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I saw a lot of comments about the Father's Day episode, and a lot were negative. I have to say, I found it VERY funny b/c that's a little bit how both Father's Day and Mother's Day goes around our house. :) My kids (2 and 4) both made my husband gifts, and we saw my Dad for church & breakfast. But it was pretty much right - I still had a lot of responsiblities to keep up on, and I found myself asking him to help out - while I go do this, can you take Olivia swimming?, while I cook dinner, can you get the kids washed and ready? Can you swing by on your way home and get this for dinner? etc. And he did it very graciously. Part of appreciating your husband and your Dad - and your husband AS a dad - is allowing them to feel accomplished and needed. I appreciated the comic and I think it's really relevent.

Cindi M, Lake Worth, FL

I loved the strip of Michael playing the game under the covers with the flashlight. I used to do the same thing only when I was young (I am pretty much the same age as adult Michael) I was reading For Better or For Worse under my covers. I got the knock on my door a number of times to put FBorFW away and go to sleep!

Ryan, Seattle, WA

Growing up I always read For Better or for Worse. April was a little baby when I started reading it. I liked reading the strip but it never had any meaning. I am now older and have a family of my own. I am so glad she "started it over again" and we get to relive the characters and they grow up. My son is about the same age as Michael is now and there are so many things that I relate to now that I'm a mother. Michael even looks like my son! I have to check the strip every day to see what the kids are doing. We're also "The Pattersons". :)

R. Patterson, MS

Have read your strips for over 20 years and always saw my family in yours. Todays strip was especially meaningful as I now live in FL and am hating the heat and missing the seasons, yes, even the snow and ice! after living in Michigan for 15 years. Just had to tell you how much your strips mean to me, first thing I read on the computer each morning and keep up the great work!!

Judy C, St. Petersburg, FL

While I applaud your creativity and would never want to limit your freedom, I miss the "old" strip. As one of two strips I follow, I mourn the loss of these friends and their on-going story. I don't quite understand the retreads. Had you continued the old strip and pitched in a few of the original style for Mike and Liz's family... I'd be happier. Of course, for me it's enjoyment, and for you it's work, and I do believe people should be happy in their work, so if this is your way of being happy, more power to you. I supposed you could do both; sleep is overrated, after all...

Rob S, FL

I am one of your many devoted readers and I just want to say how happy I am that you have gone back to the earlier times of the Patterson family. It was getting so depressing with everyone growing up, loosing Farley and Jim’s decline that I was loosing intrest and could hardly read the strip. Please keep it in this time frame. I read the comics for enlightenment and joy and for my laugh for the day. Please don't let the family grow any older. Look at Blondie and Dagwood and how long they have been around. Yes, Alexander and Cookie have become teenagers and Daisy had a litter of puppies a long time ago but that is as far as I want it to go. I read the comics for the fun artwork and silly comedy and yours is one of the best. Please keep Farley a puppy and no more rabbits. I love rabbits but not in the house.

Galen R, Wichita, KS