Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 29, 2014
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Transcript:
Joanie: Baby, I don't know where to begin. How can I ever make up for what I've done? Joan: By telling me why, mom. Joanie: I don't know why, babe. I guess after ten years of being a wife and mother I still didn't know who I was. And I wasn't getting any help from your father. So one day I walked out the kitchen door and flagged down two passing college boys on a motorcycle. Joan: A motorcycle? Wow! What kind? Joanie: I dunno, honey. It was big. I was in a hurry. Joan: I'll bet it was a BMW! College men always ride BMWs!
Vanpelt, yeah, it is kind of selfish… it’s called the ‘survival instinct’. Sometimes you’ve just got to do whatever’s necessary for your own survival as an individual rather than accept the annihilation of ego needed to continue in a destructive relationship. It’s akin to gnawing off the limb caught in a trap.