need a “significant other” to help him feel complete. Only then will he be ready to pursue a true and lasting relationship with someone else…and not necessarily someone that we have already met in the strip. And it should also happen without the advice/involvement of his mother; I think that that is part of the problem.
I also think that completely ignoring Stef and her antics is the absolute best way to handle her. Nothing will upset her more than to be treated as persona non grata. The entire cast of the strip should “cancel” her with extreme prejudice. (Hey, Stef…will Kip be there when you get back?) And, again…why is she even there in the first place, unless it is only to be the antagonist?
As for Bets…I agree that she is an interesting and likable character, but her emotional instability is off the charts, and social media addiction is driving her personality as well as her interaction with other people face-to-face. She needs help. She and Gunther are better off without each other…at least for a while. Maybe in the future, after they have each worked through their existing character flaws, they could come together again and try “Bets ’n Gun v.2: A Real Relationship, Not An Internet Un-Reality Show.”
Now…let’s bring this arc in for a landing and move on to more interesting pursuits.
Wait, didn’t she just come back and say how she wanted to be with him??!! Now, she’s done because stupid Steph posted something about them. So what? If you really care about him, who cares what others do? Either way, she’ll lose her “Bets’n’Gun”. So, she might as well stay with the guy she likes.
I think by the way she says she hates what they are saying, she knows there is truth to it. And she realized she was being selfish and hurting him and thats why shes leaving. And ya know what. GOOD. This may be growth for her but it’s not enough to redeem her in my opinion. She used Gunther as a prop and thats that.
Seems repairable to me. The real culprit is the addiction to social media. Cancel that and you will uncancel the damage done to what appears to be a good friendship/relationship. While simple for those not so addicted, addiction, of any sort, IS difficult to overcome…..
I have to ignore all the coments until I give my take. This is not the end, its a cliffhanger. It’s a complete setup. At least in my opinion. The funny thing is, all the negative comments mirror so many in this and other blogs on Luann, and while this is to be expected as part of human nature, heree it’s focused mostly, negatively on Bets. so the Bets haters are happy. But this strip is the home of misdirection, paticularly for those who are so basically into the strip; which means it’s open for projection of one’s own feelings. I project (yes I admit) positively for Bets, who while imperfect, has a remarkably sensitive and mature side, along with that emotion, but then I know many here would totally fall down laughing at this. What will determine what happens is in the mind of the strip creators, but you can be sure there will be cliffhaangers. Will this continue Monday, or have a new arc? Lets see what happens Saturday first. I think Gunther will/should man up and go get his woman, but we’ll see (go get in the sense of convincing her how much he loves her for her and does not care about the social media. In the wake of Ye and Cassie I’m reminded the importance of making that clear; no possesory intent).
WOW Bets saw one picture of Gunther standing next to Luann at a party and she’s done with him? After she’s been socializing all over the country with who knows who and not even contacting him regularly?? She seems to have some pretty strict and one-sided behavior rules for her relationships. Oh, and then, to top it off, she’s going to portray her cancelling the blog and leaving him as some kind of big personal sacrifice so that Gunther can “be happy”?? She really needs to get a Drama Queen shirt and wear it every day of her life so that unsuspecting people can be fore-warned. Gunther can get a Lying Cheater shirt to wear I guess.
What? Whoa! This came out differently than I expected.
I figured on this being a PSA about Social Media Addiction, and as the followers turned toxic, Bets would realize that these online people aren’t the “family” she was aching for, pull the plug, go rushing back into Gunther’s arms in tears, swear off Social Media forever, tell everyone (Irma included) that she made a mistake about blowing off University and go rushing back to classes, turning herself into “Gunther’s Good Girl” and respecting and obeying (and conforming to) his Parental Units from now on because “parents know best”.
But the last panel, where, after deleting the site, she turns her back on Gunther and bids him, “goodbye” ?
On the Internet Troll Channel, this is being streamed live, broken up by two or three 30-sec. commercials, of course. At the end of the commercial run, a voice comes on saying, And now, back to “Bets ’n Gun: The Breakup…” becauseYOU ASKED FOR IT!
Twenty years later, Tiffany will be a special guest on a telethon Bets is hosting, and says she has a friend with a donation, and asks if her friend can come on the set. Bets agrees, and it turns out to be Gunther, ala the Martin and Lewis reunion on the latter’s MDA telethon. (Bets: So, how ya been? Ya workin’? )
? Gunther doesn’t “deserve this” so she’s dumping him?
All of this sudden about-face by Bets makes sense only if she’s as cold-hearted and opportunistic as her worst haters have said she is. By this line of reasoning, Bets ‘n’ Gun was losing money so she came back to Pittsville with dreams of reviving its popularity with a dramatic online reunion with Gun. When that blew up in her face, she decided to close down the whole enterprise, with the lamest of excuses to Gunther.
I’m not buying it, but that’s what GnK have done.
Unless GnK insert another sudden about-face and bring them back together again.
More likely, it’s GnK’s way of writing Bets out of the comic, for good.
What. None of you have felt you are the toxic person in a relationship and need to leave for the benefit of the other? Lucky you. Time for Bets to reevaluate her priorities, without making someone wait it out for her. Is it running away? Yes. Is that bad? Dunno. But I wouldn’t say this is entirely a selfish act on her part.
Somehow, I wasn’t expecting it to end like this for Gunther. I thought she would fight to keep the relationship. Personally, I think there’s someone out there that’s more compatible for him.
This story arc is following the plot thread of every bad rom-com. Relationships end because of misunderstandings, inability to communicate, assumptions made on partial observations … the audience winds up shouting at the screen at the idiot characters.
So Bets proves she also doesn’t listen very well. Although Gun didn’t really speak up and explain what he’s unhappy about. But then he’s never been very assertive.
Maybe Bets realizes she has an addiction and is leaving to deal with it? She can’t continue seeking validation from fickle vlog followers. And she cannot be in a relationship with Gun or anyone else if she isn’t in a healthy space with herself.
This seems melodramatic to me. I hope this is not the true ending for them. It feels clunky and contrived. She clearly feels that she is to blame for all his woes and that he would be better off without her. Sad. If he truly cares for her he needs to speak up NOW. If he just lets her walk away then he’s basically saying that it IS all her fault. That’s not entirely true, as he should have made his feelings of discomfort known long before now. They should have had this talk a long time ago with both parties expressing themselves honestly. If it has to end they both need to have at least had a dog in the fight.
Too bad about that. I liked Bets, and I thought that she and Gunther really complemented each other. She brought out changes in Gunth that were good for him.
And Stefanie needs a good hard kick in the pants. Or three or four.
Hang on a second! I’m confused. “No greater love has a girl for her beau than she throw him away ’cause she loves him so much”? Should we see Bets as that self-sacrificing? At least she did cool Stef’s jets, though….
November 11, Tiff rightly tells Bets “Take care of your man!” Since then, Bets wrongly assumed Gunther and Luann are a couple, IGNORED everything Guns said then dumped him because she got worked up by comments on HER video log.
Saturday better be more than Bets driving off, or I’m demoting her to ‘selfish git’ status.
Some good news (at least I think it is): For those of you hoping Gunther would grow a spine and hoping that it’s not the end of Bets and Gun, hop on over to Arcamax if you can’t wait for tomorrow’s strip. . .
lvlax about 1 year ago
It’s Over??? I can’t believe she’s saying goodbye to Gunther and leaving him.
I’ve never been a big Bets fan but I’m proud of her for ending her social media site. Hopefully she’ll find something better to put all her energy into.
Gunther looks stunned. Will he chase after Bets?
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Well, 1 more day of this and it looks like we’ll have a nice new arc on Monday.
Linnorm about 1 year ago
Well, I didn’t see that coming!
alasko about 1 year ago
Does Gunther run after Bets? Or does he seek out Luann for a shoulder to cry on? Stay tuned tomorrow, same Bets time, same Bets channel.
outonalimb about 1 year ago
We haven’t seen Tiffany for a few days, so I’ll go out on a limb and say that she puts in an appearance tomorrow.
beb01 about 1 year ago
“I love you so much that I must leave you forever!”
I think someone has been watching too many Hallmark Movies.
kittikat2381 about 1 year ago
If she feels the need to break up with him because she had to end that social media site she made for her and him, than she doesn’t deserve him. She has serious social media addiction issues. If her character is continued in the strip, they need to show her getting help for it as it is ruining her life.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 year ago
Bets n Gun site can’t exist without Gunther Berger!
JCB about 1 year ago
Promise?
TampaFanatic1 about 1 year ago
Yep, Bets used this event as a good way to dump Gunther. I did not see that coming. Question is, does she continue vlogging but just remove Gun from the name? I guess Bets does not care how she just crushed Gunther. Now does the G-Man run after her? We find out tomorrow!
Tyge about 1 year ago
“It ain’t over until it’s over!” -Yogi Berra
Tomorrow will be the cliffhanger. Not today.
Argythree about 1 year ago
Gunther really does look stunned, I agree with Ivlax. And I really feel that way, myself. I’m glad Bets ended her ‘anti-social’ media platform, but I’m not so glad she’s walking away from Gunther. I think they were opposites who did attract and I’m sorry this seems to be over…
DanielDrummond about 1 year ago
I see. Gunther does not get a part in whether his relationship with Bets continues? That does not make me think more highly of Bets at all.
Azul0858 about 1 year ago
It’s part of Bets’ need to be in control that she had to be the one to break up with Gunther, rather than letting him tell her what he meant by “mostly (happy).” She still hasn’t heard about Gunther and Luann showing up together as a non-dating “duet,” and didn’t let Gunther respond to her announcement about having shut down the site devoted to their relationship. I don’t dislike her, but this wasn’t a kind or mature way to end it…all intended to protect her feelings, not to find out what Gunther wanted. It really is her way or the highway.
cholomanaba about 1 year ago
Will Gunther run after Bets? will he go to Peru after Rosa? or will he hook up with Luann at last? stay tuned for the next soap opera episode….
Mordock999 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Well, I hope this is the LAST time Bets leaves Gunther.
And for the record, after all HER complaints about having nothing but “liars” and “cheaters” in her life, after finally finding someone she had something in common with (Cosplay) but in the end, THAT wasn’t “good” enough, it was BETS that destroyed the relationship with her social media addiction, and her pushy domineering ways. NOT Gunther.
Too bad. IMO, Bets was a great character.
Once again, I’ll be interested to see “Who” among Gunth’s long time lady friends, whom he’s helped numerous times by the way, will still be there for him now.
diazch408 about 1 year ago
Bets has just sent Gunther into the Twilight Zone(shame!)
Rhetorical_Question about 1 year ago
Bets N Gun was a major revenue stream for Bets! Without Gunther, the site will crash like a Blockbuster store?
SJhapamama about 1 year ago
“I created Bets’n’Gun” says it all. She created a soap opera drama, not a relationship. She has some growing to do.
J. Scarbrough about 1 year ago
So is Bets doing what they call taking the coward’s way out?
Scarlet Shimmer about 1 year ago
Someone please shut that eyesore up!
I’m proud of Bets for being so decisive. Most people wouldn’t give up a source of income that quickly.
Old insecurities tend to come back, no matter how hard you try to hide them or run away. Looks like Bet’s is feeling like she doesn’t deserve Gunther after all this. Hope this resolves happily
Need coffee about 1 year ago
Ouch
Jacob Mattingly about 1 year ago
FINALLY. But props to greg…while above been waiting for this to end…he made the actual breakup sad and well done.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 year ago
The 3rd panel, Bets sounds like a Corporate investor exiting an business endeavor?
cmxx about 1 year ago
Is Bets so deep into being online that she thinks if X isn’t online anymore X can’t keep happening?
syzygy47 about 1 year ago
You don’t deserve this…it’s like Bets is justifying her desire to break up by feigning martyrdom.
KR about 1 year ago
She never wanted Gun, she only wanted the fictional world Bets’n’Gun
DirkTheDaring Premium Member about 1 year ago
I told you a week ago this was gonna get stupid.
Rockabore about 1 year ago
I hope they DON’T somehow instantly solve all their issues in the Saturday strip. They should accept they’ve got a lotta compatibility issues to unpack and, at best, desperately need time apart to consider if being together is the right choice. I know some people are very Pro-Bets/Gun (Bunther? Guts? Buns?), but I think we all know the healthy option after witnessing the last few months worth of stories. Yesterday, we saw that neither can even keep convincing themselves they’re happy anymore.
The way Stef’s constantly spewing annoying, tone-deaf things two days in a row without Gunther or Bets addressing her is unintentionally hilarious to me. She’s so cartoonishly demented while twisting the knife on their failed relationship as much as humanly possible. No one at the party is doing anything at all to encourage her have the bare minimum of social graces. Honestly, it’s like she’s a court jester whose presence is being actively ignored and it kind of makes me laugh that it’s juxtaposed with this heavy relationship drama.
Also, I’ve got a very delayed realization: why’d Stef even GET an invite to the party anyway? Didn’t she call Tiffany and Dez fat to when she got back to the dorm? They let her walk all over them, at some point they kind of welcome her nonsense by including her.
Willow Mt Lyon about 1 year ago
Well, that must be a modern way of breaking up. End the blog.
Pointspread about 1 year ago
Gun lost his holster? He looks contemplative in the last frame, perhaps weighing his feelings for Bets vs their differences. Well gone for good or not I agree with Mordock she was an interesting character, and one I liked very much.
Tarkus about 1 year ago
Let’s not forget that part of the motivation to go on the road was the rules imposed by Gunther’s mother and Mr. Gray. Nothing suggests that this has changed and it is doubtful that Gunther is about to stand up to them.
So would Bets go back to that?
Willow Mt Lyon about 1 year ago
We haven’t seen Kip at the party, and he must not be there or he would be saying plenty to Stef.
linus82 about 1 year ago
Gunther is now part of Bets’ list of bad love experiences. And since it was constant in that relationship, the decision to end it was made by Bets without considering Gunther.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 1 year ago
I’m not sorry to see her go, she took over Gunther, made him do what she wanted to do, dress, act, and feel. I think he was gob smacked by all the attention.
Need coffee about 1 year ago
Re-reading the last couple of weeks, I think Bets thinks Gunther is on a date with Luann, despite the advice from Tiff to the contrary and the denials from Gunther and Luann.
We the readers know that’s wrong, but what Bets sees matches up with her suspicions about Luann dating back to when Luann was behaving like a completely oblivious idiot on Bets and Gunther’s first date.
So, instead of a happy reunion for The Fans, it appears to be a breakup based mostly on a series of misunderstandings (zzz). The Fans are gone, but they were fair weather voyeurs anyhow…easily replaced in the long run.
If it is The End, I’ll miss Bets…unless she returns to school and remains part of the dorm group, in which case I’ll look forward to seeing her there, and finding out how she reinvents her income, if that ever shared.
MathProf2 about 1 year ago
The message I’m getting is that Bets lives on social media. If she’s ended Bets N’ Gun, she done with Gunther. If you know the Jack Lemmon/Virna Lisi 1965 movie How To Murder Your Wife (which, though it doesn’t actually involve a murder at all, probably which could not be made in 2023), it’s the same theme – if someone’s collapsed their public and private lives, they’re very hard then to uncollapse.
Joe1962 about 1 year ago
Color me shocked I never thought that Bets would end her social media site.
paulscon about 1 year ago
OK. Let me see if I can follow this. On Saturday (our time) Bets is planning on a great reunion with Gunther. Steph posts a picture of Gunther with Luann causing all kinds of comments from their followers. On Monday, Tiff tries to let Bet knows what is actually happening, calling Steph an idiot. Bets, looking very angry replies, “No, I am” and heads into the party. Many of her fans in the real world expected fireworks between Bets and Steph, but that’s not the G&K way, so instead Bets sees what harm her podcast is doing to Gunther and does a very mature thing, killing the Bets N Gun podcast. (BTW, since she started it she didn’t need anyone’s permission to kill it.)The next part puzzles me. She says “Goodby Gunther Berger”, meaning we’re done. There’s nothing to point out that she planned on breaking up with Gun, based on Monday and other days before, so she must think she’s doing the best thing for Gunther. Mature in that she shows that she does care for Gunther, immature in that she doesn’t listen to Gun’s feelings or thoughts. Bottom line, I feel like I’ve been played by Karen and Gregg as they decided to write off Bets and this is the best idea they came up with.
9thCapricorn about 1 year ago
Well Bets, you started the whole thing and in the end, you messed it up by leaving Gunther and continuing with your road life. You deserved it and he did not. Thank you for ending it. Let Gunther go and heal and move on. Luann will be there for him as a friend. Luann will clean up your mess, Bets. Gunther probably doesn’t agree with Bets’s leaving as the best thing for them now but he will see it was indeed the best thing Bets did for them. Hope this is the last we’ll see you, Bets. Don’t come back. And Stef? Watch out. Your newfound fans will turn on you when they realized what you did. You helped shut down Bets’n’Gun in a mean spit. They’ll see you’re a spiteful and hateful girl. Hopefully Kip will have had enough of you and leave you. Why don’t you join Bets and drive the van into the sunset. You’ll meet a new guy at those conventions Bets goes to.
nightflight about 1 year ago
I believe Bets’ “good bye” is just for the character on that thing she created on her phone, not the real Gunther.
Wilkins068 about 1 year ago
No emotion what so ever, jus ‘Good bye Gunter Berger’
That’s th real schitz
kiwannabee about 1 year ago
Thank you. Now leave and don’t come back.
ct0760 about 1 year ago
Stef is toxic to anyone she gets in contact with
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
FINALLY. Don’t let the door hit you in the posterior on the way out, Bets. If she was truly interested in Gunther and wanted to be with him, she would’ve deleted the social media account and continued their relationship. But she didn’t. She’s all about her social media fame, nothing else.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
Bets’ expression in the last panel says: “I’m not attracted to Gunther anymore, and I wanted to end this. I am so relieved! I feel completely free again!”
Mark Cook about 1 year ago
I’m really hoping that this issue between Gunther and Bets get resolved amicably. I’ve been putting up with the stress ever since the two of them split and Bets took off in the van. The story has been intense, but I read comics to relax, not bite my nails. I’ve pretty much resolved to stop reading the strip if the issue isn’t brought to a reasonable conclusion, or (even worse) dropped with no resolution at all. Right now, it’s like anticipating Brad getting killed by a bus while saving a toddler from the same fate. Needless to say, not too many of your readers are going to be smiling when this is over. Prove me wrong.
SakiKuro about 1 year ago
See? I knew this would happen! From my last comment about me being happy but sad at the same time saying that I was glad to see BETS again, but also sad that this could be the very last time we’ll see her anymore like of all the other come and go characters in this comic series. sighhhhh and it just happened.
snsurone76 about 1 year ago
Dig that jeering emoji!!
JonGoss about 1 year ago
Sooo. the whole relationship was built on Bets’ social media campaign. No campiagn, no relationship. I think there is till a chance for them if she realizes or actually truly cares about Gun. – or – the failed perception of their relationship is the reality of it.
In all, I think Gun is realizing Bets needs that outside validation and if he isn’t to sustain her, then he might be best without her.
Purple People Eater about 1 year ago
“Gunther Berger”? Not “Gunther”, or just “Gun”? That sounds pretty final.
D.E.N. about 1 year ago
It’s at least one day early to end this arc, so I think there’s still trickery afoot. Being as self absorbed as Bets is, her “Goodbye, Gunther Berger” is probably just an end to her Bets n Gun social media bullsnot. She’ll surely start another online thing focused solely on herself, and find a way to keep Gunther firmly under her thumb.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Once again, Bets is running away from a situation instead of facing it and once again, Gunther says nothing and watch… I hope that tomorrow he reacts and says something to her, or that the others do it. Tiffany, Luann or even Les. End “BetsNGun” was definitely something that took a lot of courage, but she can’t leave like this. Taking the blame for everything and rejecting any chance to make amends because she has to be punished and suffer. I don’t think that she will get into her van to disappear or that she will go back to college, but that she will go to her parents, who she can’t stand. I really hope Tiffany stops Bets from going out.
D.E.N. about 1 year ago
BTW, so far nobody seems to have noticed the bow in Stef’s hair changing color.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 1 year ago
So perhaps we will see why the uber/lyft driver was a person in the Rosa and Gunt storyline. I don’t know what would be, but we could be getting close.
As for those who said Bets doesn’t love Gunt, neener.
leighabc123 about 1 year ago
Take that, Stef!
leighabc123 about 1 year ago
One more day left. Don’t chase after Bets tomorrow, Gunther. She don’t deserve you. Punch Stef in the face!
chefcass about 1 year ago
K, bye!
sueb1863 about 1 year ago
Wow, that took a sharp turn. From “I was wrong to leave you” to “I’m leaving you, bye!”
ijilani about 1 year ago
I don’t like how it’s going. They shouldn’t break up because of media
comic reader 22 about 1 year ago
I want to see Les outside leaning on the Ruby van. “So Bets, need a new wingman?”
preacherman Premium Member about 1 year ago
I can’t believe, after saying Gun didn’t deserve all the trouble he was experiencing, and then she ends the relationship. Maybe Luann will be a friend to Gunther and, who knows, start a closer relationship with him. As has been said, Lu and Gun are a good couple.
dlkrueger33 about 1 year ago
I hate Steph a LOT more than I dislike Bets. I still have hope for her. Steph is a certified bimbo.
greenberg about 1 year ago
I never liked Bets anyway. I always felt she was using Gunther for content on her site. When opinion turned against her, she pulled the plug on her site and showed that she cared not for Gunther at all.
Bernedoodle about 1 year ago
“Rhetorically speaking of course Gun.”
tremaine53 about 1 year ago
Next? Bernice pursues Gunther, and of course is monumentally clumsy.
computerprogrammer2028 about 1 year ago
Well, I guess they weren’t really a couple in the first place. Nothing more than a media setup that she created in her world. Nothing more than that. Talk about playing with illusions and being delusional…
Jason Allen about 1 year ago
Geeze, and we thought Luann was melodramatic.
maxiesmom2 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Rather than talking things through and dealing with their/her problems once again she just leaves. Gunther, you’re a decent guy, you DO deserve better.
OneTime59 about 1 year ago
Stefani is an underhanded instigator.
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Finally move on to next boring story line
buer about 1 year ago
This is ridiculous. Goodbye Gunther Berger and tomorrow hello whatever
Free or Not? Premium Member about 1 year ago
Let her go Gunther! She is doing you a favor, not for YOU, but for HER. She wants to start a new social media site and is not interested in you.
7afrz6 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Bring back Aaron
wschott about 1 year ago
Gun"N"Luann? (bang, bang)
becida about 1 year ago
Unexpected. Good-bye Bets-n-Gun… I wonder how much she was making off that Bets-n-Gun?
walspj1 about 1 year ago
This is an unexpected, but welcome, turn of events….
chris_o42 about 1 year ago
Wow, that was cold Bets. Poor Gunther doesn’t know what hit him.
StoicLion1973 about 1 year ago
Well….that was a surprise.
carrissima about 1 year ago
Yes, thank you! Now please, stay broken up this time. Bets is too self-centered for ANY relationship right now. She hasn’t dealt with any of the problems she admitted to in the past. She is so keyed in to social media that every single aspect of her life is tied to it. She is a very unhealthy person right now and she needs to work on that before going anywhere near a relationship.
nubianaries81 about 1 year ago
so…..Stef is not gonna get any repercussions for starting this whole mess??? This is a lousy ending to Bets and Gun.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 1 year ago
my guess is he’ll go after her, end the web site not the relationship
RSH about 1 year ago
So “Bets & Gun” was not ever ‘meant’ to be a real relationship, just a vlogging business venture, from day 1. But questions linger and why am I a little reminded of the time she ran off leaving Gun alone at Weenie World after he told her that he loved her? In her mind that was not supposed to happen and I’m wondering if her outburst on having missed Gunth and the hug were genuine. I think they were. But clearly she returned because the ‘Bets & Gun’ vlogg demanded it; but it’s all not working out as planned and she’s running away again; the business didn’t work, ok she’ll start another, ever the business women… maybe. But her emotions may be getting in the way; too many questions here…….
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member about 1 year ago
It’s really out of character for Bets to be this mature. I wonder if it will stick.
ctolson about 1 year ago
And thus will likely end this arc as Greg moves to something new tomorrow, leaving us hanging for the finale between Bet’s and Gunther. As well as to who does what to Stef.
txmystic about 1 year ago
Welp, that escalated quickly. Then ended just as quickly.
JC1968 about 1 year ago
Gunther needs to grow a pair and go after her before she reaches the door.
paulscon about 1 year ago
Gun will run after Bets, Bets will start a solo blog.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago
Noooooo! Oh well, the reason they went their separate ways was a deep difference in personalities which would be very difficult to accommodate in a close relationship.
EMGULS79 about 1 year ago
Wa-HOOOOOOOOOO! Bets, don’t let the door hit your butt on your way out!
DawnQuinn1 about 1 year ago
There is going to be a BIG twist tomorrow; I can just feel that.
BLUEBONNETS Premium Member about 1 year ago
If you’ve been reading this strips long as I have, you’ll remember that girlfriends/boyfriends don’t last for ever … but let’s see where this goes. Arc over soon I hope.
timzsixty9 about 1 year ago
this makes no sense. why is she walking out on him?
RonaldMcCalip about 1 year ago
As predicted so long ago… So long Betz! It’s all about you. Gunny, go forth now and find thee a real woman. One who is creative, daring and not super glued to a cell phone and social media.
Wubbie about 1 year ago
What happened to all of Bett’s fantasizing about her and Gunthie growing old and having a family together, or am I just remembering something befogged by old age? Well, she can hit the road now until she finds some other schnoob to exploit on her posts, and Gunthie can finally leave Mama and enter the monastery, which seems to be his likely fate.
Lord Hearteater about 1 year ago
Finito.
Now, let’s see who pairs with Gunther. He’ll need some time to process it all, at first. Only one will be left standing when that concludes.
calliarcale about 1 year ago
Good for her for recognizing how toxic the site had become and what it was doing to them and their relationship, for taking responsibility for all that, and for giving Gunther the chance to be free of her; but now we get to see what Gunther will do. I hope he goes after her. Without the distraction of social media, she might see things more clearly and recognize again what she saw in him all along.
Just-me about 1 year ago
Sadly, relationship turmoil has become a spectator sport thanks to social media.
hdude711 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Let’s hope this is the last we see of Bets…although I doubt it.
phileaux about 1 year ago
Bets makes way too much money to give up social media
dobransf about 1 year ago
This frame makes no sense. Bet’s ending the Bet’s N Gun site made sense. But then coldly walking out with a Goodbye Gunther Berger, is so out of character for her. Guess that is what you get when you only have 3 to 4 panels a day to work with.
Ellis97 about 1 year ago
Looks like it’s over, Gunther. You and Bets are through.
ridenslide65 about 1 year ago
DAYUM!!!!
tutibug5 about 1 year ago
When Luann drives Gunther back home and walks him to his door … will she get a goodnight kiss?
Komix Lover about 1 year ago
Bets ’n Gun is over. Whether Bets and Gunther are over remains to be seen.
artegal about 1 year ago
You live by the social media sword, you die by the social media sword.
jeanneno about 1 year ago
I would love to see this in tomorrow’s strip: Kip enters the frame, turns to face Stef and says, “Goodbye, Stephanie”.
DM2860 about 1 year ago
Now I am wondering what Gunther’s middle name is and it BFG is Gunther’s initials in reverse.
S. about 1 year ago
/sarcastically OH, NO. THEY BROKE UP. HOW DID WE NOT SEE THIS COMING. OH WELL. THANK YOU, NEXT. GOOD RIDDANCE.
David Norton Premium Member about 1 year ago
Good riddance, and about time too!
del_grande Premium Member about 1 year ago
This isn’t the first time Gunther has been in a relationship with someone, who ended up leaving him for some reason…and when was the last time she was even mentioned in the strip, much less shown? (2015, according to Wikipedia)
elliel203 about 1 year ago
Stef has some unused karma coming her way…
Camiyami Premium Member about 1 year ago
Fantastic!! This is great news :D
BJShipley1 about 1 year ago
Seriously, is Stef a full-on sociopath?
davidlwashburn about 1 year ago
Bets needs to learn not to be such an extremist. Everything is all or nothing, and life doesn’t work that way.
YorkGirl Premium Member about 1 year ago
Stef’s bow could be horns! Bets may have created the vlog, “Bets n Gun”, but it took two to create the relationship. In love, there is forgiveness. Ending the vlog is good, ignoring the posts is better. Walking away from someone you love, rather than talking it out is not love. It’s controlling the situation and selfish. I’d be very surprised if this was the end. =:-o
nightflight about 1 year ago
And so Saturday approaches. Will the current arc end? Will Bets really leave? (I doubt it). Will Bernice really wake up in the pool house with Kip? (I really doubt it) Will the ice bergs continue to recede at the same rate that Luann’s love life proceeds? ( Yep.)
Muneflauer about 1 year ago
It’s still Halloween. Looks like Thanksgiving will get skipped this year.
hoffquotes2 about 1 year ago
That didn’t make a lot of sense
bmpanalog about 1 year ago
If this is indeed the end to the relationship between Bets and Gunther, then the next person on whom Gunther needs to set his relationship sights is….GUNTHER. There is way too much angst about “Gunther and (enter name of significant other here)”. Gunther needs to work on developing Gunther so that he does not need a “significant other” to help him feel complete. Only then will he be ready to pursue a true and lasting relationship with someone else…and not necessarily someone that we have already met in the strip. And it should also happen without the advice/involvement of his mother; I think that that is part of the problem.
I also think that completely ignoring Stef and her antics is the absolute best way to handle her. Nothing will upset her more than to be treated as persona non grata. The entire cast of the strip should “cancel” her with extreme prejudice. (Hey, Stef…will Kip be there when you get back?) And, again…why is she even there in the first place, unless it is only to be the antagonist?
As for Bets…I agree that she is an interesting and likable character, but her emotional instability is off the charts, and social media addiction is driving her personality as well as her interaction with other people face-to-face. She needs help. She and Gunther are better off without each other…at least for a while. Maybe in the future, after they have each worked through their existing character flaws, they could come together again and try “Bets ’n Gun v.2: A Real Relationship, Not An Internet Un-Reality Show.”
Now…let’s bring this arc in for a landing and move on to more interesting pursuits.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 1 year ago
She is off the radar temporarily!!
tcayer about 1 year ago
She could end the vlog without ending the relationship.
jojo318 about 1 year ago
Good riddance.
Jogger2 about 1 year ago
What? What about Tuesday’s reunion?
ACTIVIST1234 about 1 year ago
Does Bets really think she’s doing G-Man a favor by walking out on him? To be sure, she guided/led most of this relationship.
In a few years, she’ll learn relationship decisions should be mutual, after discussion. Unless Gunther acts now and confronts her
Kiwiwriter47 about 1 year ago
It’s not going to end like this. Greg has too much invested in this story.
He did a book about their road trip, remember?
This is going to be a temporary fiasco.
But there will likely be a new story arc starting Monday, for some time.
Medtech4 about 1 year ago
Wait, didn’t she just come back and say how she wanted to be with him??!! Now, she’s done because stupid Steph posted something about them. So what? If you really care about him, who cares what others do? Either way, she’ll lose her “Bets’n’Gun”. So, she might as well stay with the guy she likes.
GaryCooper about 1 year ago
I guess Bets is breaking up with Gunther, then. Greg and Karen must have gotten tired of the character.
mindjob about 1 year ago
Too bad
markwillman4 about 1 year ago
So her reaction is to leave Gunther again?
Bwahahaha! about 1 year ago
Well, that was quick and clean. Good! Back to Toni and Brad next week.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 1 year ago
Gunther, this is not a time for a loss of words.
Ordinary Average Guy about 1 year ago
“Gunther! I realize how much I care about you and so we have to break up!”
Can this plotline get any more confusing?
aimeeelinn about 1 year ago
I think by the way she says she hates what they are saying, she knows there is truth to it. And she realized she was being selfish and hurting him and thats why shes leaving. And ya know what. GOOD. This may be growth for her but it’s not enough to redeem her in my opinion. She used Gunther as a prop and thats that.
CoreyTaylor1 about 1 year ago
Could we skip ahead to the part where Steffi gets her teeth kicked in!?
raybarb44 about 1 year ago
Seems repairable to me. The real culprit is the addiction to social media. Cancel that and you will uncancel the damage done to what appears to be a good friendship/relationship. While simple for those not so addicted, addiction, of any sort, IS difficult to overcome…..
Ginny Premium Member about 1 year ago
Did she only keep up the relationship with Gunther in order to feed her website? Makes you wonder…
fchism5 about 1 year ago
I am so confused. I understand shutting down the site, but what’s the point of breaking up with him.
luann1212 about 1 year ago
I have to ignore all the coments until I give my take. This is not the end, its a cliffhanger. It’s a complete setup. At least in my opinion. The funny thing is, all the negative comments mirror so many in this and other blogs on Luann, and while this is to be expected as part of human nature, heree it’s focused mostly, negatively on Bets. so the Bets haters are happy. But this strip is the home of misdirection, paticularly for those who are so basically into the strip; which means it’s open for projection of one’s own feelings. I project (yes I admit) positively for Bets, who while imperfect, has a remarkably sensitive and mature side, along with that emotion, but then I know many here would totally fall down laughing at this. What will determine what happens is in the mind of the strip creators, but you can be sure there will be cliffhaangers. Will this continue Monday, or have a new arc? Lets see what happens Saturday first. I think Gunther will/should man up and go get his woman, but we’ll see (go get in the sense of convincing her how much he loves her for her and does not care about the social media. In the wake of Ye and Cassie I’m reminded the importance of making that clear; no possesory intent).
The Quiet One about 1 year ago
Wait, what? No!
FireAnt_Hater about 1 year ago
She might want Gunther to chase after her, but I say “Let her go…”
Caldonia about 1 year ago
“I’m calling someone to change your name for you.”
donwestonmysteries about 1 year ago
She needs to get a life anyway.
Doctor Go about 1 year ago
Broke up with him twice at the same time!
comic reader 22 about 1 year ago
WOW Bets saw one picture of Gunther standing next to Luann at a party and she’s done with him? After she’s been socializing all over the country with who knows who and not even contacting him regularly?? She seems to have some pretty strict and one-sided behavior rules for her relationships. Oh, and then, to top it off, she’s going to portray her cancelling the blog and leaving him as some kind of big personal sacrifice so that Gunther can “be happy”?? She really needs to get a Drama Queen shirt and wear it every day of her life so that unsuspecting people can be fore-warned. Gunther can get a Lying Cheater shirt to wear I guess.
NaboTheBear about 1 year ago
What? Whoa! This came out differently than I expected.
I figured on this being a PSA about Social Media Addiction, and as the followers turned toxic, Bets would realize that these online people aren’t the “family” she was aching for, pull the plug, go rushing back into Gunther’s arms in tears, swear off Social Media forever, tell everyone (Irma included) that she made a mistake about blowing off University and go rushing back to classes, turning herself into “Gunther’s Good Girl” and respecting and obeying (and conforming to) his Parental Units from now on because “parents know best”.
But the last panel, where, after deleting the site, she turns her back on Gunther and bids him, “goodbye” ?
Wow.
TravelinMan about 1 year ago
“And helloooo, Lester Knox!”
MJ Weber Premium Member about 1 year ago
What the …?? Y’know Gunther, she made you happy, but she’s a flake. You will be much better off without her.
jrankin1959 about 1 year ago
On the Internet Troll Channel, this is being streamed live, broken up by two or three 30-sec. commercials, of course. At the end of the commercial run, a voice comes on saying, And now, back to “Bets ’n Gun: The Breakup…” because YOU ASKED FOR IT!
eced52 about 1 year ago
let the Lu and Gun, begin.
jrankin1959 about 1 year ago
Twenty years later, Tiffany will be a special guest on a telethon Bets is hosting, and says she has a friend with a donation, and asks if her friend can come on the set. Bets agrees, and it turns out to be Gunther, ala the Martin and Lewis reunion on the latter’s MDA telethon. (Bets: So, how ya been? Ya workin’? )
RolloTheGrouch about 1 year ago
? Gunther doesn’t “deserve this” so she’s dumping him?
All of this sudden about-face by Bets makes sense only if she’s as cold-hearted and opportunistic as her worst haters have said she is. By this line of reasoning, Bets ‘n’ Gun was losing money so she came back to Pittsville with dreams of reviving its popularity with a dramatic online reunion with Gun. When that blew up in her face, she decided to close down the whole enterprise, with the lamest of excuses to Gunther.
I’m not buying it, but that’s what GnK have done.
Unless GnK insert another sudden about-face and bring them back together again.
More likely, it’s GnK’s way of writing Bets out of the comic, for good.
np312 about 1 year ago
Wait so why is she breaking up with him, if the only problem is their dual social media site which she just shut down?
kzturtlegirl about 1 year ago
What. None of you have felt you are the toxic person in a relationship and need to leave for the benefit of the other? Lucky you. Time for Bets to reevaluate her priorities, without making someone wait it out for her. Is it running away? Yes. Is that bad? Dunno. But I wouldn’t say this is entirely a selfish act on her part.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
Bets ’n Gun is now Bets ’n GONE.
RolloTheGrouch about 1 year ago
The obvious next step for Gunther is for him to meet a nice, smart nerdy girl in his TA class.
Won’t happen.
Michael McKown Premium Member about 1 year ago
And…there’s the dumb move of the week!
RebaLioness about 1 year ago
To quote Garfield, “Kiss her, you dip.”
htieiri about 1 year ago
Somehow, I wasn’t expecting it to end like this for Gunther. I thought she would fight to keep the relationship. Personally, I think there’s someone out there that’s more compatible for him.
Droptma Styx about 1 year ago
This story arc is following the plot thread of every bad rom-com. Relationships end because of misunderstandings, inability to communicate, assumptions made on partial observations … the audience winds up shouting at the screen at the idiot characters.
Moon57Shine about 1 year ago
Is it really over? Stay tooned…
HodgeElmwood about 1 year ago
So Bets proves she also doesn’t listen very well. Although Gun didn’t really speak up and explain what he’s unhappy about. But then he’s never been very assertive.
RSH about 1 year ago
My hope is that when Bets gets to the door Tiff will be there and will say “wait a minute”.
mort b. about 1 year ago
Let her GO!
Ontman about 1 year ago
Boo Hoo.
pamela welch Premium Member about 1 year ago
Overkill Bets?? Or the excuse you were waiting for …
kittysquared Premium Member about 1 year ago
Maybe Bets realizes she has an addiction and is leaving to deal with it? She can’t continue seeking validation from fickle vlog followers. And she cannot be in a relationship with Gun or anyone else if she isn’t in a healthy space with herself.
eladee AKA Wally about 1 year ago
This seems melodramatic to me. I hope this is not the true ending for them. It feels clunky and contrived. She clearly feels that she is to blame for all his woes and that he would be better off without her. Sad. If he truly cares for her he needs to speak up NOW. If he just lets her walk away then he’s basically saying that it IS all her fault. That’s not entirely true, as he should have made his feelings of discomfort known long before now. They should have had this talk a long time ago with both parties expressing themselves honestly. If it has to end they both need to have at least had a dog in the fight.
sjsczurek about 1 year ago
Too bad about that. I liked Bets, and I thought that she and Gunther really complemented each other. She brought out changes in Gunth that were good for him.
And Stefanie needs a good hard kick in the pants. Or three or four.
randyingr about 1 year ago
If Bets is gone I’m done with this strip.
Sisyphos about 1 year ago
Hang on a second! I’m confused. “No greater love has a girl for her beau than she throw him away ’cause she loves him so much”? Should we see Bets as that self-sacrificing? At least she did cool Stef’s jets, though….
DanielDrummond about 1 year ago
November 11, Tiff rightly tells Bets “Take care of your man!” Since then, Bets wrongly assumed Gunther and Luann are a couple, IGNORED everything Guns said then dumped him because she got worked up by comments on HER video log.
Saturday better be more than Bets driving off, or I’m demoting her to ‘selfish git’ status.
live2read about 1 year ago
Some good news (at least I think it is): For those of you hoping Gunther would grow a spine and hoping that it’s not the end of Bets and Gun, hop on over to Arcamax if you can’t wait for tomorrow’s strip. . .
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 year ago
Steff will need all that protective padding when Bets goes after her