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June 1, 2026

Livin’

by David M Willis on March 20, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – See You in the Funny Page
└ Tags: becky, leslie, robin

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 20, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Robin bringing good advice? WHUT *brain a splode*

    …I’m tryna figure out if the last panel is a weird high-five or a “GTFoffa me with your cooties”

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      March 20, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      Def cooties yo! Robin’s gotta ton of em! No cooties shots around here either. The rollout for it was botched as hell.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        March 20, 2021 at 9:01 am | #

        I’ve heard COOTI-19 is 90% fatal to pre-teens.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      March 20, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      I definitely see it as a, “Get your hand off me, we are not ok.”

    • butts
      butts
      March 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      first looking at it, i thought she was slapping robin’s ratata

      • Jenn
        Jenn
        March 20, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

        Same, I was so confused

      • rachel
        rachel
        March 20, 2021 at 2:33 am | #

        RATATA is that a replacement word, I love it so much, brb gotta change my personal terminology forever to RATATAS

        • milu
          milu
          March 20, 2021 at 4:08 am | #

          hahaha same, first chuckle of the day, cheers BUTTS =)

        • Diane
          Diane
          March 20, 2021 at 10:14 am | #

          I…I have to know. Is Ratata boob?

          • Diane
            Diane
            March 20, 2021 at 10:15 am | #

            No it’s not, what is ratata?! I don’t get it?!

            • Demoted Oblivious
              Demoted Oblivious
              March 20, 2021 at 10:28 am | #

              In the 80’s ratata was often an onomatopoeia for a machine gun. For some reason it’s making me specifically remember a tommy gun.

              I was sorely SORELY tempted to claim it was the sound that twerking made (but also of breasts slapping together), and we simply didn’t have a word for twerking yet. Oh the eighties were a brutal time, with us facing such a deficiency of sound words.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                March 20, 2021 at 12:04 pm | #

                Ratata is also a pokémon.
                (Let’s try sayin’ titties, boobies, tatas, just to see what happens, for science.)

            • shtEevie
              shtEevie
              March 20, 2021 at 10:38 am | #

              ‘Tatas’ are boobs, but a pretty crass word for them. ‘Ratata’ is either an moment of accidental autocorrect brilliance, or just a geeky/fun way of referring to boobs that doesn’t sound as crass.

              • a/snow/mous/e
                a/snow/mous/e
                March 20, 2021 at 11:10 pm | #

                when you cross boobs with a gen1 pokemon

                • Knuf Wons
                  Knuf Wons
                  March 29, 2021 at 2:59 pm | #

                  That’s when you get BOOBER, the Japanese name for Magmar.

      • Miri
        Miri
        March 20, 2021 at 5:06 am | #

        I thought she was trying to high 5 Robin without looking, didn’t realise that Robin wasn’t actually putting her hand up, and accidentally slapped her ratatata!

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      The hand is quicker than the fwap.

      Leslie went to slap Robin’s hand, but she anticipated the move.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 20, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

      See, I initially read it as Leslie slapping her hand off, but now your comment has made me less sure.

      • Rectilinear Propagation
        Rectilinear Propagation
        March 20, 2021 at 10:44 pm | #

        I think you’re right because you can see Robin has actually let go of Leslie’s shoulder, which to me says Leslie got her fingers with that fwap.

    • Ryan
      Ryan
      March 20, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      Palm out, fingers splayed fwap is very confusing.

      • ktbear
        ktbear
        March 20, 2021 at 3:56 am | #

        Its a brushing motion I think. When I try that, that is how my hand ends up. Not entirely sure about the sound effect but maybe its material related?

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          March 20, 2021 at 10:35 am | #

          Except her thumb is on her left and her lifeline (palm) is showing. It’s a very awkward way to hold ones right hand on the left side of the body. (reaching across the torso normally has the palm roll down then in.) The more I look, the more it seems like Leslie high-fived either Robin’s invisible hand or her right breast. Of course we also see Robin’s fingers letting go, so Willis is doing something intentional here but I’m really lost. And I’m cold and there are wolves after me.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            March 20, 2021 at 10:06 pm | #

            Her thumb is toward her shoulder. We’re looking at her in 1/4 profile, not dead on.

            The way she’s holding her hand is a completely natural brush-off position.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 20, 2021 at 10:53 am | #

        My first thought was “high five” but that would make more sense if Robin followed up with her left hand.

        Am confuse.

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      March 20, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      I think not even Leslie knows.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        March 20, 2021 at 10:36 am | #

        Did you choose that grav, or just end up with a perfect handle:grav combo?

  2. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 20, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Score one for the big picture! And Robin, get your hand off Leslie.

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 20, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    When your two lesbian mom’s aren’t dating each other.

    • Zor
      Zor
      March 20, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

      When your lesbian moms are divorced but can put up with each other when you need help

      • Nono
        Nono
        March 20, 2021 at 1:03 am | #

        Wait, is this The Parent Trap?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 20, 2021 at 8:11 am | #

      When your lesbian moms aren’t together and one isn’t a lesbian.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 20, 2021 at 10:54 am | #

        *Says she isn’t.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 20, 2021 at 10:58 am | #

          Robin is bisexual.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            March 20, 2021 at 11:04 am | #

            Fair point, but she also says she isn’t.

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/caress/

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              March 20, 2021 at 11:24 am | #

              There’s another comic that ran for ten years explaining she was, because a ways into it she started banging Joe after getting dumped by Leslie.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                March 20, 2021 at 1:26 pm | #

                Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. Robin and Jennifer are swimming in it.

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  March 20, 2021 at 10:08 pm | #

                  That first comment of mine should’ve said “claims she isn’t”, reading it back again.

  4. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    March 20, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    So now can we have the inevitable blowup between Leslie and Robin?

    • Rainhat
      Rainhat
      March 20, 2021 at 12:26 pm | #

      Robin would have to care about something someone said for it to be a “blowup”.

  5. Gash
    Gash
    March 20, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Fwap!

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      March 20, 2021 at 1:06 am | #

      Is that a high five, or is she pushing Robin off?

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        March 20, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

        Pushing her off

        • silas
          silas
          March 20, 2021 at 1:38 am | #

          Her hand’s odd way round for that slap

          • Gash
            Gash
            March 20, 2021 at 3:05 am | #

            That was probably a sideways FWAP, but Willis guy didn’t draw it quite right

            • Jhon
              Jhon
              March 20, 2021 at 9:29 am | #

              You’d think an Internet Pornlord would have it right by now.

    • 0phidiophile
      0phidiophile
      March 20, 2021 at 4:46 am | #

      Leslie’s hand is palm facing outward, a very awkward position.
      Willis probably misdrew.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 20, 2021 at 11:10 am | #

        Yeah, that’s what threw me. That’s her right hand, and swatting Robin off her shoulder would naturally make it land palm down, thumb toward her neck. This looks like she used the back of her hand, which is a lot more difficult.

        If she was brushing Robin’s hand off her shoulder, I’d expect we’d see the side of her hand, thumb up (toward the camera).

        • Rowan
          Rowan
          March 20, 2021 at 11:29 am | #

          It seems a reasonable position to me, having just done a few test-brushes

          • Rowan
            Rowan
            March 20, 2021 at 11:29 am | #

            I would really like someone cooler than Malaya

            • Rowan
              Rowan
              March 20, 2021 at 11:30 am | #

              Yep this’ll do

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          March 20, 2021 at 12:59 pm | #

          If you brush up off the shoulder your hand ends up as you suggest, which was my first thought and why I was confused.

          If you brush across from the neck out, you end up much like she does.

      • Rectilinear Propagation
        Rectilinear Propagation
        March 20, 2021 at 10:46 pm | #

        I think she’s swatting Robin’s hand away in a “shoo” type of motion.

  6. Octopus Ink
    Octopus Ink
    March 20, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Robin has the weirdest way of making total sense, yet sounding like a total goober, yet still reminding you that she is, in fact, still making total sense!
    It’s an Ouroboros of erroneous righteousness.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

      Robin sounds like she is making complete sense to me. The only thing that gives me pause is that it’s Robin.

      • Devin
        Devin
        March 20, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

        She’s making a pretty good amount of sense as long as you disregard a decent amount of what she said last strip, a decent chunk of which boils down to “Make mistakes and don’t care about the consequences of said mistakes.”

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      March 20, 2021 at 1:12 am | #

      it’s like a reese’s outrageous

  7. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    March 20, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    See Vivian, it wasn’t that bad

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

      Wait for it.

      • milu
        milu
        March 20, 2021 at 4:11 am | #

        5… 4… 3… 2…

  8. Call Me Deacon Blues
    Call Me Deacon Blues
    March 20, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Aww, for a second I thought the last panel was Robin and Leslie high fiving and I got so happy

    • Call Me Deacon Blues
      Call Me Deacon Blues
      March 20, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Oh no, I love Sarah but it makes me think everything is coming off grouchy… Gravroulette time….

      • Call Me Deacon Blues
        Call Me Deacon Blues
        March 20, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        This is acceptable

    • Beau Kirin Maysey
      Beau Kirin Maysey
      March 20, 2021 at 2:30 am | #

      I did as well and I had to actually check the panel several times to confirm it wasnt that

      • milu
        milu
        March 20, 2021 at 4:13 am | #

        I did as well, and I was like “ok”
        and then i read the commens and everyone was like “nuh-uh”
        and i checked again, and i was like “huh”
        it was riveting

  9. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    March 20, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    [reads alt-text]

    Somebody get me a tissue.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

      I didn’t even know the china was in danger. Nobody tells me anything.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 20, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

        Is that a Mace Windu reference?

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      March 20, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

      Um. I don’t mean to kink shame, but I didn’t think the Mulan reference was THAT good.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 20, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

        …..Everyone’s got a fetish, I guess.

      • plasticwrap
        plasticwrap
        March 20, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

        Mulan reference?

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          March 20, 2021 at 1:59 am | #

          Quoting the Eddie Murphy Mushu dragon(ette) character. He’s talking to the lucky cricket.

          • Zaxares
            Zaxares
            March 20, 2021 at 8:37 am | #

            Ahh, thanks! Haven’t watched the live-action, so I was totally lost as to what the alt-text was referring to.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              March 20, 2021 at 4:14 pm | #

              It’s not from the live-action version, Mushu doesn’t exist in that version.

      • Jeff K!
        Jeff K!
        March 20, 2021 at 2:19 am | #

        I believe Mushu’s next line was “Somebody get me a tissue.”

  10. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    March 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    I now oddly want Robin to start dating Mindy to make Leslie jealous. Then fall in love with her for realz.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      Robin starts dating Mindy to make Leslie jealous and Ana gets jealous instead.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        March 20, 2021 at 9:46 pm | #

        Wait… Ana is in here? I thought she was an IRL person and Leslie had been dating Anna. If LB is with Ana she’s definitely upgraded.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      March 20, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

      That is just Robin’s SP! story with a different lesbian!

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 20, 2021 at 2:44 am | #

      Unless Robin puts on a disguise I can’t imagine Mindy dating the politician who was against gay rights for most of her campaign.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        March 20, 2021 at 4:28 am | #

        Well she is probably remembered now as the politician who was EXTREMELY for gay rights until she dropped out for a centrist Democrat.

      • zee
        zee
        March 20, 2021 at 11:34 am | #

        Idk how she feels about the politics but Mindy did say that she thought what robin did to leslie was romantic, so she might disregard it. Leslie herself used to be super into robin after all despite her politics

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          March 20, 2021 at 6:45 pm | #

          Oh that happened? And Mindy liked Robin for it? Then there’s still a chance for them to get together even if I pity Mindy.

          My memory is bad when it comes to this comic and its multitude of happenings.

  11. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 20, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    So, the real question here is just what kind of “mistakes” are about to be made. One the one extreme, there’s Becky deciding that a liiittle bit of premarital hanky-panky is okay (not really a mistake from my perspective, but y’know). On the other extreme, there’s Becky pulling a Steven Universe Future and proposing to Dina right now so that they don’t have to wait as long. I’m hoping that it’s the former, since it’d be a major step in her character development while the latter would be a backslide.

    Your guess as to what lies in the middle is as good as mine, although it almost certainly involves dinosaurs in some way, shape or form.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      March 20, 2021 at 12:54 am | #

      **channels old VG cats**
      **shouts at Dina and Becky**
      “Just fuck already!”

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 20, 2021 at 11:01 am | #

        That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…

        Is that comic still updating once every other blue moon?

      • Athedia
        Athedia
        March 20, 2021 at 11:09 am | #

        Heh… I really feel uncomfortable with the “just fuck already” attitude. As stated last strip, Dina might be asexual. That doesn’t mean necessarily she *won’t* have sex, but Becky and Dina need to have good communication first and Becky needs to get over the fact that it isnt as important to Dina.

        I say this as a sex neutral ace. My boyfriend knows, I just don’t super care about sex but can still enjoy it. But if Dina is ace (and pan romantic, homoromantic, what have you) Becky needs to *talk* to her about this stuff.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 20, 2021 at 4:10 pm | #

          Becky definitely knows Dina is down to fuck because Dina put the offer out there for when Becky was ready. She’s worried about Dina lacking attraction, not willingness. Which…is still something they need to talk about.

          • Athedia
            Athedia
            March 21, 2021 at 7:52 am | #

            Yeah but a lot of allis consider the two synonymous. That willingness isn’t what they want but almost? Excitement? I guess? I mean again, I dont get it. Allos in general seem to be worse at the whole talking about expectations thing.

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      March 20, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

      Getting married isn’t thaaat crazy. And Dina would probably know better.

  12. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 20, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    *plays The Thompson Twins’ “Lay Your Hands On Me” on the hacked Muzak*

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      March 20, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

      Next in the playlist: Georgia Satellites ‘ “Keep Your Hands to Yourself”

      • UniqueSnowflake2
        UniqueSnowflake2
        March 20, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

        +1 for both of you.

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        March 20, 2021 at 2:27 pm | #

        I blanked that one out of my memory, because I actually heard it played at a wedding.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          March 20, 2021 at 9:53 pm | #

          That is an … interesting .. selection for a song at a wedding. Just at the reception..
          or like at the wedding itself? The video and the song stand somewhat in opposition too, as the song is about a woman setting boundaries and the video about a guy dragged into a shotgun wedding (literally) and the bride is *very* pregnant.

  13. Linkman0596
    Linkman0596
    March 20, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    Is Robin’s hand supposed to be up to or did Leslie just high five Robin’s boob?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      March 20, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

      She smacked Robin’s hand off her shoulder. Robin intentionally or not was using this mentor opportunity to get a little overly familiar.

      • brute
        brute
        March 20, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

        OH thank you, i also thought she was high-fiving the boob but i like this better. good for leslie.

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 20, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

        Look at the picture. Leslie’s hand has fwapped down on where Robin’s fingers were, but Robin’s fingers have mischievously retreated while neither has changed expression in the slightest.

        • milu
          milu
          March 20, 2021 at 4:25 am | #

          But Leslie’s hand must’ve made contact with Robin’s or where’s the fwap coming from?

          The only way I can parse it, is, Leslie’s brought up her hand, fingers bunched up behind her thumb, and then released all her fingers against Robin’s fingertips, in the “flicking water in your face” gesture, hence, “fwap!” and her hand ending up the way it does with the palm facing off to her side.

  14. MrSmith
    MrSmith
    March 20, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

    Might just be me and what I consider appropriate personal space but damned if Robins invading of Leslies personal space doesn’t majorly rub me up the wrong way

    Amongst her many other failings of course

  15. SomebodyOnceToldMe
    SomebodyOnceToldMe
    March 20, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

    I liked robins advice but I still don’t like her treatment of Leslie. I want Leslie to be happy with her current gf

  16. Too Old To Be Cool
    Too Old To Be Cool
    March 20, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

    I’m getting a Matt Smith as the Doctor vibe from Robin…she’s even got the bow tie!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 20, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

      Don’t let Jason see her.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 20, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

      Honestly, if I had to pick which Doctor she’s most like, it’d have to be Tom Baker, what with the whole constantly-offering-candy-to-strangers-while-grinning-like-a-maniac thing. Though she’s definitely got Matt Smith’s whole no-sense-of-personal-space thing down.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        March 20, 2021 at 5:04 am | #

        Somebody needs to make Robin a really long scarf.

  17. cmasta1992
    cmasta1992
    March 20, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

    No touchie

  18. Whosits
    Whosits
    March 20, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

    I ship Leslie and Robin now more than ever. Make mistakes together! No time could be better!

  19. gears
    gears
    March 20, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

    As someone who has issues with physical contact, an ex touching me without permission is an instant bad time for everyone within 20 feet.

  20. Pocky
    Pocky
    March 20, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

    For a second I thought Leslie was hitting Robin in the tit.

    • goggleman64
      goggleman64
      March 20, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

      Yep, same here

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 20, 2021 at 5:08 am | #

      I thought that too for a moment there.

  21. jmsr7
    jmsr7
    March 20, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

    What is Leslie’s hand doing? It looks like she’s going for a high five with Robin but she’s leaving her hanging. Or would be if the sound effect wasn’t there.

    She’s not smacking Robin’s hand off her shoulder – look at the thumb. It’s pointing towards Robin. If she was smacking her hand, her thumb would be pointing at the ceiling. Just try it.

    If Leslie was trying to smack Robin’s hand off her shoulder, she is using the back of her hand – or at least trying to. Her wrist is being hellaciously torqued. I don’t know about you, but can barely hit my shoulder with the back of my hand like that. It’s mostly the side of my hand above my thumb.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 20, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

      I’m think Leslie flipped Robin’s hand with the backs of her fingertips.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        March 20, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

        *thinking*

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        March 20, 2021 at 1:48 am | #

        I agree, but that’s still an awkward way to position your hand by your shoulder.
        Maybe Leslie is just more flexible than some of us.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          March 20, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

          No, I mean striking upward with the fingers, ending with her hand turned out, in an “I really mean it” gesture.

          • milu
            milu
            March 20, 2021 at 4:31 am | #

            ooh, yeah, that works too, and it feels natural enough

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 20, 2021 at 2:18 am | #

      Really? I can do it without too much problem.

  22. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    March 20, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

    People, I’m sure she smacked the hand off her shoulder.
    Yes, it looks a little confusing, but you can’t show the smack without showing the result of the smack, hence why Robin’s hand has moved.
    And “fwap!” is definitely a smack sound. That plus the red lines that indicate sudden violent movement firmly place it in that camp for me.
    Of course, I maybe (definitelyj over analyzing things, but I feel like a high five with a thrice cloth covered breast would have a softer sound effect and color lines that implied less violent and sudden movement.

    • milu
      milu
      March 20, 2021 at 4:36 am | #

      …not to mention it would be a very bizarre thing to do ^^

  23. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    March 20, 2021 at 1:50 am | #

    Leslie to Robin in between this strip and the next day’s strip: “Dishonor! Dishonor on you! Dishonor of your teachin’ clothes!”

  24. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 20, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

    Robin’s a good mom.

  25. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    March 20, 2021 at 2:36 am | #

    Well good, Robin probably told Becky what she needed to hear right now. On other thing, I kinda like that in this case is Robin that kinda wants Leslie more now instead of the opposite…

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 20, 2021 at 2:47 am | #

    Mommies momming right

  27. HeySo
    HeySo
    March 20, 2021 at 2:49 am | #

    Whelp. It’s still a better version of the story of Mulan than the new Live Action, I guess~

    • Fist_of_Life
      Fist_of_Life
      March 20, 2021 at 2:50 pm | #

      That doesn’t say too much though. That’s a bar an ant could walk over.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      March 20, 2021 at 2:51 pm | #

      Completely butchering Chinese culture While thanking the people running concentration camps. Disney couldn’t fail worse if they tried.

  28. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    March 20, 2021 at 4:29 am | #

    I wonder what Leslie thinks of Robin’s politics. She had the chance of switching parties and becoming a progressive Democrat in Congress (with Becky telling her all she needed to do) but dropped it for a Centrist Democrat.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 20, 2021 at 10:54 am | #

      1) Do we know anything of Manley’s politics?
      2) No one, including and especially Leslie, trusted Robin to switch parties and become progressive.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 20, 2021 at 1:41 pm | #

        Leslie, Dorothy and Roz all liked him. Roz is the only one who thought he was a centrist but as Dorothy pointed out, she thinks everyone is a centrist.

        • C.T Phipps
          C.T Phipps
          March 20, 2021 at 4:44 pm | #

          “BECAUSE EVERYONE IS!” – Roz

          🙂

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            March 20, 2021 at 7:37 pm | #

            Exactly!

            Heck, coming from Roz, only being ‘a bit’ of a centrist is pretty high praise for his policies.

  29. Heather
    Heather
    March 20, 2021 at 6:54 am | #

    Leslie decides it’s best not to properly have it out/show disdain with Robin in front of the kid. Besides Becky and her problems deserved priority focus at the moment.

    Also Robin did something right. Wonders never cease.

  30. Booyahman
    Booyahman
    March 20, 2021 at 7:29 am | #

    Oh, the site’s little avatar icon thing is Glasses Joyce, hadn’t noticed ’till now.

    • Booyahman
      Booyahman
      March 20, 2021 at 7:29 am | #

      Ooh I’m side-bang Becky, nice!

  31. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    March 20, 2021 at 7:30 am | #

    … okay, I read the part about living being a mistake you make together, and now I’m just remembering the Lesbian Suicide Pact and wondering, again, what exactly happened to put an end to it.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 20, 2021 at 11:20 am | #

      I think Ruth’s hospitalization and subsequent gradual climb out of the abyss put an end to the mutual death spiral part of their relationship. The actual breakup happened during the skip and hasn’t been revealed yet, but I think that seed was sown when Billiefer tried giving Ruth the cold shoulder and drove her to drink one more time.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 20, 2021 at 1:02 pm | #

        Maybe, but that “seed” led to Jennifer apparently making real progress – stopping drinking and going to therapy. Narrative-wise that seemed mostly resolved and resolved positively. It would be weird for that to lead to the break up.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 20, 2021 at 5:05 pm | #

          Constant relapsing was A Thing in their relationship but I guess I can see why it’d be narratively unsatisfying for that to be a reason. Someone here (Varangian? Something like that) theorized that Clint came back and Ruth downplayed Jennifer in front of him which eventually lead to their breakup and that’s what I’m subscribing to for now, especially if Ruth actually did something wrong that Jennifer would need to forgive her for.

  32. Dario Speedwagon
    Dario Speedwagon
    March 20, 2021 at 7:31 am | #

    So I looked at the last panel, and I read the FWAP with Leslie’s hand position as a high-five, and then I saw Robin’s hand behind her and was like, “that’s not how a high-five works”, and then I looked at the previous panel and put it together correctly, and it just made the last panel even funnier

  33. Tarkara
    Tarkara
    March 20, 2021 at 7:59 am | #

    I had the same experience

  34. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 20, 2021 at 8:29 am | #

    At least they both love Becky really much ♡♡♡. And Robin’s advice is really good♡. BUT TAKE OFF YOUR PAW FROM LESLIE!

  35. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 20, 2021 at 10:12 am | #

    “Okay, you helped our mutual fosterling, de Santo but don’t thing that buys you physical contact rights with me!”

  36. Eskeboi
    Eskeboi
    March 20, 2021 at 11:21 am | #

    What’s that Leslie? Sorry, couldn’t even hear that slap over the sounds of me STILL SHIPPING IT!! SS Les-lin currently under construction tickets on sale now! All aboard, benches!!!

  37. heliska
    heliska
    March 20, 2021 at 11:56 am | #

    I never shipped Leslie and Robin, didn’t even remember they used to kinda live together, but damn do they make an adorable lesbian moms duo.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 20, 2021 at 1:25 pm | #

      Leslie and Robin, together? Yeah right, maybe in some other universe!

  38. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    March 20, 2021 at 6:31 pm | #

    …Not real sure if this is a high-five where Dave forgot to draw Robin’s left hand… or if Leslie is flicking Robin’s right hand off her shoulder, and her hand is merely not connecting and inexplicably splayed.

    >_>

  39. Jennifer Bak
    Jennifer Bak
    March 20, 2021 at 8:20 pm | #

    “You forgot your sword!”

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