For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 07, 2025

“Still workin’ on yer essay, Mike?”

Oh, Weed. What happened to your sophisticated banter?

So—are they gonna hit on the two young ladies with whom they share a kitchen? And if so, who does the dishes??

and he used comic sans

Listen to your heart, Mike……Weed is trying to lead you in the wrong direction!

And so Mike meets his future wife?

Now this is rich… Rhetta said she wanted to see other people, but not cut Mike out of her life completely. Mikey went off half-cocked and told her to pound sand… And now he’s writing her a letter?? LOL. I hope she calls him out for what he is… A whiny little two-bit piker…

Really? Record over it? I don’t think so. I have some memories of partners from over 50 years ago. The only technology that I have found to erase the memory is dangerously large intakes of alcoholic beverage. Even then, they seem to resurface. Sorry, Weed, you are wrong.

Can anybody explain why in panel 2, Weed’s right hand looks like it is melting like it was made out of candle wax, yet in panel 4, his fingers have shrunk to a stubby half an inch? Is their room so hot you can lose your extremities?

Get over it, Mike. You treated her like crap for years, and she had not only “enough”, but WAY too much. You’re like a torpedoed ship with your stern and screw sticking out of the water, now go down. SHE SANK YOUR BATTLESHIP !!!!

I wonder how John is coping with the breakup?

Mike will chase her until Rhetta catches him.

How to erase a memory? Oh, that’s easy. Just bash yourself with a mallet!

Weed is correct.

Yes, you can, Mike.

Weed is right – don’t prolong the pain, Mike.

Alas you can’t. You can only insert a new blank tape/DVD-R. Try back in about forty years when both your spouses have passed away. The flame may rekindle.

No, you can’t record over it but you can replace that record with another one. Isn’t it about time for him to meet DS? But How the Duck said they will date their roommates first.

Your high school sweetheart leaves you for someone else. Loses her virginity to some jerk. THEN wants to come back to you. Been there.

My honey had hundreds of boyfriends. She forgot them all to be with me. Ah, true love.

Rhetta is but a stepping stone to real love, Mike. Hang in there.

Listen to your stoner roomie. He’s had a moment of clarity. Make use of it.

After the serious girlfriend, a rebound girlfriend hits the spot

Ah yes, love in the age of the cassette tape.

Mem’ries light the corners of my mind

Misty water-colored memories of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then

Or has time re-written every line?

If we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me, would we? Could we?

Mem’ries may be beautiful and yet

What’s too painful to remember

We simply choose to forget

So it’s the laughter we will remember

Whenever we remember the way we were

The way we were

When your heart’s on fire…you must realize…smoke gets in your eyes….

Slap him in the face weed. Wake him up. Rhetta left. Mike needs to move forward so he can meet Deanna. You know? The woman he eventually marries

Surprisingly bright statement there from Weed, that’s exactly correct. If you don’t like what’s being said , change the conversation.

Excellent idea. Move on.

Haha… try a new movie, Mike. It won’t be your last at your age.

Listen to Weed! He’s prescient

Good advice

An excellent analogy……

In the vernacular of that era, you can record over it, but when you do, you will get a lot of wow, hiss and flutter. Keep the original on repeat play.