It’s not a matter about Nancy being a parent. Easy for anyone living with someone every day for a long time to build a deep-seated impression & not notice changes. Luann’s the little girl whose aunt is surprised to find out she’s now a young woman attending college.
‘I feel awful about not visiting you here at Sleepy Creek. I don’t come here cause Phil’s th guy who complimented me when I ws working the bar at th Fuse an I dont want Frank to get suspicious..’
LuAnn keeps dancing around her true calling. She’s good with people, especially children and the elderly. She has a lot to give. If only she would open her eyes to see that she has a clear career path.
Nancy seems to discover only now that her daughter is a great girl, who respects people and knows how to win them over with her education and sympathy. It’s beautiful to see her so moved and happy, a mother proud of her daughter. It would be nice to see her always like this.
Mom said it’s better if they behave in public than misbehaving it like at home. she also jokes and asks them if they’re talking about the same kid as well… sigh. :j
Tomorrow is Wednesday, which means plot misdirection day, so “Phil” is a possibility, but I highly doubt it. Anybody here heard of Pavlov’s experiments in animal conditioning? It’s the parent of behaviorism/conditioning. Anyway, yes Luann is all those things. When she is on her own she will show it. She and Brad are the only two-parent, stable, consistently loving thus most believable in Luannverse.
Yeah, Luann does have her good points. It’d sure be nice if we got to see those sides of her on Sundays, instead of her always being the subject of a “teens suck, am I right?” punchline.
Luann is never thoughtful, generous or polite toward Nancy. In fact, she is outright disrespectful most of the time. She expects her mother to do her laundry, she gives her mother left-handed gifts and is never depicted helping out around the house. If I were Nancy, I would be sad to learn that this ignorant little free-loading bimbo is nicer to other people than she is to me.
spoiler: Luanne will never get a real job or romance and will change her parents diapers and drive them to doctor appointments for 30 years, then when they die her life will be bereft of meaning because everyone else moved on while she stayed stuck. It’ll be the funniest, and maybe the first ever funny punchline in the history of the strip.
I don’t have kids of my own, but I know how it is — you hope, you believe, but hearing it from a stranger is the confirmation you’ve been longing for, eh?
lvlax 2 months ago
So Nancy doesn’t have a high opinion of Luann?? That’s kind of sad.
I guess Phil went down the “rabbithole” and won’t be brought up again?
J. Scarbrough 2 months ago
That’s so very sad! :D
Yuban333 2 months ago
Phil probably had to work, or already had other plans. Luann could’ve made that comment as an off-handed joke, not being serious.
beb01 2 months ago
Who is this paragon of a child that Mrs. Horner is describing? It doesn’t sound like our Luann.
Pointspread 2 months ago
Puddles is thinking yeah, whatever, just keep petting.
Tenax 2 months ago
Some of Mrs. Horner’s backstory – July 16-25, 2001.
RSH 2 months ago
And what was Nancy thinking? that Luann was some no good thoughtless crook?
Miles VanDelay 2 months ago
Mrs. Horner is kind and polite. Nancy is like every parent; she hopes her daughter turned out alright.
snsurone76 2 months ago
Is it possible that Luann could get a paying job at the nursing home? And bring Puddles as a “therapy” pet??
wallylm 2 months ago
It’s not a matter about Nancy being a parent. Easy for anyone living with someone every day for a long time to build a deep-seated impression & not notice changes. Luann’s the little girl whose aunt is surprised to find out she’s now a young woman attending college.
myfb1955 2 months ago
It’s time for Ann Eifel to blow some life into this dull story again.
9thCapricorn 2 months ago
Nancy is worried about Luann. She’s relieved she has good character but likely to continue to worry about other things.
194919671982 2 months ago
“I’m so relieved!. Maybe she will finally hook up with some guy and get the heck out of the house.”
Mordock999 Premium Member 2 months ago
Contrary to popular biased opinion, I actually agree with everything Mrs Horner said about today’s ‘Luann.’
Lu is all that and much more.
But the “Old Jr. High Luann” certainly wasn’t. ;-)
jaydogg187 2 months ago
That might just be the morphine kicking in.
Humanist 2 months ago
I think her grandmother is widow, right?
montymiff 2 months ago
So THERE, Luann haters. BAM! (And you wanted her to be slutty ’n all.)
nightflight 2 months ago
Chalk up one for Luann: a looney tunes with a heart.
red_tape 2 months ago
So I just read Mrs. Horner’s backstory. She has never been married. She is called “Mrs.” …. why?
French Persons' Treasury of Self-Applauding Batty Premium Member 2 months ago
Wait, who are we talking about again?
Wilkins068 2 months ago
‘I feel awful about not visiting you here at Sleepy Creek. I don’t come here cause Phil’s th guy who complimented me when I ws working the bar at th Fuse an I dont want Frank to get suspicious..’
The Joke Explainer Premium Member 2 months ago
It’s sad that she doesn’t realize this about Luann. Maybe she should read this strip more often.
Bernedoodle 2 months ago
I wonder what the other characters are doing for Thanksgiving?
Ellis97 2 months ago
Guess those aren’t words that Nancy would use to describe Luann.
baskate_2000 2 months ago
Nice interlude, Gregg!
MLBachorik 2 months ago
LuAnn keeps dancing around her true calling. She’s good with people, especially children and the elderly. She has a lot to give. If only she would open her eyes to see that she has a clear career path.
kjnrun 2 months ago
Relax, Ivlax, many adults have been stunned by the review of their kids from other people.
ctolson 2 months ago
Behavior at home is often totally different than in public.
A.Ficionada 2 months ago
Puddles is getting cuddles : )
Aladar30 Premium Member 2 months ago
Nancy seems to discover only now that her daughter is a great girl, who respects people and knows how to win them over with her education and sympathy. It’s beautiful to see her so moved and happy, a mother proud of her daughter. It would be nice to see her always like this.
kaycstamper 2 months ago
Luann is a fine girl, she’s nice, responsible, caring.
Chris 2 months ago
Mom said it’s better if they behave in public than misbehaving it like at home. she also jokes and asks them if they’re talking about the same kid as well… sigh. :j
Joe1962 2 months ago
Luann his all about herself
MuddyUSA Premium Member 2 months ago
And there you have it…….
tremaine53 2 months ago
“Look, I don’t want to accuse you of lying, Mrs. Horner, but… I know my daughter!”
luann1212 2 months ago
Tomorrow is Wednesday, which means plot misdirection day, so “Phil” is a possibility, but I highly doubt it. Anybody here heard of Pavlov’s experiments in animal conditioning? It’s the parent of behaviorism/conditioning. Anyway, yes Luann is all those things. When she is on her own she will show it. She and Brad are the only two-parent, stable, consistently loving thus most believable in Luannverse.
BJShipley1 2 months ago
Yeah, Luann does have her good points. It’d sure be nice if we got to see those sides of her on Sundays, instead of her always being the subject of a “teens suck, am I right?” punchline.
comic reader 22 2 months ago
Luann is never thoughtful, generous or polite toward Nancy. In fact, she is outright disrespectful most of the time. She expects her mother to do her laundry, she gives her mother left-handed gifts and is never depicted helping out around the house. If I were Nancy, I would be sad to learn that this ignorant little free-loading bimbo is nicer to other people than she is to me.
KEA 2 months ago
I don’t think any parent know what their kids are like away from home. (good or bad)
tdc1969a 2 months ago
If anything, it means Nancy and Frank must have done something right in raising Luann.
Ontman 2 months ago
Now if Luann would visit her own strip more often it would be great.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 2 months ago
Forget Phil,he just got run over by an oil truck
Otis Rufus Driftwood 2 months ago
When you realize you are a good mother after all
candor1230 2 months ago
“House Devil, Street Angel” that’s the way I raised mine.
Squoop 2 months ago
Luann, her family and Mrs. Horner are the only sane people in this strip.
eladee AKA Wally 2 months ago
Ease up on Nancy people. All parents feel this way. It’s more about validation for their jobs of raising them than it is about their children.
Northstar Pendragon 2 months ago
Luann might grow up and be less of a wimp if she had some good role models to emulate. But Ellen and Portia just moved to England.
sperry532 2 months ago
Completely off-topic… Dang, this site is soooo laggy. Do they not notice?
The Quiet One 2 months ago
I don’t know why you would be flabbergasted, you should be able to see those qualities in your own daughter.
a swino 2 months ago
spoiler: Luanne will never get a real job or romance and will change her parents diapers and drive them to doctor appointments for 30 years, then when they die her life will be bereft of meaning because everyone else moved on while she stayed stuck. It’ll be the funniest, and maybe the first ever funny punchline in the history of the strip.
mindjob 2 months ago
“I’m a success!”
57-Don 2 months ago
Looks like Pud is thankful for a lap
NiteKat 2 months ago
If you really want to know what Nancy thinks of Luann, read the strip on 11-27-2021. That says it all.
oakie9531 2 months ago
aw
stillfickled Premium Member 2 months ago
so
DaBump Premium Member 2 months ago
I don’t have kids of my own, but I know how it is — you hope, you believe, but hearing it from a stranger is the confirmation you’ve been longing for, eh?
lnrokr55 2 months ago
Parents, always clueless! ;-)
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 2 months ago
I remember that feeling! “My daughter?” “Really?”
eced52 2 months ago
Is that the look a deer gets when caught in the headlights?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 2 months ago
Sometimes we forget how well we’ve done, how successful we are.
I’m here for contrast.
Rhetorical_Question 2 months ago
What would shock Nancy DeGroot if Luann clean up her room?
Rhetorical_Question 2 months ago
Luann needs to clean her room to truly shocked Nancy?
eddi-TBH 2 months ago
Someone else giving your kid a four star rating is a real morale booster.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 2 months ago
Ladies. PLEASE stop asking Santa for the perfect man for Christmas.
He tried to kidnap three times just yesterday and it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet.
(just a joke I watched today. I personally feel perfectly safe.)
bjordy 2 months ago
Every parent’s desire