You need to decide Bets if you can find place where you and Gunther can find a place together. At this point you are going over the top to keep Gunther and trying to justify it as a noble sacrifice. You have used that but you are hurting. Talk, Talk, if you want a future together, plan it together.
It seems awfully self-centered of her to imagine being annoyed by fans. We’ve never seen anything like that before. Presumably most of them live somewhere else…and she’s not Beyonce or Taylor Swift, just a college student who likes cosplay with her boyfriend. If they did meet someone who followed her, she could say “Thank you so much!” and keep going.
Gunther is suggesting compromising. A very mature but difficult concept for a healthy relationship. Finding the happy medium feels like a art form at times.
Gunter’s willing to compromise and he can live with that. Bets seems more like there’s no gray area in between. Its either all the way this way or all the way that way.
I’m thinkin one of them is thinking that they dont belong together. I’m bettin its not Gunter. If I rmember right they’ve allready had that discussion at least once
What say they just give this narcissist, her enablers, her fan base and all that goes with it their own strip. Then, those who revel in this kind of crud could continue to wallow, while the rest could catch up with Luann, the family, the cafe, etc., etc. Seems like there’s much more story there than in this silly little attention freak’s antics.
I really hate any storyline with Bets. The writers had a chance to write her out and they didn’t. The strip is called “Luann” and these peripheral characters shouldn’t have their own stories
If Bets & Gun continue to go to cons & dress up/cosplay, they are going to be recorded. It will just be by others, be it by other participants for there social media or the convention sponsors for publicity purposes. I don’t blame Bets for being depressed over giving up her digital autonomy in a world where social media is deciding presidencies. Gunther is hopelessly naive at best to expect balance out of this.
I can understand Bets. She severed all connections with the media when a wave of hate was hitting them. She probably never explained anything even to those followers who she knew personally and with whom she had phone and email contact. The risk of bump into them and having to explain what happened would ruin the pleasure of going to a Con. I also think that the wave of hate left a very bad impression on her and she can no longer trust her former followers. But Gunther is right, she can’t stay like this and keep running away. She has to start doing something again and he finally seems to really be able to help her.
If they’re together 20 years from now, she will regret giving up the excitement. He will not regret giving up the comfy routine. Your comfort zone is nice, but it’s not where memories are made. “Youth is wasted on the young” applies. So does “live fast, die young” (James Dean).
Okay, Bets in the last panel is just being a pain now. That statement was meaningless. Gunther saying it was him letting you know that he is okay with still doing a lot of what they did before. Bets saying it back is just a circular argument to keep them stuck. She’s doing something very hard and I get that, but staying stuck like this isn’t healthy and it isn’t going to end well. She needs to actually acknowledge the whole situation so she can then process it and find a way forward.
I still want to know what happened to that poor DeGroot family that was trapped in a snow bound cabin before Christmas. Visions of the Donner party come to mind.
when you cannot be happy, be content/when you cannot be happy, be content/ content is compromise/ a middle ground that is wise/ when you cannot be happy, be content
Easy to correc, Bets just ease up on the socials, Gunther likes cosplay. Just make it less invasive. Easy. This is like pulling teeth slowly, excruciating painful.
I like the comment above from Chaddernaut. Basically it’s a couples compromise: both have to find out that region where they can be comfortable with each others lifestyle choices (and they both like aspects of the “comfy” lifestyle and the “social media and cosplay” lifestyle.") while sharing themselves and the whole of the relationship on agreeable terms. Couples do this all the time, often successfully, I might add
“There are things which I do which do not make me happy. But if the things which I do make you happy, that will make me happy. That is good enough for me. I do not just say I love you I actually do.”
What’s the fella’s name on third base?….What’s the fella’s name on second base!—-I AIN’T ASKING YOU WHO’S ON SECOND!….No,Who’s on first?—I don’t know….THIRD BASE!!!
epicatt2- 10 months ago
I think that Bets is having sub-chronic withdrawal symptoms.
Doneaver 10 months ago
You need to decide Bets if you can find place where you and Gunther can find a place together. At this point you are going over the top to keep Gunther and trying to justify it as a noble sacrifice. You have used that but you are hurting. Talk, Talk, if you want a future together, plan it together.
cmxx 10 months ago
Define happyish.
Mordock999 Premium Member 10 months ago
Oh Sweet Betsy from Pike!
There’s a “Privacy Hut” here, youngins!
SHUT UP and USE IT!!!
Azul0858 10 months ago
It seems awfully self-centered of her to imagine being annoyed by fans. We’ve never seen anything like that before. Presumably most of them live somewhere else…and she’s not Beyonce or Taylor Swift, just a college student who likes cosplay with her boyfriend. If they did meet someone who followed her, she could say “Thank you so much!” and keep going.
Ruth Brown 10 months ago
Gunther let her off too easy. He is not happy with the binge comfortable. He wants to have the good things they shared before.
kenhense 10 months ago
Freud said that his job was to restore people with severe mental conditions back to ordinary human misery.
Novalynn 10 months ago
Gunther is suggesting compromising. A very mature but difficult concept for a healthy relationship. Finding the happy medium feels like a art form at times.
Willow Mt Lyon 10 months ago
How about going to cosmo events without filming and posting everything you do together? Have fun but respect your privacy.
Uncle Kenny 10 months ago
I remember their being asked for autographs at a con. But maybe that was in the book.
nightflight 10 months ago
So you have a problem, just sleep on it.
charlenelin1201 10 months ago
This.. is a job for Bernice the therapist.
Wilkins068 10 months ago
Gunter’s willing to compromise and he can live with that. Bets seems more like there’s no gray area in between. Its either all the way this way or all the way that way.
I’m thinkin one of them is thinking that they dont belong together. I’m bettin its not Gunter. If I rmember right they’ve allready had that discussion at least once
snsurone76 10 months ago
They should sing “I Want To Be Happy” from the 1920’s musical “No, No, Nanette”.
comic reader 22 10 months ago
Happyish. Yeah, that sounds like a great life goal. Gunther is a dope.
wolfiiig 10 months ago
Where is this going?
diverbelle 10 months ago
For Gunther it’s a hobby. For Bets an obsession. Respect that and move on.
D.E.N. 10 months ago
What say they just give this narcissist, her enablers, her fan base and all that goes with it their own strip. Then, those who revel in this kind of crud could continue to wallow, while the rest could catch up with Luann, the family, the cafe, etc., etc. Seems like there’s much more story there than in this silly little attention freak’s antics.
ScottMacAskill 10 months ago
I really hate any storyline with Bets. The writers had a chance to write her out and they didn’t. The strip is called “Luann” and these peripheral characters shouldn’t have their own stories
OneTime59 10 months ago
We might be headed for a happy ending.
astahl2003 10 months ago
If Bets & Gun continue to go to cons & dress up/cosplay, they are going to be recorded. It will just be by others, be it by other participants for there social media or the convention sponsors for publicity purposes. I don’t blame Bets for being depressed over giving up her digital autonomy in a world where social media is deciding presidencies. Gunther is hopelessly naive at best to expect balance out of this.
sueb1863 10 months ago
Go to conventions, just don’t spend the whole time taking videos. You can do it.
bh05150 10 months ago
Is she even a student? I think she’s more of a vagrant than she is a student.
Bernedoodle 10 months ago
So, what will the compromise be?
tremaine53 10 months ago
We’ll have to plot this out on the Happitude Scale that Gunther invented back in high school.
steven r. Premium Member 10 months ago
Oh mush!!!
French Persons Premium Member 10 months ago
Ever heard of “moderation”?
The Pro from Dover 10 months ago
She’s not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do, oh yeah
She’s well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
I need a fix ‘cause I’m going down
Happiness is a warm Gun, yes it is
When I hold you in my arms (ooh, oh, yeah)
And I feel my finger on your trigger (ooh, oh, yeah)
Because I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah)
Because
Happiness is a warm Gun, yes it is
Frank Salem Premium Member 10 months ago
I know how she could make him happy.
Drag0nr1der 10 months ago
Time to move on Gun! Then you’ll find happiness
Ellis97 10 months ago
Can’t you two just enjoy being together in peace?
rodney 10 months ago
Gunther and Dez seem to be wise before their time. They could end up as a power couple, except she’s very free spirited and he’s on the stodgy side.
comic reader 22 10 months ago
Go on Lassie! Get out of here Lassie! I don’t love you Lassie!
Aladar30 Premium Member 10 months ago
I can understand Bets. She severed all connections with the media when a wave of hate was hitting them. She probably never explained anything even to those followers who she knew personally and with whom she had phone and email contact. The risk of bump into them and having to explain what happened would ruin the pleasure of going to a Con. I also think that the wave of hate left a very bad impression on her and she can no longer trust her former followers. But Gunther is right, she can’t stay like this and keep running away. She has to start doing something again and he finally seems to really be able to help her.
Skeptical Meg 10 months ago
If they’re together 20 years from now, she will regret giving up the excitement. He will not regret giving up the comfy routine. Your comfort zone is nice, but it’s not where memories are made. “Youth is wasted on the young” applies. So does “live fast, die young” (James Dean).
MS72 10 months ago
Kiss the girl.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 10 months ago
he’s obviously not happy with the comfy routine.
DM2860 10 months ago
Gunther was happy cosplaying and going to cons. He was not happy with all the being second place to a camera and people who were not even in the room.
A.Ficionada 10 months ago
Ah, dealing with fame
artegal 10 months ago
Rip the band-aid off and break up already.
gigagrouch 10 months ago
nothing wrong with contentment
Will E. Makeit Premium Member 10 months ago
enough already with this teen-age angst crap…think Brad and Toni
carrissima 10 months ago
Okay, Bets in the last panel is just being a pain now. That statement was meaningless. Gunther saying it was him letting you know that he is okay with still doing a lot of what they did before. Bets saying it back is just a circular argument to keep them stuck. She’s doing something very hard and I get that, but staying stuck like this isn’t healthy and it isn’t going to end well. She needs to actually acknowledge the whole situation so she can then process it and find a way forward.
Paul D Premium Member 10 months ago
“Love is that state where another person’s happiness is essential to your own.” (from Stranger in a Strange Land, R.A.Heinlein).
Good luck to these two.
Lescoe Brandon 10 months ago
I still want to know what happened to that poor DeGroot family that was trapped in a snow bound cabin before Christmas. Visions of the Donner party come to mind.
bluephrog 10 months ago
when you cannot be happy, be content/when you cannot be happy, be content/ content is compromise/ a middle ground that is wise/ when you cannot be happy, be content
OutOfHere 10 months ago
If Gunther would start using his right hand (which is under the covers) he might make her a lot happier. (just saying)
eladee AKA Wally 10 months ago
Gunther is willing to compromise. I hope Bets can find middle ground as well.
Philly1115 10 months ago
How about Bets keeps live streaming, but keeps her relationship with Gunther private.
dv1093 10 months ago
You wanna be happy Gunth? Dump her and run.
comic reader 22 10 months ago
Tomorrow Bets will somehow receive all the messages of support from her fans. That will give her the incentive to get back to being her real self.
ajr58(1) 10 months ago
Robert Heinlein’s definition of love: When another person’s happiness is essential to your own.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 10 months ago
Ok…happyish…….
Chaddernaut 10 months ago
Easy to correc, Bets just ease up on the socials, Gunther likes cosplay. Just make it less invasive. Easy. This is like pulling teeth slowly, excruciating painful.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 10 months ago
Happy-for-you is happy.. innit?
luann1212 10 months ago
I like the comment above from Chaddernaut. Basically it’s a couples compromise: both have to find out that region where they can be comfortable with each others lifestyle choices (and they both like aspects of the “comfy” lifestyle and the “social media and cosplay” lifestyle.") while sharing themselves and the whole of the relationship on agreeable terms. Couples do this all the time, often successfully, I might add
bilbrlsn 10 months ago
They are working too hard at this. In 52 years with my loving lass, our relationship has never required this much effort.
Caldonia 10 months ago
Happyish is something depressed people would want, Gunther.
Rhetorical_Question 10 months ago
Somewhat happy?
Joe1962 10 months ago
Gunther you are interpreting what Bets wants and needs and that wrong.
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member 10 months ago
Hey, just cuddle quietly. Enjoy each other’s warmth for awhile. Maybe watch something neither of you have seen before
Troglodyte 10 months ago
This is more sappyish than happyish.
Chris Bucksath Premium Member 10 months ago
They can do both, they just need to get the balance right.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 10 months ago
“There are things which I do which do not make me happy. But if the things which I do make you happy, that will make me happy. That is good enough for me. I do not just say I love you I actually do.”
The Quiet One 10 months ago
Bet’s, you’re over thinking this.
chollacat Premium Member 10 months ago
Just break up already.
egadi'mnotclad 10 months ago
Suffice it to say this arc has reached it’s climax, or soon will. They have it figured out now, so they can just relax and enjoy each other’s company.
htieiri 10 months ago
Does she want to break up with Gun because they’re not in the same place in life?
tutibug5 10 months ago
Will Tiffany enter the room and come up with a solution for their relationship? She did help them one other time.
Ukko wilko 10 months ago
Caring about each other’s happiness is a darned good start.
Sisyphos 10 months ago
I think settling for “happyish” could work for these star-crossed lovers….
morokiane 10 months ago
Such an annoying character.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 10 months ago
What’s the fella’s name on third base?….What’s the fella’s name on second base!—-I AIN’T ASKING YOU WHO’S ON SECOND!….No,Who’s on first?—I don’t know….THIRD BASE!!!