First, while Lynn writes some pretty good story lines, this strip is first and foremost written from a WOMAN’S perspective. No, John would never fool around on his wife and never even come close. This situation is more about men like Ted who are secretly jealous of what John has and his desperate need to actualize his dead end life.
But told from a woman’s perspective, that’s also why Lynn doesn’t show that actually, if Ted were younger and good looking or obviously had lots of money, there are LOTS of women who fall for stupid pickup lines and creeps like Ted, and that’s why guys act like that, because lots (but not all) of women actually do fall for jerks if they just have enough self-confidence. So that is the flip side to this as well.
First, while Lynn writes some pretty good story lines, this strip is first and foremost written from a WOMAN’S perspective. No, John would never fool around on his wife and never even come close. This situation is more about men like Ted who are secretly jealous of what John has and his desperate need to actualize his dead end life. But told from a woman’s perspective, that’s also why Lynn doesn’t show that actually, if Ted were younger and good looking or obviously had lots of money, there are LOTS of women who fall for stupid pickup lines and creeps like Ted, and that’s why guys act like that, because lots (but not all) of women actually do fall for jerks if they just have enough self-confidence. So that is the flip side to this as well.