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by David M Willis on November 20, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: jacob, joe, joyce, sarah

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  1. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 20, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Less chatting more sporting !

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      November 20, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      We’re at 12 minutes now, ladies & gents & nonbins !

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 20, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

        I wonder how long the time buffer will get; I’m expecting it to be at 15 by April.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          November 20, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

          Willis does love a good buffer

      • Jo_Cubstar
        Jo_Cubstar
        November 20, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

        It’s been 12:13 for me for a few months now? Is that just a me problem

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          November 20, 2023 at 12:18 pm | #

          Very not just you. There’s a de-synch and the backend DB/content server isn’t using NTP to keep the time correct. As a result, the web-page and comments etc.. all track at ~+12mins. And it’s getting worse.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 20, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    “Just drop the dumbbell on your foot”

    “I can’t lift Joe!”

    • Dean
      Dean
      November 20, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Joe is not the dumbbell in this situation.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      November 20, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

      “MTG does it just fine!”

      • Pergola
        Pergola
        November 20, 2023 at 11:29 am | #

        Googles ‘MTG workout videos’.

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          November 20, 2023 at 11:54 pm | #

          …why.

        • ktbear
          ktbear
          November 21, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

          Now youve got me curious.

    • Lysbeth
      Lysbeth
      November 20, 2023 at 4:48 pm | #

      No no Joe is the dumb beau. Joyce is the dumb belle.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        November 20, 2023 at 11:56 pm | #

        Sarah disagrees!

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 20, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    What kind of friend won’t break your toe for you when you ask?

    • clif
      clif
      November 20, 2023 at 4:47 am | #

      The kind that is into pain and knows it will hurt more if they don’t.

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    November 20, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: We Kiss! On the Mouth!

    • clif
      clif
      November 20, 2023 at 4:48 am | #

      That’s actually not bad.

  5. Nono
    Nono
    November 20, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Truly a dys-toe-pian society.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      November 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      It’s funny because the Evil Toe Man gets dead

      • drs
        drs
        November 20, 2023 at 3:03 am | #

        Toe-gies may rule!

  6. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 20, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    LOVE Joyce’s tongue in last panel, is a treat 😍

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 20, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      I noticed that. It’s fantastic!

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      November 20, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      That’s what he said!

      • clif
        clif
        November 20, 2023 at 4:49 am | #

        Oh, hush.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        November 20, 2023 at 9:30 am | #

        He being Joe.

    • V
      V
      November 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      It’s S Tier. Joyce is perfect to me.

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 20, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      it says that Joe’s argument is invalid.

    • drs
      drs
      November 20, 2023 at 1:27 am | #

      …that’s not the last panel

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        November 20, 2023 at 1:43 am | #

        hahaha you right XD

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        November 20, 2023 at 1:55 am | #

        It is if it’s the last panel you look at, because tongue…

  7. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 20, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    I mean if he’s just offering free princess carries for toe injury victims you’d be a fool not to take the offer. That’s amazing value!

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 21, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

      it’d be safer to just fake a cramp but it’d be concerning if everyone started injuring themselves just to get jacobs attention (tho it would be a hilarious anectdote leading him to becoming a doctor instead of a lawyer or whatever)

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 20, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Well yeah but she probably wore shoes. 😛

  9. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    November 20, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah, you can just go up to Jacob and talk to him.

    I say this, but I can’t even follow my own advice. Anyone here have the courage to just go up to someone and start flirting?

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Never

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 20, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      oh god no

    • EAG46
      EAG46
      November 20, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      Talking like a normal person, maybe. Flirting? Never.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      November 20, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

      Hahahaha NOPE!

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 20, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

      No, but if someone already gave me the go ahead like Jacob already has to Sarah I might have more confidence to engage. Like he’a already into her, the hard part’s done.

      • Jason
        Jason
        November 20, 2023 at 2:36 am | #

        I don’t think Jacob is into Sarah the way Sarah is into Jacob. To be honest I’m not sure he’s actually “into her” at all, he’s just comfortable talking to her and would like her to reciprocate. Maybe I’m wrong on that one, but he’s also said he’s not looking for casual sex (in front of Sarah in fact) and she’s said that’s specifically what she’s looking for- unless something has changed for one or both of them, there’s an incompatibility there. And Sarah knows it.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          November 20, 2023 at 5:45 am | #

          A lot has changed since he said that including just the passage of time. I don’t think Jacob has changed his stance on sex, but Sarah has changed something, since she didn’t think she deserved him after discovering his relationship expectations. Yet here she is going for it again. Even if Jacob isn’t specifically looking to date right now, he told her he wants to spend time with her as long as she’s open and respects him. That sounds like an in to me.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          November 20, 2023 at 9:33 am | #

          Just because he’s not looking for it doesn’t mean a thirsty young woman can’t hope he’ll find it. With her. A few times.

    • Qube
      Qube
      November 20, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

      that would require Not Being Terrified, friend, and some things are simply too much to ask

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 20, 2023 at 12:52 am | #

      If it’s any consolation, people are incredibly bad at figuring out who is flirting. I vaguely remember a study where the subjects had to answer if somebody was flirting, Y/N, and people had worse than a 50% accuracy. Like, they’d have guessed more accurately by literally flipping a coin.

      So you might as well just go for it, your crush won’t know for sure anyway.

      (Unless, of course, you use my flirting method, which includes texting the person “I am totally flirting with you.” …We’re married now.)

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        November 20, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

        ⬆️⬆️👆⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️👆⬆️⬆️

        This is the way to communicate people. Not games. Not, “what does it mean when boys or girls do ‘x’?” No. Being direct is both attractive, and easy to understand. This reduces misunderstandings and that reduces hurt feelings.

        This is the way:

        use my flirting method, which includes texting the person “I am totally flirting with you.”

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 20, 2023 at 8:57 am | #

          Yes. Direct communication is key.

          Otherwise I have no idea unless things drastically escalate.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          November 20, 2023 at 10:59 am | #

          (Writes I…am…totally…flirting…with…you in notebook.)

      • Jason
        Jason
        November 20, 2023 at 2:39 am | #

        I met my husband on a dating site. Our meeting up for the first time was me asking to take them out to dinner on Valentine’s Day. I was flirting as hard as my autistic face knew how and getting incredibly mixed signals back because their autistic face missed everything from “take you out to dinner on Valentine’s Day” on down.

        I got to the point where I was just like “I WANT TO KISS YOU” and we worked it out. But yeah. People are bad at it. I don’t even want to guess how many signals I’ve missed over the years.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          November 20, 2023 at 11:05 am | #

          I am on the spectrum, and found this about myself after decades of what were missed signals. (Happy ending, though: My obtuseness to others’ signals didn’t include my now-wife’s.)

          That said, I really felt the first panel of this comic.

      • Autogatos
        Autogatos
        November 22, 2023 at 8:42 am | #

        Yeah this! Romcoms and other fiction give is this sense that you can’t/shouldn’t just be straightforward with a partner/potential partner, but they have to do that because fiction needs conflict and if everyone just communicated clearly, the story would be over in 5 min.

        But in real life, being straightforward is essential to any healthy relationship in the long run. Basically do the OPPOSITE of what they do in those “will they, won’t they” stories (unless it’s a story featuring Vulcans). My husband and I have always tried to be straightforward, open, and honest with each other. For example, the marriage proposal wasn’t a surprise cliffhanger, it was a calm mutual discussion that developed over time, and that’s pretty much how we do everything. It may not have the surprise drama of fiction, but IRL I much prefer calm and stability and clarity.

        • Autogatos
          Autogatos
          November 22, 2023 at 8:48 am | #

          Also my relationship with my husband totally started with him telling me he was interested, and me bluntly and honestly responding that I was kind of interested in someone else but wanted to get to know him better as a friend for now and see how it went.

          At this point he assumed I was letting him down easy with the “let’s just be friends” speech and I had to clarify that no, I too was being straightforward, and literally meant exactly what I said: that I just didn’t know him well enough to know if I could have feelings and was willing to spend time as friends for *now* and see where it went/if more developed (which it obviously did).

          I think he found it refreshing because he wasn’t used to that level of upfront-ness from others. I know that’s certainly how I felt as well!

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      November 20, 2023 at 1:10 am | #

      Flirting? No. Talking? Also no. Acknowledging their existence? Strike three, I’m out.

    • Bash
      Bash
      November 20, 2023 at 1:51 am | #

      No, but I’ve flirted with someone attractive when I didn’t mean to.

    • Formerly Glenn
      Formerly Glenn
      November 20, 2023 at 2:25 am | #

      I did that once. Ended up getting a wife and two kids out of it.

    • milu
      milu
      November 20, 2023 at 4:28 am | #

      imo flirting is not limited to sexyromantic hopefuls (responding less to OP than to people making a distinction between flirting and “talking”)

      maybe i want to be someone’s friend, if i’m feeling confident and approach them deliberately, that’s absolutely flirting, in the sense that i’m hoping to get them to like me (also, get to know them better and decide if i actually like them. sometimes after a bit of footsie they say something that makes me go nope nope nope)

    • lyzyrdwyzyrd
      lyzyrdwyzyrd
      November 20, 2023 at 5:30 am | #

      On purpose? No.
      On accident? A few times.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      November 20, 2023 at 5:52 am | #

      Yes but no, in that I’ve gotten up the nerve to go talk to the person, but the planned statements do not come out in the right order and the interaction will turn out as more “baffling” than “flirting.”

    • khn0
      khn0
      November 20, 2023 at 6:04 am | #

      I used to, but it was before smartphones killed the possibility of topical attention, discussion and humor.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 20, 2023 at 7:03 am | #

      Yes. I am incredibly smooth and it works every single time.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 20, 2023 at 8:58 am | #

        Of course you’re smooth, you’re Taffy.

        • EA West
          EA West
          November 20, 2023 at 9:48 am | #

          Over confidence could lead to a sticky situation, though.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      November 20, 2023 at 12:28 pm | #

      Not if I’m attracted and seriously would want to ask them out. But I’ve been told I do it all the time, but then I’m just thinking that I’m just being a decent human being in wishing people a nice day. It feels good to see people to feel good, y’know?

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 21, 2023 at 1:58 am | #

      I can understand wanting to be injured (within reason) but usually ppl use injuries as an excuse to get /out/ of a situation, not to have someone come to your rescue

    • Autogatos
      Autogatos
      November 22, 2023 at 8:31 am | #

      My primary method of flirting is banter, which is *also* my primary method of engaging with friends, so I guess it depends on who you ask. XD

      Tbh I don’t think there’s really one “right” way to flirt, because it’s always going to depend on the person you’re flirting *with* whether they take it as flirting, what they’re into, etc. I feel like a large part of dating is just finding a person who communicates relatively the same way you do.

      People stress so much over trying to find the “right” way to do stuff like this but if you have to change your entire natural communication style (other than like…improving toxic/problematic communication habits) to get another person to understand you, they might not be the right partner for you anyway?

      I mean sure, most of us have had a crush here and there where deep down we’re probably incompatible but we’re desperate to try to make it work anyway, but in my experience, one of the reasons my husband ended up becoming my husband was because communication was so easy for us from the start, even though it’s something I often struggle with as a neurotypical person.

  10. Hazel
    Hazel
    November 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    You could probably get a princess carry for free, if you play your cards right.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 20, 2023 at 2:44 am | #

      Now I am picturing some kind of dating sim card game…

      • khn0
        khn0
        November 20, 2023 at 6:06 am | #

        made by Stephen KIng?

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 21, 2023 at 1:58 am | #

      just offer to sit on top of him while he does pushups ;P

  11. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    November 20, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Jacob managing to be at all appealing to women with haircut that makes him look like he’s wearing a mop on his head is no mean feat

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 20, 2023 at 12:57 am | #

      It’s like mushy french fries over a censor bar.
      Everyone else got better haircuts over the timeskip. Sarah’s is especially great. But Jacob must never go to that barber again.

      • lyzyrdwyzyrd
        lyzyrdwyzyrd
        November 20, 2023 at 5:29 am | #

        I think he is in the early stages of growing out locs.

      • Mark
        Mark
        November 20, 2023 at 6:56 am | #

        I don’t think it looks badly, and anyway it’s his hair, but I’ll play along: it’s a consequence of the Law of Conservation of Haircuts. If everybody else got better hairstyles, the badness had to go somewhere and Jacob drew the short straw.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          November 20, 2023 at 12:30 pm | #

          And then glued the straw to his head.

          But no, I agree. It’s a gym-bro cut for sure, but I don’t see it as bad. I think it suits him. And he’s having fun.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            November 20, 2023 at 4:03 pm | #

            It’s characterful, and college is the best time in your life to make ill-advised hairstyle choices

    • RedComet
      RedComet
      November 20, 2023 at 7:44 am | #

      I really like his hair. It seems like it’s portraying something similar to Michael B Jordan in Black Panther, but partially bleached

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 20, 2023 at 8:46 am | #

        Odell Beckham Jr feel to it.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        November 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm | #

        I like it conceptually, but I don’t think he’s pulling it off.

    • Dday
      Dday
      November 20, 2023 at 10:17 am | #

      Glob of scrambled earwax… He used to have this sweet Clark Kent thing going on (ok the 3 piece suit was closer to Luthor)

    • zee
      zee
      November 20, 2023 at 11:37 am | #

      This haircut IRL is fine as hell. short dyed/bleached locs with shaved sides? Straight up sexy. Maybe Willis’s style ain’t the best portrayal but just knowing but it’s actually supposed to look like makes it way more attractive than the nerd look he had going on before. I’m also just gonna knee jerk prefer any black hairstyle to the “idk how to draw/model black hair” close crop shave in media

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        November 20, 2023 at 12:31 pm | #

        👆🤌

  12. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    November 20, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Ohhhh yeah, that’s definitely the words of someone who’s totally over Joyce for realsies.

    Remember when Jacob told Joyce that his new “girlfriend checklist” is “gonna sound a lot like you”? Calling it now, he’s gonna end up meeting Jocelyne somehow and it’s gonna get gloriously messy.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 20, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

      That would be fun. Really though I’d be down for anything that gets Joss in the comic again

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      November 20, 2023 at 4:02 am | #

      add. to. CART.

      –Dave, especially if we get to see an excerpt from Jocelyn’s blog (remember the blog?) about the day she first saw him up close

  13. Falathar
    Falathar
    November 20, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    DAMN those shoulders !!

  14. Suet
    Suet
    November 20, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    Well well well, I thought they’d never meet again

    Sarah, no more toenail dislocation… just fall hard on the treadmill. Just as painful.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 21, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

      i can imagine her comedically checking jacob out and ending up injuring herself unintentionally anyways

  15. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    November 20, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    The stars are not in position for this, Sarah!

  16. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    November 20, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    Hush hush
    Keep it down now
    Princess carry

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      November 20, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

      +1 (you should’ve waited ‘Til Tuesday to post this!) ;P

  17. Dday
    Dday
    November 20, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    Princess Carrie is one with the Force now 🕯️🕯️🕯️

    • APW
      APW
      November 20, 2023 at 1:48 am | #

      I was just scrolling through the comments to see if I needed to make this one

  18. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    November 20, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

    Oh, hey, I just realized. It’s that weight machine that Willis wanted to never draw again.

  19. shrub
    shrub
    November 20, 2023 at 12:36 am | #

    The boys seem to be skipping leg days a fair amount though

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      November 20, 2023 at 4:04 am | #

      well, when you don’t HAVE legs it’s easy to forget about

      –Dave, Joyce doesn’t currently have ANY toes, nor does Sarah

      ps: headcanon now is that Sarah can just appear out of Joyce’s shadow when certain words are mentioned. cuz there’s no way she could have been hiding behind her, right

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        November 20, 2023 at 4:05 am | #

        also, Sarah YES

        –Dave, Rube Goldberg Planning Department ACTIVATE

        • David DeLaney
          David DeLaney
          November 20, 2023 at 4:07 am | #

          ps: I am choosing to believe that is maple syrup all over Jacob’s head

          –Dave, because otherwise I can’t help but see it as Tr*mp’s tribble. and now neither can YOU

  20. Bryy
    Bryy
    November 20, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

    Crisis Hairjob Jacob amuses me.

  21. Bash
    Bash
    November 20, 2023 at 1:52 am | #

    The sass in the penultimate panel is great.

  22. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    November 20, 2023 at 3:16 am | #

    Step 1: take off shoes.
    Step 2: walk on step machine (6 steps in total)
    Step 3: break toe
    Step 4: get princess carried out by Jacob
    Step 5: ???
    Step 6: profit.

  23. RowenMorland
    RowenMorland
    November 20, 2023 at 3:33 am | #

    “Wait what is a princess carry, how does that work?”

    “That doesn’t sound right, show me and I’ll tell yo if I feel like a princess.”

    Get it together Sarah, it would be so easy.

  24. Lamppost
    Lamppost
    November 20, 2023 at 4:45 am | #

    I’m happy to see Joyce and Jacob getting along :3

    • Lamppost
      Lamppost
      November 20, 2023 at 4:46 am | #

      oh man my new gravatar is going to make everything I post look thirsty, isn’t it

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 20, 2023 at 8:46 am | #

        That’s half the fun!

    • Pseudowolf
      Pseudowolf
      November 20, 2023 at 12:44 pm | #

      The whole toe thing is shaping up to be one of those things that couples still argue (but not like, ARGUE argue) about years later.

      • Mark
        Mark
        November 20, 2023 at 6:05 pm | #

        Joseph Rosenthal
        20xx-20yy
        Beloved husband
        even though he did break my toe

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          November 21, 2023 at 1:45 am | #

          Hey! Ten years ago he was born in the 90’s! That hasn’t changed. 🤬

          grumps off

  25. Sharaku
    Sharaku
    November 20, 2023 at 4:46 am | #

    Don’t just jump off the treadmill so you can magically pop up behind friends!

    That stuff’s dangerous.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      November 20, 2023 at 5:12 am | #

      Could you break your toe doing it?

    • zee
      zee
      November 20, 2023 at 11:40 am | #

      Actually no pull a Zach from try guys and fuck up on the treadmill so bad you get a piece of glass impaled in your leg. Then Jacob will have to carry you out. And worry about you for an extended period of time. Profit

  26. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    November 20, 2023 at 7:12 am | #

    Do good intentions make an accidentally bad outcome better? What about ignorant intentions? Can we make this fight last longer than it took for hat broken toenail to heal?

    Also, I think it’s called a “bridal carry”, but I don’t know if using that term would work out any better for Jacob in this case. . .

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      November 20, 2023 at 10:57 am | #

      I’d heard of a ‘fireman’s carry’ and a ‘backpack carry’, and way back in lifesaving classes I learned about a ‘hip carry’ … but I’d never heard the term ‘princess carry’, so I Googled it and found out that it is the classic “carry the bride across the threshold” position.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        November 21, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

        Yeah, it’s basically the worst way to carry someone. Just maximizing your back pain. Jacob gets away with it because he’s probably the strongest guy in the comic.

  27. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 20, 2023 at 7:58 am | #

    Joyce will be so insufferable after her first time.
    Like this: she will be like this
    TW: Lotta of screming.

  28. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    November 20, 2023 at 8:51 am | #

    Dorothy would refuse a princess carry, because that’s not an elected office.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      November 20, 2023 at 11:26 am | #

      What about Secret Service Carry?

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 20, 2023 at 6:32 pm | #

      but Queen is, on Naboo.

  29. egg egg
    egg egg
    November 20, 2023 at 10:14 am | #

    I love Joyce sticking out her tongue, its so adorable and silly.

    • egg egg
      egg egg
      November 20, 2023 at 10:15 am | #

      perfect gravitar for this comment

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 20, 2023 at 11:32 am | #

      Like somebody said yesterday, she’s made great strides but she’s still Joyce.

  30. yeah
    yeah
    November 20, 2023 at 11:54 am | #

    jacob is really incredibly well-adjusted around joyce and sarah considering he has had some hard weird experiences with them and not always been treated fairly in the process. good for him. nice young man

    • Hrodvitnir
      Hrodvitnir
      November 20, 2023 at 9:44 pm | #

      Right? Jacob is not my type (beautiful, religious, very good boy – I have too many edges, my partner needs some too), but he seems like a genuinely lovely person and I want to be his friend.

  31. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 20, 2023 at 5:27 pm | #

    “Sorry Jacob, but your princess is on Another Treadmill!”

  32. Rognik
    Rognik
    November 20, 2023 at 8:43 pm | #

    I thought Princess Carrie was in Star Wars!

  33. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    November 20, 2023 at 10:16 pm | #

    Joyce looks SO CUTE sticking her tongue out at Joe ♥

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