Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 04, 2011

damn it Trudeau just marry them already

Nice pre-emptive strike, Alex.

Show Blondie your teeth and nails.

Drew left out “self” when she described Alex as “centered”.

…his trouble was he was open and honest about her looks…just threw it out there in the open and said what everyone already knew and was thinking.used to be a complimenting someone was good form,now,in this crazy world where where being P.C. isn’t very P.C. stating the obvious is like opening pandora’s box…wait..that sounds dirty somehow…

You know, Gweedo, it is possible to fall in love in someone with a disability without it being a trendy fashion statement. Are you really that shallow, or are you saying that Alex is? (There’s no evidence for the latter — she seems to be immune to fashion, actually.)

Why are there so many sexually oriented and perverted minds who read this strip???

hard for Alex to believe that Leo loves her. she assumes that Drew can have any man she wants. forgets in her fearfulness that Drew honors their union & would not dream of intruding.beauty is a handicap as other women become hostile in anticipation of losing what they “have”. Of course, you can’t lose what you don’t have. big difference between love & possession. ain’t?

I think Alex reads too much of the “Luann” comic strip, and is paranoid that there’s a Tiffany lurking underneath every major babe. Drew is really the polar opposite of Tiffany.

You make good points babka, but many men who ‘love’ their wife/girlfriend can still be swayed by looks. Women who don’t know this are setting themselves up for a bad discovery later. Note~ I’m not saying that some women aren’t the same way!

I don’t see it as Alex not hearing what Drew said. Rather, I see her as hearing every word, but assuming Drew is plotting against her to take Leo away, trying to catch her off guard. It’s too bad when you’re so insecure that even when you hear positive things, you have to quickly reinterpret them as bad…