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Moms
Posted on July 13, 2012 by David M Willis
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247 thoughts on “Moms”

  1. gangler

    Because the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum.

    1. Cholma

      Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Gangler? ;p

      1. LuckyStar7

        Gangler means that not just one person controls the world.

        1. gangler

          It takes diff’rent strokes to move the world.

        2. LuckyStar7

          Yay!
          (^u^)/*\(^u^) High fives!

  2. Jen Aside

    They’re ALL MOMS in the FUTURE

    (except the ones that aren’t)

    1. Zababcd

      On the subject of those female characters who are not moms in the future:

      For every person on earth, every single person who has contributed to their genetic makeup down to their great-great-great-great-great-etc. grandparents has had at least one child, and yet somehow a significant percentage of the population bucks the trend and remains single. What’s more, the human race depends on this constant bucking of the trend to survive (avoiding extermination via overpopulation). This means that in reproduction, there must be some process of selectivity – this applies for many different creatures as well as humans. However, the need to control overpopulation and the need to develop more positive evolutionary attributes are almost entirely exclusive (if a group is overpopulated, it does not need positive evolutionary traits other than selective breeding to continue to survive. If survival can only be assured through positive evolutionary traits, the population is likely sufficiently low that selective breeding is detrimental). Consequently, people get more picky, but tending to have no consistent underlying rationale.

      Please note that most of the paragraph above is pseudo-science with ridiculous generalisations, immediately apparent logical flaws, and, to the best of my knowledge, minimal conformity to reliable historical facts.

      Anyway, I realise this had nothing to do with what you meant, but I had the thought and felt the urge to express it, regardless.

      1. artemi71

        Not to mention there are certain diseases and illnesses that nature don’t really WANT to pass on, thus expressed by difficulty and outright inability to have children. If you include this sort of person into your model, it turns out that, for many people, NOT having children is their way of contributing to the future.

      2. LuckyStar7

        In english, please…

  3. jrgolden42

    Well there goes my 3rd favorite webcomic couple…

  4. Sensedog

    I knew that it wouldn’t last forever, but less than one week?

    1. Resne

      I don’t think they’re breaking up, it’s just a little kerfuffle.

      1. Yotomoe

        A kerfuffle? This is at the very least a quagmire.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Why are you two talking about pokemons?

        2. Zababcd

          Pseudo-panel 3 is clearly a game of ‘Name that Pokemon!’

        3. LuckyStar7

          If it was a Pokemon, it would be Quagsire.

        4. Tucker

          Giggady.

  5. David Herbert

    The tastiest of nipples.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Caramel flavored, of course.

      1. Shade

        Caramel is after all the best flavour.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          What about peppermint?

        2. Shade

          Good, but not best.

        3. Furie

          Toffee and marshmallow swirl.

        4. Rowen Morland

          Or straight up honey? It tells you that nature loves you and wants you to be happy.

        5. Cody B

          So it’s like the opposite of bears?

          And bears eat honey…

          my mind is blown.

        6. ProfessorZoot

          No, thass what Franklin said bout beer and God. So love God and drink beer, drink beer and doubt God, drink beer and wear pajama jeans, or drink enough beer and take your pajama jeans off while in the mall . . .

        7. Animal

          Honey, my ass. Red meat and lots of it, that’s the ticket.

        8. Audiophillie

          ^That is the best possible post.

  6. kyojikasshu

    Yeah, way to exit gracefully, Walky!

  7. Wonder Wig

    Joe approves.

    1. GenericScreenName101

      Ugh…(I feel dirty)… Aaaaaand Joe from out of nowhere for the rebound!

      1. Mister Mercy

        Oh please no. NO NO NO NO. Anyone but him for the rebound

        1. Raticate5

          Definitely not going to happen. Dorothy is about to have the “I’m done with relationships!” episode.

        2. CWR

          A relationship as casual as theirs does not merit a rebound – super-especially not with someone you’ve known for years.

        3. Wonder Wig

          Technically wasn’t Walky the rebound after Danny?

  8. Becca

    And thus Mike’s assholery is revealed: by buying Walky pajama jeans, he broke up his relationship!

    1. TacosForever

      Man, he is an evil genius.

      1. GenericScreenName101

        So that is why Mike is in college. For the moms… And the nickels.

        BTW does that mean that Mike is a big spender or a money maker?

    2. Rex Hondo

      And this actually reinforces the theory that Mike’s assholery is actually for the greater good more often than not.

    3. LuckyStar7

      (_O_)

  9. moonracer

    Although if she did start kissing his nipples he might take off the pajama pants. XD

  10. NCP19

    I’m just picturing Walky referring to the act as “tasting my chicken nuggets” or…perhaps that’s something…more southern…OH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGES

    1. LuckyStar7

      PLEASE STOP YOURE GETTING PEOPLE STARTED!!!!!!!!!

    2. Historyman68

      Mmmm southern friend chicken …

      Oh, that wasn’t what you meant?

    3. Historyman68

      Mmmm southern fried chicken …

      Oh, that wasn’t what you meant?

    4. Historyman68

      Goddamn stupid typos. Sorry for almost-identical double-post.

  11. Krow

    Dorothy is a skank anyway. Watch her fall in love with the next nerd she comes up with while “studying to go to Yale”.

    1. Raticate5

      Ouch, that post seems all the more mean-spirited with that Gravatar you have.

    2. Historyman68

      Seems pretty mean-spirited anyway. Jeez, hit a bit close to home or something?

      1. Raoullefere

        Nah, Krow’s just telling it like it is. Although I think the term ‘skank’ is misapplied. ‘Arrogant, self-absorbed butthole’ is more like it. It took Mike embarrassing her to get her to treat Walky with a modicum of respect. Mike’s not going to be around forever; there’re kittens to stomp, after all.

  12. Ryan

    Fuck yeah.

  13. Linkara

    As someone who wears black pajama pants everywhere (save for times where I wear a suit), I feel that Dorothy needs to lighten up and that other people do not need to conform with her standards of attire.

    1. Wack'd

      Yes, but you make up for that with an awesome hat. Does Walky have an awesome hat? I don’t think so.

      1. Regalli

        For a moment before I read the name, I thought you were talking about the Dina gravatar. Which is a similarly awesome hat, though more cute than purdy.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Walky needs to sport something like a beret, newsboy cap, trilby or even a fez to add a little class to his slacker look.

        1. Lieutenant Dan

          Fezzes are cool.
          Also stetsons and bowties.

        2. Rex Hondo

          Pajama jeans, butt-taco shirt and fez. The don’t-give-a-shit trifecta.

        3. Historyman68

          Bandana. Wouldn’t add class, but…

      3. LiC

        Linkara also has his magic gun (which normally works save for the time being). Who’s going to argue fashion with a guy with a nifty hat and magic gun?

        1. thomas0comer

          Euphemism?

    2. Kirdes

      Others don’t need to conform only the one she is making out with, as she pointed out last strip.

  14. Ben

    I smell a new gravatar.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I see a new gravatar. 😀

      1. Boom

        Joe can taste a new gravatar.

        1. ADHadh

          With his penis.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          I am fairly certain that penises lack the sense of taste, touch yes but not taste.

        3. Rowen Morland

          You just need to train it.

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          So there is are books out there about teaching your willy how to see, hear, smell or taste?

          I wonder if amazon.com has any in stock.

        5. begbert2

          Ah, so that’s what synesthesia is for.

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          Yes begbert, synesthesia is all about giving your penis super powers. 😛

        7. Rex Hondo

          You mean your’s doesn’t…

          You may want to see a doctor.

      2. LuckyStar7

        Speaking of Gravatars, could you tell me whose yours is? 🙂

    2. Rex Hondo

      I smell dookie.

      Ah, one of the kids needs a diaper change. That explains it.

      1. Historyman68

        I smell it too, but my roommate’s cats just used the litterbox.

  15. TacosForever

    Man, I really expected this to last at least a LITTLE longer. Poor Walky. We don’t even know if he got to touch the boobies.

    Also, Joe clearly approves of Walky’s nipples.

    1. DanielleM

      Poor Walky? He’s the one who ended it and they were together for less than a week. Clearly neither was that attached if what destroyed it was PAJAMA JEANS.

      1. DanielleM

        Not that I’m super sympathetic towards Dorothy or anything. Honestly this was what it was a brief but ultimately meaningless college fling.

        1. kagato23

          Your assuming this isn’t a universe where they end up together.

        2. Heavensrun

          Of course it isn’t. Joyce and Dorothy are CLEARLY the OTP in this series. ;p

        3. begbert2

          I thought it was Sal + Billie.

      2. Rex Hondo

        If it hadn’t been the PJ’s, it would have been something else soon enough.

      3. TheCerpent

        Just a thought here, but basically, what Walky is saying isn’t that he’s choosing pajama jeans over makeouts. Instead, he’s finding it incredibly unappealing that Dorothy is basically acting like a “mom” in his perspective. He doesn’t want someone ordering him around and telling him what to do or what to enjoy. If she’s going to do that, then he’s not even going to risk being around when it’s something bigger.

        Remember, everybody. Walky’s not stupid; he’s actually incredibly perceptive and intelligent. He’s upset because he feels like Dorothy is breaking the arrangement, and he doesn’t like that she seems to want to change him to suit her.

        1. StClair

          He’s also incredibly childish, and seems to want to have the benefits of childhood AND some of adulthood (makeouts) without the disadvantages of either (like people, whether parents or teachers or bosses, telling you you can’t do things).

        2. Shadic

          So… College, then.

    2. LuckyStar7

      Don’t forget the caramel abs.

      1. MikeSpader

        Oh those caramel abs…

        1. Historyman68

          Omg with that avatar

        2. LuckyStar7

          I WANT THAT PICTURE!

  16. Jehosaphat

    Manboobs.

  17. Wack'd

    They don’t exist on Mars, though. They need ours.

  18. John Madden

    Drama

  19. SkepticJ

    Now Joyce can be the rebound nibble.

  20. LARPeX

    Yeah, I’m with Dorothy on this issue…

    1. cdotsq

      are you crazy, pajama jeans are like the pinnacle of human fashion and ingenuity, seriously we are at the peak-honestly, you can phone earth and he’ll respond being all like- ya you’re right you aint gonna do better than pajama jeans

      1. marr

        I though pajama suits were the pinnacle of human fashion and ingenuity. 2 and 3 piece Pajama suits are like conforming and flipping off the man in one fell, comfortable swoop.

  21. ThoDuSt

    This reminds me, I heard that the Arrested Development movie is supposed to start filming soon.

    1. Rusty

      And the award for most random “This reminds me” goes to ThoDuSt for their Dumbing of Age Nipple Licking to Arrested Development Movie linking.

      1. StClair

        Considering that Walky (in this strip) is a blatant case of it, no, it’s not random at all.

  22. The Sound Defense

    I can see both sides of the argument, but Dorothy leaving him is crap. He fails to make one concession and that’s the end of it? She’s looking like a bit of a control freak.

    1. DanielleM

      But he walked away from her! Honestly I feel like she was being a bit controlling too but Walky was the one who ended things. She basically said, “It’s me or the pants!” and he said, “Pants!” So if anyone left anyone Walky left Dorothy.

      1. TacosForever

        I just feel like if you’re going to be controlling in the first place…there are better reasons, at least. But give a guy an ultimatum over pajama jeans? I just don’t get it.

        1. QQ

          I don’t think it’s even just about pants, its the fact that someone is standing in the way of him being himself and being happy about it.

      2. Raiser

        Regardless of who left whom, they’re bickering about something largely inane and nonsensical. She could’ve put it better than just “no, stop that”, and he could’ve taken it better than “well piss off, then!”.

        In the end, it’s a childish spat. Either one of them could easily come to realize later that it’s a stupid thing to break up over, and if not? Neither seems entirely broken up over the break up.

        Also, while I think Joe’s just amused at Walky’s antics, a part of my brain immediately assumed that his expression could just as easily be taken as “that looks tasty” rather than a general “oh really” reaction.

        1. TheLastOutlaw

          That was totally insane and nonsensical in the sense that Dorothy went from zero to bongo in two seconds. There were many ways she could have told Walky that “wearing pajama jeans in public is something I’m not comfortable with.” Starting with “What the hell are those?” and continuing with threats of “I’ll stop making out with you if you disagree with me.” (yes I am paraphrasing) was the wrong way. Having the conversation in front of others was also a bad choice. Walky was in the right here, someone that petty and controlling gets shown the door.

        2. Historyman68

          She’s probably used to being able to say that kind of thing to Danny, and have him go “oh, okay” because he’s hopelessly in love with her. It seems to me that she was not anticipating that reaction.

        3. TheLastOutlaw

          That’s probably a big part of it. See how being a spineless enabler ruins your ex-girlfriend for others Danny?

          At least Joe is amused. And I assume Mike is also amused.

        4. Phillip Wilde

        5. LuckyStar7

          What are you trying to say?

        6. Phillip Wilde

          Ho Yay

        7. Historyman68

          Baby’s first words!

      3. Aegon01

        Yeah but Walky getting his pajama-jeans was an entire arc. She’s putting him down for the very reason he got them in the first place, which was to go around in public in them. He was very excited to do this. If that’s a problem for her then it’s good they broke up.

        1. gangler

          To be entirely fair she wasn’t exactly aware of this. It’s somewhat understandable that she didn’t realize how big a deal the pants were to him. It’s easy to confuse somebody who does not care how they are perceived for somebody who doesn’t care how they appear.

        2. bradytown

          I think even if she was aware of this, she would probably still think it ridiculous. She would probably rant about how their inanimate, and it’s stupid that he would get attached to them, which would have probably made things worse.

  23. gangler

    Later we’re gonna find out she’s just really bad at seduction. In her head it sounded more like “Pants. Off. Now. This makeout can proceed no further while you continue to wear those pants.” but it just all came out so wrong.

    Later on she’s gonna go around asking her friends if her dominatrix voice sounds like a mom and get worried about the implications that has for Danny.

    1. Usayasha

      I… I don’t know what to… thank you?

      1. LuckyStar7

        I don’t know what to think of your Gravatar.

    2. Raticate5

      Freud would be so proud.

      1. Historyman68

        I don’t know how I feel about seeing Marten all up in my Dumbing of Age

        1. Alchemist

          I think you feel so overjoyed by it that your head might just implode.
          😀

  24. joshlamont

    Walky, you fool!

  25. Skydron

    “snrk”

    Thats pretty much the first thing that went through my head at that last panel.

    1. ryan

      i read that as “snkrs” at first.

      …

      so when are we going to see DoA snkrs?

  26. Null Set

    Take a good look, ‘cuz it’s the last time you’re gonna see these!

    1. Wack'd

      ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT ON NETFLIX 2013! WOOT!

      1. Wack'd

        It’s weird being able to go back and find this and holy shit it actually happened this time

    2. bradytown

      What was that?!?

  27. Skydron

    Also…

    Am I the only one who has a mental picture of Walky flying a pair of pajama jeans as a flag and yelling from the top of a high wall.

    “You can take my freedom… but you’ll never take my pajama jeans!”

    Or something to that effect?

    1. Boom

      If he’s wearing no pants… yes. Otherwise no.

    2. ryan

      he would either yell that or sing about camp anawanna.

  28. Seraph

    Hmm. When Sal was a juvenile delinquent, I didn’t think much of it, because that just seemed to be her destiny regardless of world. I didn’t think much about Walky’s childish behavior for the same reason. But that line about “I guess there are Moms everywhere” just makes me go hmm. Are all these cartoons and junk food things he wasn’t allowed to do at home ever? What exactly is the Walkerton family like in this continuity?

    1. Melizza

      That’s a really good observation, and I think you might be on track about it as well. I know when I finally gained my independence, I overindulged in things I wasn’t allowed to do, though, my childhood wasn’t very restricted. Actually, some things that I was allowed to do before I now overindulge in as well, just because I can.

      1. Rusty

        Yeah, I never experienced that really. I mean, if I asked my parents for weed, booze, or anything else they’d gladly give it to me. I just didn’t ask as I didn’t want any of it. College life I was allowed probably Less independence in the end, XD

        1. Historyman68

          Your parents gave you weed and booze? That’s… progressive

  29. Nearphotison

    “My nipples look like Milk Duds!”

    1. PhysicsLB

      I hope they have Icees!

      1. LuckyStar7

        “Frozen nipples” is what I got from those two comments. ;(

  30. Yotomoe

    Well…he is sculpted out of caramel

    1. madd

      Good point! Walky needs to ditch those pajama jeans ASAP! Caramel and lint do not mix! Or … actually they kind of do … which is the point I’m trying to …

      1. Historyman68

        He does seem oddly aware of how she feels about his abs

    2. LuckyStar7

      AAAAAAAAAAABS

  31. Kernanator

    He’s gonna enjoy those pants all right…

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I hope he washes them afterwards or Mike will burn those suckers.

      1. LuckyStar7

        He won’t burn them because they cause Walky too much misery, what with the relationship thing.

  32. Yotomoe

    I hope Walky didn’t just tag himself out tryin’ to steal third base.

    1. Izzy

      Professional wrestling baseball?

      1. HazmatKid

        I guess they do both kind of use a bat? Sarah must play that sport..

      2. CWR

        Getting tagged out is also baseball terminology – unsure if you can tag yourself out…

  33. Yotomoe

    This just goes to show you…girls may come and go, but nothing hugs your body quite like pajama jeans

    1. LuckyStar7

      And they don’t hurt your balls when you cheat on them.
      Ultimately, Pajama Jeans are waaay better.

      1. LuckyStar7

        I’m a girl, by the way.

  34. Plasma Mongoose

    “NO MOOBS FOR YOU!”

  35. WhiteEyedCat

    Huh, I was joking when I said that they’d only last three more strips, turns out that was an understatement.

  36. Krashthemystro

    well that was fast.

  37. Broggly

    We didn’t break up over it, but my ex and I had a similar argument, except that she wanted me to wear pants even if I wasn’t in public.

    1. ryan

      but if you have to wear pants at home, how are you expected to keep the love alive?

      1. Rex Hondo

        Heck, how are you expected to keep your dangly bits aired out?

    2. Kelly

      Kind of the opposite here – my gf taught me not to wear pants around the house…

    3. Rusty

      Pants are optional as long as you are not within viewing distance of a window. Then please, put on pants… Also not optional if you’re in your garage at 5AM when I’m delivering your newspaper and your door is open and you also decided underwear is optional. Please, don’t… Ever… Again… Ever…

      1. LuckyStar7

        OH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGES!!!!!!!!!!

  38. narmenduke

    Walky, you dog, you.

    Joe appears to be having similar thoughts.

  39. BOB

    No way this is the end of it. At some point in the next few days (strip time) their hormones will kick in and one or both will mysteriously forget why they were so upset.

    1. Melizza

      And I’ll bet it’ll be Dorothy whose hormones will kick in. She’ll wake up in the middle of the night sweating and dreaming of Walky’s nipples.

  40. Furie

    Walky’s moobs. They’re glorious.

  41. Ragnal

    So.

    How long until they get back together?

    1. Mister Mercy

      1 day in DoA time, I’ll guess. Dorothy’s gonna concede and return with his toy. 1 day equals… 10 strips?

  42. LeaLeonis

    Noooo, Willis! Don’t you let him Walky away like that! Ó___Ò

    1. LuckyStar7

      Your Gravatar makes that comment all the better.

  43. Gargamel

    Walky has mother issues, maybe? I kinda wonder what Walky’s home life mist be like…

    1. Charles RB

      He apparently got told to dress himself in the morning

      1. Rusty

        Those bastards!

    2. Gargamel

      Maybe or maybe Walky’s, slob-like nature is a bit ingrained as a form of rebellion against his Mom.
      Seems to fit the profile:
      Smart, has an IQ test when younger.
      Pushy Mother due to high IQ test score.
      Goes for all the subjects his Mom would approve of like ‘gender politics’.
      And coasts it again something his mom wouldn’t approve of etc…

      1. Kernanator

        Your gravatar is making me hungry.

  44. Doom shepherd

    NO, Walky! Sexytimes _always_ trumps comfort!

    1. Jererry

      Sexytimes are more comfortable than the word comfortable can contain.

    2. Rex Hondo

      And yet, the superior sexytimes are to be had with a partner who accepts you the way you are.

      1. madd

        Concur’d

  45. Zababcd

    I keep picking out the words in bold and piecing them together in the hope that there will be a hidden message, but there never is.

  46. Stevarious

    Oh thank goodness that’s over.

    Please let it be over.

    1. Kelly

      Never!

      1. Alchemist

        Never never!

  47. Jimmy

    I thought it would go on for at least another year, at least in actual time. So that would have been what….5 days in DoA time?

    1. Kern Brit

      DOA time?

      Try Freefall time sometime – started in 1998, and has so far covered… maybe a fortnight?

  48. Thomas Wrobel

    In the future we will all wear Jedi robes (which will actually be dressing gowns).
    Anyone that doesnt like this will just have to load a app on their augmented reality specs and see everyone in suits.

    1. Kryss LaBryn

      The funny thing is that the big wide 18th century Marie Antoinette gowns started out as dressing gowns…

      1. Historyman68

        Really? That’s pretty interesting. I’d ask you to elaborate, but I’m sure I could find it all on Wikipedia far faster 🙂

  49. Dr.Z

    Yes!

    Walky has balls.

    And girl-bait nipples. :3

    1. madd

      I thought he was referring to the caramel abs.

  50. artemi71

    I like how Sierra is in the tags but it’s only her outline…

  51. Charles RB

    With that “moms” panel, Walky just lost the argument _as well as_ bosoms.

    1. Rex Hondo

      I don’t know… Considering her opening line was pretty much the same word-for-word as what the wife or I would say to one of the kids trying to leave the house in their underwear…

    2. Dr.Z

      Given Walky’s appearance & carefree attitude, I doubt he’ll stay bosom free if he puts some half way decent effort into it.

      He’s never been a beggar. Walky’s going to be just fine.

    3. Historyman68

      I think it’s pretty interesting who takes whose side here. Some strips, like with Malaya or whatever, are pretty unanimous in one direction, with only a few detractors, but this one seems pretty evenly split. Probably depends on each person’s individual experience of relationships, and of course points to excellent writing and characterization on Willis’s part.

  52. Megamaniaco

    He’s right you know.
    Down with the oppresors! Up with pajama jeans!
    Or down. If I get to keep ’em later, of course.

  53. Kern Brit

    …Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd my mind immediately goes to ‘I only nibbled to show you how I like it!’

    1. Kernanator

      You. You have my name.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Does this bother you my old chum?

        1. Kernanator

          Yes. I’m supposed to be Kern, dammit!

          THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

        2. Historyman68

          I was going to make a typesetting joke but I honestly don’t even know where to begin.

        3. CWR

          That’s good – typesetting jokes never seem to know where to stop.

        4. Historyman68

          Ha

        5. Historyman68

          Ha

  54. Rust

    Walky’s got a point. She wanted a low-commitment relationship and now she’s telling him what to wear? Yeah, good luck with that Dorothy.

  55. ProfessorZoot

    I never thought I cared about Walky/Dorothy before, but now I is sad . . .

    1. Dr.Z

      Eh.

      He can do better.

      It’s highly likely Dorothy was going to dump him if/when she moves to Yale anyway. She’s just horribly embarased by anyone not career driven like herself.

      It’s far better to end it here and now.

      1. LuckyStar7

        But it’s a damn good ending to a relationship.

        1. Dr.Z

          Too true.

          There is little room for regret.

  56. Kernanator

    So, Dorothy wants a low-commitment relationship… but she also wants her partner to change for her?

    I’m pretty sure there’s a “wanting to have your cake and eat it too” comment in there somewhere.

    1. Yotomoe

      wanting her mcnuggets and eating them too?

      1. Kernanator

        That’s perfect.

    2. Dr.Z

      Seems more like she wants to have her cake and lose weight.

      1. Kernanator

        That’s… a pretty good analogy for what’s going on.

        1. Dr.Z

          Thank you! :3

      2. Historyman68

        Apparently the Russian version of that saying is “wanting to have a full bottle of vodka and have your wife be drunk too”

  57. Arcquebus

    I feel like everyone is missing the point – She isn’t telling him what to wear, she now realizes that he dresses like a slob, and that ruined the attraction to him. Slovenliness is her turn off.

    Though I’m not sure how the stained butt taco shirt wasn’t a tip off.

    1. bradytown

      Actually, she never said she wasn’t attracted to him, she only threatened him with it. She is telling him what to wear, and she’s enforcing it with the use of blackmail. I.e.:No more making out unless you take your pants off.(paraphrasing of course)

      1. Eve

        That’s not blackmail, you don’t owe anyone makeouts, so not making out with them isn’t blackmail

        1. sreiches

          It’s not blackmail, no, but it is manipulative and fairly petty.

        2. Eve

          Not really? I think you’re making way more out of this than it is. Two people had a relaxed benefits situation thing going on, one of them realized there were things about the other that would make them not want that situation anymore, she told him, he prefered to keep doing what he was doing over the makeouts, so they won’t be doing that anymore

        3. Dr.Z

          If what just happened was handled half as politely as you re-imagined it, we would not be having this debate.

          Dorothy was very rude & disrespectful. She likes to imagine she dosn’t need anybody, and they need to bend to her (obviously superior) tastes & ideas.

          This is no different from her ultimatum to Amazi-Girl.

          Either way, there is a big lack of respect on her part for others.

      2. Historyman68

        I don’t think it’s blackmail, as much as that she is letting him know her preferences. In a pretty heavy-handed way, but still.

        1. Dr.Z

          It’s not blackmail, but it is a rude ultimatum.

          It’s also crude & poorly thought out, given the bases for their relationship.

      3. LuckyStar7

        That makes it sound like all she wants is sex with the caramel abs guy.

    2. gangler

      See, I don’t see how the two are mutually exclusive. If anything one is the motive and the other is the action.

  58. Shade743

    I’m sort of on the fence with this… On the one hand, I’m on Dorothy’s side, because I don’t like wearing MY pajamas in public, let-alone letting my family/friends walk around in theirs. On the OTHER hand, you’ve got Jeans and you’ve got Pajamas. Way I figure, wearing ’em both together just saves fabric.

    1. Dr.Z

      When I was in college, pajamas were a standard attire for many women. Nobody complained.

      But that might be a double standard, as women look hot is casual & sloppy attire.

      1. CWR

        More accurately, attractive people are attractive no matter what they wear.

        1. DarkVeghetta

          Minus extremely heavy makeup and fake eyebrows. Seriously people, don’t shave your eyebrows unless everything else is also shaved.

  59. waldosan

    i think this was played out very realistically, in relationships your supposed to meet halfway. Dorothy had already “given up” some of her drive to be the uber student and the second she asks walky to give up on something he totally says no. it was morally right for her to end it this way because there is no proof besides blind faith that says that walky isn’t going to act like a bloody child every time Dorothy asks him to change something to make it bearable for her to be with him.

    do i personally like it? I’m kind of on the fence… on the one hand they made an okay couple, they looked cute together and if they had tried then they could have worked out pretty good. however i’ve been in a relationship with zero reciprocation before, and my sister’s marriage has been on the rocks for the past 5+ years because of the same problem so I’d have to say I’m okay with this turn of events if it means getting away from situations like that.

    1. Kernanator

      Umm, how did Dorothy give up any of her drive?

    2. Boom

      And how the Cheese did she end it when it was Walky who was the instigator of the break-up?

      1. Boom

        I mean, “He was the one who was all, like, ‘I’m more into my freedom to wear my pants than the not-freedom to not-wear my pants’ or something.” Or something. “Or something.”

    3. Resne

      I would argue that her giving up some of her drive wasn’t exactly on Walky. She kind of did that herself, Walky didn’t ask her to.

    4. DarkVeghetta

      Arguments over reciprocation aren’t to be started in public either. That’s just… just no. Double that for threats. She could have solved this as she did with the shirt – that’s how meeting halfway looks like. This is just trying infantile and oddly enough it’s not Walky that’s doing it (at least not as much as Dorothy). Not to mention being a controlling jerk-face, no matter how hot/cute she may be. Let’s hope they can put this behind them – it would be sad for the relationship to end over THIS bullshit (I’m sure they can come up with better bullshit to break up over later).

  60. vsophi

    Is it just me, or does Joe look intrigued at the prospect of Walky-nibblin’?

  61. Aegon01

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1alISOTGfE

    AND SAY GOODBYE TO THESE BECAUSE ITS THE *LAST* TIME

  62. Steven

    . . . She’ll be back in a week. No one can resist his caramel skin.

  63. Historyman68

    I just wanted to say that that last panel is perfect. Body language, expressions, characterization, punchline, really top-notch. Not a surprise to anyone, but that is some excellent cartooning, Willis.

  64. Dr.Z

    I see a potential pattern forming:

    Ultimatum One: Amazi-Girl gives Dorothy exclusives to keep Dorothy as a ‘friend,’ or Dorothy will find out Amazi-Girl’s identity & report it.

    Ultimatum Two: Walky stops wearing his pajama-jeans in public, or their casual relationship/make-out fest is over.

    Let’s see if there is a number three! Then it is a pattern.

    1. Kernanator

      Huh. You know, I didn’t think about that, but you have point.

  65. Kernanator

    I just wanted to take a moment, Willis, to congratulate you for writing a comic that is capable of sparking such heated debate in a good way.

  66. jaredstar1

    Maybe this has all ready been mentioned but ask yourselves this what if things were in reverse and it was walky who was threatening to withhold affection due to Dorothy wearing something he didnt approve of.

    At a guess a fair chunk of you would call him a controlling jackass (and you would be right )

    So the question i ask you is, Why is it that when Dorothy says it she is in the right?

    1. Icalasari

      The issue is that Walky is pretty socially awkward. If the positions were reversed and Dorothy was the socially awkward one, then it would still be sound advice

      1. DarkVeghetta

        But not in the way it was presented, and not in public. This is just making a scene because she couldn’t handle her knee-jerk reaction to his pants. I’m not sure why, considering she knows by now what to expect of his fashion choices.

  67. BrunDeign

    Man this seems like an awfully contrived reason to instill some relational drama into this. I’m sorry but it just seems a tad silly that they would get into an argument over him wearing pajama pants that look like jeans. Still a funny comic in and of itself but man, really putting conflict in simply for the sake of conflict.

    1. historyman68

      I dunno, it’s been set up for a while now. The entire story arc a few days (in DoA time) ago was titled Pajama Jeans. Haven’t we all gotten into huge arguments over tiny stuff?

      And, as many commenters have mentioned, it’s not really *about* the pj jeans. It’s about what it implies about their relationship, their past relationships, their personalities, etc.

    2. DarkVeghetta

      Problem here is it feels out of character for her. She didn’t mind his antics before and even did the optimal approach with the shirt. It feels a bit too much like clumsy, heavy-handed writing is what I’m saying. To be fair, I did think about this more then is normal since I commented several times and hence had time to let it sink in.

  68. DarkoNeko

    Walky you big drama queen

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