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I am going to add my two cents to all the comments on the use of stereotypical displays of woman, kicking a dog, etc.

I think we really have to view the comic for what it is. A comic. Although the views of woman watching soaps or lamenting they don't have a man seems very dated now, we have to remember we are reading a strip from two decades ago.

The difficult part is that we are so used to the strip as it was in the end. Personally although I find it fun to revisit the early strips, I see it almost as a separate strip then the FBOFW that I grew to love. There is nothing wrong with that but I do miss them.

I do wish we would have some updated glimpses of the characters, but Lynn deserves the retirement. But as a long time lover of the strip I find myself not as drawn in anymore. I read it less and less. I want to remember the gang as they ended up not as they began. The dated material and the punchline endings are cute just not the strip I grew to love.

Jeff, MA

Oh please! I am in my early 30s and at the end of a PhD, after many years in school. I consider myself to be a feminist, however despite my academic efforts, I often do wonder if I have missed out by choosing career over having kids and a family. My sister-in-law is in her early 40s, has two kids (13 and 9) and is trying to get through a PhD, despite many setbacks. Though she absolutely adores her children, I know she wonders what if she hadn't got unexpectedly pregnant and had been able to focus on her career?

I don't consider Connie lamenting over her situation to be anti-feminist or supporting the view that a woman needs to get married. I see it as her being down in the dumps and focusing on that part of her life she isn't happy with. We all do it when we feel low.

Thanks so much for your strip Lynn. I can't start my day without reading it first.

Jenna, Los Angeles, CA