All About I Love You

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   MariNaomi permalink

   February 11, 2013 8:13 pm

   I love panel five. LOVE.

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   Anonymous permalink

   February 11, 2013 8:22 pm

   Great one!

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   eyenoodledoodle permalink

   February 11, 2013 8:26 pm

   Beyond wow oh snap no she didn’t

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4. 
   noah permalink

   February 11, 2013 8:39 pm

   I love this

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   Jade Tippett permalink

   February 11, 2013 9:06 pm

   Spot on!! I remember this as leaving you very vulnerable and honest to people you trusted and felt safe with, back at LHS. Gregory Bateson wrote about this experience as a “double bind”. He really saw it as crazy-making. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bateson#Double_bind for a short explanation or Steps to an Ecology of Mind for the full academic treatment. This insight really helped me gain perspective on my own detached, but “loving” family.

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   inkjab permalink

   February 11, 2013 9:16 pm

   Awesome!!

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7. 
   Zack permalink

   February 11, 2013 10:22 pm

   Panel two reminds me of As I Lay Dying. Possible inspiration?

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8. 
   Scott Bieser (@ScottBieser) permalink

   February 11, 2013 11:57 pm

   My wife used to tell me she loved me every day. And then she died.

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   K. Haos Jensen (@kthorjensen) permalink

   February 12, 2013 12:16 am

   This is great. Incredible economy – you did more in 6 panels than I though possible. Really really good stuff.

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    Danny Ceballos permalink

    February 12, 2013 2:09 am

    Holy Golf Balls ! Panel 5 is horrifying, ha ha!
    This is a truly great strip

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    johnkinhart permalink

    February 13, 2013 1:17 am

    Great strip.

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12. 
    John Boren (@cartoonistjohnb) permalink

    February 13, 2013 12:41 pm

    Gabrielle, you have a very cool mom.

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13. 
    Pierce permalink

    February 15, 2013 12:11 am

    I loved (no pun in intended) Bell Hook’s All About Love too

    I think I’ll have to get that back from my ex

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14. 
    Zombi permalink

    February 28, 2013 10:53 am

    Weak people mostly say that they “love” what they want and need. Love is mostly nothing.

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    Isaac permalink

    March 4, 2013 5:01 pm

    I know that the “three little words” can be used as a wedge or a passive-aggressive plea, but as a parent of a kid who is just learning to talk, I want to say it to my son as much as possible. That’s not because it’s gratifying to hear him say it back (though it does make me happy), but because I want him to hear it from me all the time.

    I hope that I’m not screwing up by doing that.

    Can’t it just be a kindness?

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