For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 17, 2009

There does seem to be a touch of the guilt-trip coming from Anne here…..

Maybe it’s just because there’s nothing Anne would like better than to be able to “get away” for a week like Elly.

No she doesnt, she is just helping. On another note, I’ve heard the Buffalo Bills (NFL) want to move to Toronto, anyone have an opinion on this?

Elly’s guilt and insecurity is getting more and more irritating. Did we actually enjoy this stuff the first time around?

Oh, it’s only for a week. Anne is just trying to reassure Elly and encourage her that everything will be fine.

first time around we were living it along with her. It is only as we have matured past it that we realize how silly our fears were back then. Probably there are many of us “boomers” who don’t enjoy remembering the less comforting aspects of those times.

Well said Avolunteer.

I wouldn’t worry that she thinks I’m irresponsible, but I’d wonder when she would want me to return the favour and babysit her kid.

The Bill’s seem to have let down their loyal fans for years and years. Time for those fans to let them go.

I read today’s strip as Elly full of guilt, and Annie full of wanting to help and just being a good friend and neighbor. May we all be so lucky. And Annie is getting paid. She mentioned that fact a while back.

some times you need to get away from the kids fora little while, it helps one to realize just how much they mean to you

I see a lot of myself in this - even if friends or family are verbalizing support for me taking care of myself so I can be a better mom, I still project my own insecurities behind their words.

So many moms feel this even today - I cannot IMAGINE how it must have felt when this strip first ran, when the June Cleaver ideal stay-home mom was still very much the norm! ::shudders::

Elly is just feeling what all mothers feel at one time or another, my grandmother felt it, my mom felt it and so on.

Toronto; don’t take the Bills! I used to date a girl from Buffalo and her family were all loyal Bills fans, but they were also very critical of members of the team. I can just see any Toronto Bills fans, “ho hum … lost another superbowl, lost another game. Why did we get this team?” Get a real NFL team Toronto! OR better yet, centrally locate a new NFL franchise between Toronto, Hamilton and London, say in Kitchener-Waterloo. You would get the most fan base attendance ever.

June Cleaver? Wasn’t she an axe murderer? ;-)

Macush, you have a good point, when is she going to ask for a return on the favor?

I’m surprised. No one wants the Bills. Man, I’m glad no ones talking about the Cowboys like that.

Coffee-Turtle: Only in the summertime.

I think Detroit should take the Bills. Toronto can have the lions! They are the biggest joke in sports!

Avolunteer & Autumnglory: Well-analyzed.

Um, guys, I’m not one of those who shriek “You’re required to talk about the strip and only the strip!” whenever the conversation meanders off somewhere; but honestly, wouldn’t sports chat fit better on Tank or Cleats? There’s a difference between a natural progression of topic and a topic hijack.

Johnny, what about the Raiders. You cant tell me they arent a joke.

I agree with 4deerinmyyard’s comments.

Sorry to digress from the strip, but I often have four deer in my yard eating my pears.

Talk all the off topic you want. I like it. I learn stuff.

Thanks summer. 4deer, I asked that question, because I know there are Canadians on this strip, and I wanted their opinion.

rrichter, what many people are forgetting is that the Bills made it to the Super Bowl, 4 straight times. The only way they could be a disgrace is the fact that they havent made it to the playoffs since at least 2002. The Bills are no disgrace, they just need a QB, and a coach.

Ah, well, didn’t mean to be persnickety. :-)

rrichter, 6(currently 5), MLB,CFL, NHL,MLS, NBA, and possibly NFL. That would, with the inclusion of the NFL, be more leagues than most cities. I dont think Toronto could handle that many leagues. shudders So many teams….even without the Bills. 4deer, dont worry about it. My fault, like yesterday, I expected at most 4 responses, and thats stretching it.