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Gene: Everything is all right, Mom! Really!
Gene: I just need time to, you know, think!
Gene: Isn't thinking good?
Arlo: I guess we thought you'd already thunk!
Hopefully, itās just something like school, or farming, or maybe more kids, that he needs to think about.Heās had a crush on Mary Lou since they were kids, in spite of his brief time with Ruth. I doubt heās changed his mind.
From yesterdayā¦. yes, DoublePaw, figuring out what your name probably meant was why I asked in the first place.I dunno, I just thought you and Varnes would both be a little more interested in the fact that you apparently live in the same little town!I guess āgirlsā are different. Sighā¦.
sometimes you get caught up in a relationship and everything is reactive rather than proactive. Gene may have had a reminder from guys his age who are livinā the" swinging single" life while he is facing the responsibilities of a wife and kid. Mary Lou just got caught up in things but Gene is going in as a volunteer and now he is appreciating the demands being a family guy is going to make on him. nothing wrong with taking a moment before taking a leap and going all in. if Mary Lou and Janis canāt see how the responsibility is giving Gene some pause then they are unreasonable, heās been good to her and her child. funny about Janis cause she was not a fan of Mary Lou for a long time.
I suspect that the āthinkingā is unlikely to be about the impending marriage to Mary Lou. My top contenders about what he is contemplating are a) whether he and Mary Lou want to REALLY live on the decript, run-down farmstead that is far away or perhaps move back closer to where Arlo and Janis are (better story opportunities for JJ perhaps as well), or b) some sort of issue pertaining to his college education (perhaps finishing, perhaps considering graduate school, whatever). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++So, I think the wedding/marriage plans with Mary Lou are safeā¦ it is just they route to move towards after the marriage that I think he is contemplating. Probably he and Mary Lou have discussed it at great length, and have boiled it down to a couple options that neither of them feels particular definitive about at the moment, and so she sends Gene back for a few days to Arlo and Janisā to see if a different environment might give him more insight into which direction they may wish to take.
Susan, if we were to brag too much about this pretty pretty little little place place, everybody would want to live here here. BTW, it used to be called Paw Paw Paw, but with budget cutbacks and everything, they decided to drop oneā¦ā¦somebody picked it up on E-bayā¦.as Captain Kangaroo would sing, Pickinā up Paw Paws, put āem in your pocket!
Calm down people. Pipe Tobacco is right. This is just a red herring. JJ canāt break off the marriage because it would mean that a whole story arc would go away and then heād have to go back to cat cartoonsā¦ Ooo, hereās Ludwig sleeping on the couch. Hereās Ludwig sleeping on the bed. Hereās Ludwig awake while Arlo and Janis are sleeping! Oh the irony!!! Ha HA HA ha hmmm.
Geez, a lot of you know more about the history of the strip than I do, but I have a vague memory trace of Mary Louās being adamant about living on the farm, raising organic produce and so forth, and Geneās not being wholly on board with this. It was as though he was being railroaded into that life. Now, comes the dawn, and his uncertainty has moved him to rethink the whole deal.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 13 years ago
See, I told you everything was fineā¦whatās wrong with a little thunk?
Catfeet Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Whoāda thunk Gene would need to think?
Orion-13 almost 13 years ago
Iām guessing that thinking things through this late in the game might not be the best thing ā but thatās just a theory.
Orion
pnorman1 almost 13 years ago
Gene, if you call it off now youāll braek your Mommaās heart.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Hopefully, itās just something like school, or farming, or maybe more kids, that he needs to think about.Heās had a crush on Mary Lou since they were kids, in spite of his brief time with Ruth. I doubt heās changed his mind.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
From yesterdayā¦. yes, DoublePaw, figuring out what your name probably meant was why I asked in the first place.I dunno, I just thought you and Varnes would both be a little more interested in the fact that you apparently live in the same little town!I guess āgirlsā are different. Sighā¦.
AdrienneMalone almost 13 years ago
I just wonder if Gene was stupid enough to tell Mary Lou that he āneeded time to thinkā. If he did, then itās all over.
Arianne almost 13 years ago
Janis looks ready to give him a good thunking. Geneā¦ pick up the phoneā¦ ā« āHello, Mary Louā¦ā
paultunes almost 13 years ago
sometimes you get caught up in a relationship and everything is reactive rather than proactive. Gene may have had a reminder from guys his age who are livinā the" swinging single" life while he is facing the responsibilities of a wife and kid. Mary Lou just got caught up in things but Gene is going in as a volunteer and now he is appreciating the demands being a family guy is going to make on him. nothing wrong with taking a moment before taking a leap and going all in. if Mary Lou and Janis canāt see how the responsibility is giving Gene some pause then they are unreasonable, heās been good to her and her child. funny about Janis cause she was not a fan of Mary Lou for a long time.
JB10000Lakes almost 13 years ago
āI was thinking that maybe I should finish up that last semester of school and get my degreeā¦ā¦..ā
smalltownbrown almost 13 years ago
John- your comment reminded me of āMaggie Mae.ā Not to imply anything, just the song.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I suspect that the āthinkingā is unlikely to be about the impending marriage to Mary Lou. My top contenders about what he is contemplating are a) whether he and Mary Lou want to REALLY live on the decript, run-down farmstead that is far away or perhaps move back closer to where Arlo and Janis are (better story opportunities for JJ perhaps as well), or b) some sort of issue pertaining to his college education (perhaps finishing, perhaps considering graduate school, whatever). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++So, I think the wedding/marriage plans with Mary Lou are safeā¦ it is just they route to move towards after the marriage that I think he is contemplating. Probably he and Mary Lou have discussed it at great length, and have boiled it down to a couple options that neither of them feels particular definitive about at the moment, and so she sends Gene back for a few days to Arlo and Janisā to see if a different environment might give him more insight into which direction they may wish to take.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Susan, if we were to brag too much about this pretty pretty little little place place, everybody would want to live here here. BTW, it used to be called Paw Paw Paw, but with budget cutbacks and everything, they decided to drop oneā¦ā¦somebody picked it up on E-bayā¦.as Captain Kangaroo would sing, Pickinā up Paw Paws, put āem in your pocket!
The Life I Draw Upon almost 13 years ago
Sometimes the ābig thinkā comes before the ābig question.ā I donāt know all the history (and no spoilers)
KBM123 almost 13 years ago
Calm down people. Pipe Tobacco is right. This is just a red herring. JJ canāt break off the marriage because it would mean that a whole story arc would go away and then heād have to go back to cat cartoonsā¦ Ooo, hereās Ludwig sleeping on the couch. Hereās Ludwig sleeping on the bed. Hereās Ludwig awake while Arlo and Janis are sleeping! Oh the irony!!! Ha HA HA ha hmmm.
Philamon Madison almost 13 years ago
Havenāt we had enough of divorce? How about ātil death do us partā.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Think or thwim I thayā¦.
Gokie5 almost 13 years ago
Geez, a lot of you know more about the history of the strip than I do, but I have a vague memory trace of Mary Louās being adamant about living on the farm, raising organic produce and so forth, and Geneās not being wholly on board with this. It was as though he was being railroaded into that life. Now, comes the dawn, and his uncertainty has moved him to rethink the whole deal.
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I think all of this thoughtful thunking is hurting my brainā¦