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by David M Willis on February 1, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - To Remind You of My Love
└ Tags: becky, leslie

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 1, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    BEST NON-BINARY ANSWER

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      February 1, 2020 at 1:36 am | #

      MSPA Reader: “What are you? Some kind of centrist?!”

      • Jon Rich
        Jon Rich
        February 1, 2020 at 7:46 am | #

        MSPA?

        • C.
          C.
          February 1, 2020 at 8:57 am | #

          MS Paint Adventures.

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 1, 2020 at 10:42 am | #

            A classic.

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      February 1, 2020 at 1:53 am | #

      Non-binary answers are the best answers.

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 1, 2020 at 10:58 am | #

        Maybe.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    And Leslie earns another 50 mom points.

  3. Lily
    Lily
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Awwwww ♥️

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 1, 2020 at 2:04 am | #

      Agreed.

  4. Nono
    Nono
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Man, remember the Proud Family? That sure was a cartoon I watched.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      February 1, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

      I loved the Proud Family.

  5. Madock345
    Madock345
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Hahaha that fucking hurt way more than I thought it would hahaha

  6. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Leslie is such a good Becky-Mom.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 1, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

      Beckie is such a good Leslie-Daughter !

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      February 1, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      Indeed she is.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      February 1, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

      Its a shame that more Beckys aren’t lucky enough to find a mom like Leslie.

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      February 1, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

      Absolutely.

  7. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    YESSSS A HUG

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      February 1, 2020 at 6:54 am | #

      Called it!

  8. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    February 1, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    mah hart

    mah sole

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      February 1, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      you’ll be mah friend should ah grow old

  9. Nep
    Nep
    February 1, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    This is good.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    February 1, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    This is such a nice answer from Leslie and it makes me glad that Becky came back to have this talk with her. It was overdue and something they both needed. Now we just have two questions, where do we go from here? And where the hell is Mike?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 1, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      who is Mike ?

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        February 1, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

        He is an asshole we occasionally care about.

      • Cyntalan
        Cyntalan
        February 1, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

        When is Mike?

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          February 1, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

          Never and always.

          • Justin P Yates
            Justin P Yates
            February 1, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

            Why is Mike?

            • Terry
              Terry
              February 1, 2020 at 1:11 am | #

              To be the asshole you do not want. But the asshole you need right now.

              • a/snow/mous/e
                a/snow/mous/e
                February 1, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

                How is Mike?

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  February 1, 2020 at 2:08 am | #

                  Nature abhores a lack of Mikeness.

              • Schpoonman
                Schpoonman
                February 1, 2020 at 2:06 am | #

                The asshole he thinks you need, and the last few days in-comic have been greatly cathartic to me in proving how often he is wrong.

        • Sambo
          Sambo
          February 1, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

          I’ll do you one better: why is Mike?

          • TheHorseCouncil
            TheHorseCouncil
            February 1, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

            This thread reads a bit like ‘forky asks a question’.

        • drs
          drs
          February 1, 2020 at 2:26 am | #

          The Once and Future Mike.

    • Oruncrest
      Oruncrest
      February 1, 2020 at 9:41 pm | #

      Fucking Blaine’s Mom. :thumbup:

      He’ll come back when he’s out of nickels. 😉

  11. ian livs
    ian livs
    February 1, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Gosh, I adore this exchange

  12. JordanTG
    JordanTG
    February 1, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    This is a MUCH more positive resolution than I’d feared, and I’m much happier for it

  13. Annika
    Annika
    February 1, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    This is so healthy and wholesome! It makes me happy. Clearly that means that something terrible is about to happen.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 1, 2020 at 12:54 am | #

      nooooo

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      February 1, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

      Willis still hasn’t revealed what happened to Mike yet.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 1, 2020 at 8:31 am | #

        *Descending whistle* *Splat*

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 1, 2020 at 8:43 am | #

        Actually, let’s let Mike himself answer this one.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        February 1, 2020 at 10:41 pm | #

        pretty sure he’s a missionary in Bulmeria by now.

  14. TheLurkerAbove
    TheLurkerAbove
    February 1, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    Coming from an Asian culture, where family expectations can be so much higher, what Leslie said hits home really hard.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 1, 2020 at 12:26 pm | #

      sympathy via light physical contact

  15. Suet
    Suet
    February 1, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    Trust me, alt, I wanted it also, then we can just kill anything positive softly, but I guess it is all for more to not hold back

  16. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 1, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

    FINALLY, HUG!!!

    “My support of you isn’t conditional” might be the third best thing anyone ever said to Becky in this comic. Leslie is momming just right.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 1, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

      Only third best thing?

      Well, yeah!
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/pit/

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        February 1, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

        Yeah.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/deserves/

        • miri
          miri
          February 1, 2020 at 7:12 am | #

          <3

          I'm glad Becky has some good people (and one awesome Dino-girl) in her corner. For all she projects confidence, she really does need them (and not just because of Toedad).

        • Jon Rich
          Jon Rich
          February 1, 2020 at 7:49 am | #

          Jesus, the feels on those two….especially the last one. Oof.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            February 1, 2020 at 5:01 pm | #

            I know.

            I even knew what comics Bagge was linking, and yet, when I clicked on them, those strips were hitting me in feels I didn’t even know I had.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      February 1, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

      It’s so lovely and, like the other two comments, something only Leslie as the speaker could say and give the same impact.

      I’m so proud of them.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        February 1, 2020 at 3:45 am | #

        Yes. Very much.

        No one except Joyce – Becky’s only rock in a world turned on her – could have assured her that yes, Joyce was exactly the rock Becky counted on her to be when she fled to her.

        No one except Hank* – who knew Bonnie and who has gone out of his way to be an adult Becky can trust – could have assured her that what Becky has become is something her mother would be proud of.
        *) Well, any adult in church COULD have done it, but only Hank DID.

        and no one except Leslie – the one adult who sees through all her bullshit, knows firsthand what she is going through and who has offered to help her – can tell her the one thing a homeless lgbt youngster very, very much needs to hear – that the support she gives isn’t conditional.

        No wonder it turned to hugging.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 1, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

      ah, yes, I knew there was a conversation about conditional support somwhere. Becky has learnt it doesn’t pay to trust adults.

      …except perhaps this one.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/wakeywakey/

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 1, 2020 at 3:41 am | #

      I also think it’s worth linking back to the danged extent of Becky’s allowed aspirations. I kinda think Leslie touched a nerve here about the price of parental pride for some parents.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/aspirations/

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        February 1, 2020 at 5:03 pm | #

        Oh, absolutely. There was a reason why the last thing Becky said to Toedad before walking out of that hospital room was ‘I’m gonna be a fuckin’ scientist.’ In a strip titled ‘Unlimited’ solely to bring home the Defying Gravity point.

  17. Rotunda
    Rotunda
    February 1, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

    We’ve met toxic parental pride before in Dumbing of Age: after Amber stabbed Ryan, she imagined Blaine being proud of her.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      February 1, 2020 at 1:35 am | #

      And also good parental pride, when Hank saw Joyce defying him and Carol for what Joyce believes is right and using a good Christian argument about accepting others. There’s pride in your family showing they can be smarter and kinder than you.

      • miri
        miri
        February 1, 2020 at 7:27 am | #

        I’m proud of my children but also think it’s an honour and privilege to watch their personalities and imaginations develop and unfold and see who they become. (Obviously with guidance but this is most frequently “don’t hit/torment your sister”, “remember gentle hands – be gentle”, “what do we say when we’re asking for something?/I think you’ve missed a word there”… The 5 year old is a complete sweetheart 95% of the time, and the 2 year old – when she’s well-rested and not having a tantrum or drawing on the walls – genuinely wants to be helpful and is a darling.

        Who they will love, what will drive them as adults, what they will do with their lives? I’m a cheerleader in all that jazz. So long as they’re kind and strive to be the best version of themselves that they can be, I will have done my job and set them on the right path.

        • Clif
          Clif
          February 1, 2020 at 10:50 am | #

          You monster! Don’t you know that a parents primary job is to totally ruin their child’s life forever in the most humiliating way possible? Ask any teenager.

          • miri
            miri
            February 2, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

            It’s cool, recent pics I have taken for future reference include “toddler in ice cream coma” and “5 year old being ridiculous an trying to drink her milk by licking it like a cat”… Which OK is something I did as a teen on a few occasions to prove a point *but there is no photographic evidence* so she doesn’t need to know that 😂

    • Jon Rich
      Jon Rich
      February 1, 2020 at 7:53 am | #

      Blaine being proud of his daughter for defeating an attempted rapist and would-be murderer is the least-toxic thing he’d have ever done. Granted, it would have been for the wrong reasons, but still.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        February 1, 2020 at 3:37 pm | #

        Attempted? Ryan Gashface apparnetly raped other women, but they were too scared to testify against him.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 1, 2020 at 8:41 pm | #

          I don’t know about too scared. Likely in a similar, but worse, position as Joyce. Didn’t know who he was, were drugged and not entirely clear how it had happened. Without an ID and corroboration from others, no real case.

          Several did apparently come forward after the attack.

  18. Ohmsford
    Ohmsford
    February 1, 2020 at 1:18 am | #

    Speaking of wounded and not yet healed…

  19. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 1, 2020 at 1:27 am | #

    I love this answer, too. I love it a lot.

  20. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    February 1, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

    I would have said “I am proud”, but this acceptable. This is a comic by Willis, and simple answers aren’t enough for these already DUMB teens and adults. I am the kind of person that would be proud if a loved one defeated me in honorable combat.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      February 1, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

      With that said, let’s remember the ending of Captain Marvel. You don’t have to prove anything to a jerk.

      • ktbear
        ktbear
        February 1, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

        Oh cool, I got the reference. Katie; 1 References; a gazillion.

  21. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    February 1, 2020 at 2:06 am | #

    All this talk of wounding… *stares in Mike Warner*

  22. jmsr7
    jmsr7
    February 1, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

    Good answer

  23. CJ
    CJ
    February 1, 2020 at 3:32 am | #

    Thanks, Leslie.

  24. Arianod
    Arianod
    February 1, 2020 at 3:51 am | #

    Best DoA page ever?

  25. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    February 1, 2020 at 4:42 am | #

    She STILL dodged your question, Becky. 😛 But, I will agree that it is probably the best answer she could have given. 🙂

    • HMH
      HMH
      February 1, 2020 at 5:43 am | #

      When it comes to questions like this, I don’t think the honest truth is ever a dodge. I think anything else would be a dodge. These are the very questions where the truth is paramount, and sacred, and it’s what everybody involved needs to hear. I dunno, maybe I’m being a bit high-minded about it. But, I’ll always personally take the unsatisfying answer that’s the truest representation of the other persons’ feelings than anything approaching placation. With the deep things like that, it’s important to know as exactly as possible where everybody stands.

  26. Treita
    Treita
    February 1, 2020 at 5:18 am | #

    Shit, I get that.
    Don’t recall my mom telling me she was proud. Might’ve happened and just don’t recall. My dad was only ever proud when I was doing something he wanted me doing, so it was always when I was the most miserable.

  27. StClair
    StClair
    February 1, 2020 at 5:27 am | #

    That is a really good answer.

  28. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    February 1, 2020 at 6:17 am | #

    Leslie may make many bad decisions, but she sure makes the right moves when it really matters. I love how she first reassures Becky that she doesn’t want to play mom to her before stating her unconditional support. This way, Becky can know that Leslie is not projecting her past family frustrations on her and is seeing her for what she really is. It’s amazing how so much nuance can be packed in just one strip. Great job, Mr. Willis!

  29. Siddif
    Siddif
    February 1, 2020 at 6:42 am | #

    I’m not crying, you’re crying

  30. PSadlon
    PSadlon
    February 1, 2020 at 7:16 am | #

    I agree with Becky and many in here. Yes or no is vastly overrated. After all the real answer are rarely that cut & dry. They are never as simple as we want or as complicated as we try to make them.

  31. Jay
    Jay
    February 1, 2020 at 7:27 am | #

    This is definitely one of my favorite and most poignant strips thus far from Dumbing of Age.

  32. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    February 1, 2020 at 8:28 am | #

    Waiting for the moment that Mike crashes through the roof into Leslie’s room from his fall; same way Jodie Whitaker’s ’13th Doctor’ plummeted from space and landing unharmed inside a moving train.

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 1, 2020 at 10:57 am | #

      Yeah, I am assuming that we won’t see Mike until tonight when Amazigirl visits the hospital or wherever Mike’s decaying body is.

  33. Guest42
    Guest42
    February 1, 2020 at 8:42 am | #

    Willis, you onion chopping jerk/sweetheart of a man.

    • Seregiel
      Seregiel
      February 1, 2020 at 10:42 am | #

      Yup. Morning cry: check.

  34. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 1, 2020 at 10:19 am | #

    Awwwww♡ Really a good, sweet answer.

  35. ChrisQ
    ChrisQ
    February 1, 2020 at 11:02 am | #

    In this strip, I think Leslie shows us that being a good parent can be less about your “Parenting Skills” and more about who you are. All the regular characters in the strip seem like people I’d want to have for friends. Well, except the Villians.

  36. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    February 1, 2020 at 12:12 pm | #

    Can this arc be put into books on parenting? And sent back in time to when I was just starting to raise my kids?

    Please?

  37. TemperaryObsessor
    TemperaryObsessor
    February 1, 2020 at 1:58 pm | #

    It makes me happy seeing how far you’ve come and how much you accomplished. It was an honor being part of it.
    This project I’ve been working on is coming along nicely. I’m proud of how well I shaped you.

  38. TheGrammarLegionary
    TheGrammarLegionary
    February 1, 2020 at 2:27 pm | #

    I like Leslie. She’s a good bean.

  39. Meta
    Meta
    February 1, 2020 at 3:48 pm | #

    Sweeties

  40. datneeks
    datneeks
    February 1, 2020 at 6:57 pm | #

    I kinda want to buy a print of this strip, is it just me?

  41. Kitsune
    Kitsune
    February 1, 2020 at 9:43 pm | #

    This strip is very touching. I know I’m pretty much saying what other people have already said but I wanted to put my 2 cents in.

  42. ischemgeek
    ischemgeek
    February 1, 2020 at 10:41 pm | #

    Damn I relate hard to Leslie here.

  43. Exarch
    Exarch
    February 1, 2020 at 10:54 pm | #

    When I started reading DoA I was Becky’s age. Now I’m Leslie’s age

  44. Roborat
    Roborat
    February 3, 2020 at 3:50 pm | #

    Nicely handled Leslie, very well done.

  45. Risky
    Risky
    February 4, 2020 at 11:21 pm | #

    They clearly had very particular expectations for you, given what they named you. I understand having mixed feelings about them being proud you actually turned out to be a Leslie Bean.

  46. Ashley
    Ashley
    February 5, 2020 at 1:23 am | #

    O M G

    THIS is a perfect portrait of how it feels to be asked by a younger queer person to be something you never had. You are aware of what expectations do, you’re aware of how badly a person you admire or love can hurt you, you’re aware of how much it hurts to realize what you thought was a rock is a island that may not be there when you come back, but you STILL want to see them flourish, and you want to believe you can be the person they need you to be.

    Thanks so much for this.

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