Althouse: Signs of affection.

October 21, 2021

Signs of affection.

And here's the link to the original comic.

14 comments:

Sterling said...: I liked the comic but the expression in the last panel is not what I would have gone with. A sly smile would have been better. Or, God forbid, a sincere smile.; 10/21/21, 6:07 AM
rhhardin said...: She no longer finds interesting what interests him and lets him know. It's to be replaced by her concerns.; 10/21/21, 6:24 AM
farmgirl said...: I love it- it’s good: very good :0); 10/21/21, 7:44 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I replaced the Reddit embed with the YouTube version, so you'll see how to get the sound.; 10/21/21, 8:01 AM
rehajm said...: I have one of those at home, too but the bad jokes are just fun for me. The inertia to initiate a second relationship is likely too great, so I have that going for me instead...; 10/21/21, 8:11 AM
DanTheMan said...: I showed this to Mrs. DtM. She didn't think it was funny. I better start looking for a lawyer....; 10/21/21, 8:18 AM
gilbar said...: that's All true; And All sweet.... They've turned it into something manipulative

Women laugh at men's jokes, for the exact same reason men like going to the farmer's market
To continue the human race
Enjoy one another's company... The Existence of the Entire Human Race Depends On IT!!; 10/21/21, 8:21 AM
0_0 said...: I did not expect you to be a reader of SMBC.; 10/21/21, 8:32 AM
Howard said...: Ten years ago on our 30th anniversary, my wife said I needed to develop new material. It was a challenge and she wasn't always thrilled with the new stuff being influenced by Curb your enthusiasm, Bill Burr and Louis CK (may Allah have mercy on his soul).; 10/21/21, 8:53 AM
Big Mike said...: The wife has to laugh at your bad jokes???

I’m DOOMED!!!; 10/21/21, 9:29 AM
mikee said...: They start by laughing at the jokes, and eventually the jokes become unnecessary, and there remains just the laughter. That can be great, or not so great.

My wife has experienced (put up with) my corny jokes for so long that every once in a while she will fling one back at me, almost unconsciously. It is disturbing to say the least.; 10/21/21, 11:19 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "I did not expect you to be a reader of SMBC."

It came up on Reddit.; 10/21/21, 11:49 AM
Narr said...: My wife is hard of hearing in one ear and can't hear out of the other.

My best lines and puns are launched into the ether and I end doing most of the laughing.

But I'm also great at physical comedy, so the magic remains.; 10/21/21, 11:55 AM
Duke Dan said...: SMBC is just enough off beat funny for me. One of my favorites is Batman realizing he is getting old and needs a successor. So he goes out and murders a small child’s parents while he is watching.; 10/21/21, 3:58 PM