For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 19, 2015

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    Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Boy, do I know this feeling!

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    alviebird  over 9 years ago

    Ignore yourself and go to sleep.

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    USN1977  over 9 years ago

    The best one for Elly to talk to about this would be God. He is available 24 hours a day and can be contacted from any geographic location. Such service cannot be beat!

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    Egrayjames  over 9 years ago

    Learning from our mistakes…..growing up is not just for kids.

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    poodles27  over 9 years ago

    Elly, There’s where’s you’re stop, get off your Guilt Trip!

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    viknoza.vk  over 9 years ago

    The worst part is that she hurt their feelings. That will not be easy to heal.

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    AliCom  over 9 years ago

    What’s ‘said’ is said and can not be ‘un-said’. Calk it up to ‘you were only sticking up for Connie’ and forget about it. Get on with your life. Look on the bright side. It’ll be a ‘cold day in h_ll’ before John askes you to ‘fill in at the office’ as his assistant.

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    goweeder  over 9 years ago
    goweeder GoComics PRO Member said, less than a minute ago

    @AliCom

    “….Calk it up to ‘you were only sticking up for Connie’ and forget about it."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

    I believe you meant ’Chalk it up..”

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    Can't Sleep  over 9 years ago

    Yeah yeah.if you say so.(You bought the whole farm there, didn’t you?)-———-Even if you don’t share someone’s religious beliefs, you should respect them.After all, it’s what you’d want from them, right?

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    Chris Kenworthy  over 9 years ago

    Reminds me of the Nancy White song, “Free Floating Anxiety.” (Like Lynn, Nancy’s Canadian!) Tried to find a youtube link but it doesn’t seem to be there.

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    Can't Sleep  over 9 years ago

    Gosh, I didn’t know Elly was Irish.It sounds like she’s entered the land of Irish Guilt, where you question every mistake you’ve ever made, and fill in the slack time by questioning the things that weren’t mistakes.-Hmm? Why yes, I am Irish. How’d you know?

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    JanLC  over 9 years ago

    Lynn’s Notes:

    The frustrating thing about being a writer (which I am to a small degree) is that my imagination works over time. If I need to talk to someone about an important matter or if I’ve done something for which I should apologize, I have the conversation a hundred times — in my head. I make my own arguments, answer my own questions and before the conversation ever takes place, I have worked it to death — ad nauseam. Most often, I beat myself up over trivial stuff that is easily resolved. I imagine every possible scenario. When the confrontation does take place, I have blown the situation so far out of proportion that the person I am talking to has no idea what I’m so worried about! Oh well, there’s nothing like being prepared for the worst!

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    elvin272727  over 9 years ago

    Could be AD/HD, it works like that.

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    slsharris  over 9 years ago

    Because Ted’s a royal jerk and you just couldn’t pretend he wasn’t any longer?

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    tuslog64  over 9 years ago

    Social rule #1:Engage brainbefore operating mouth!

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    Mary McNeil Premium Member over 9 years ago

    But at least you spoke the truth !

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    westny77  over 9 years ago

    You can always apologize to them. Tell them you don’t know what came over you.

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    pouncingtiger  over 9 years ago

    No one is there to comfort Elly. Wait, John turnover and cuddle.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I think her reaction to the wedding was perfectly natural…Ted was not kind to her good friend Connie, she has no reason to mince her words about it. If Irene is caught in the middle, it would be hard to believe she didn’t know it. Women agonize too much about these things…if the shoe was on the other foot and it was Ted who said something insensitive to her or John, he would have forgotten it long before now and he sure wouldn’t be losing any sleep over it.

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    LuvThemPluggers  over 9 years ago

    It’s now called “having no filter” meaning the person blurts things out without processing through the brain first. Runs in my family and yes, we do have Irish and Scottish genes.

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