Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 26, 2024

Both as a mother and a lawyer, Joanie should be fighting for Jeff’s interests. Instead, she undermines him.

IMO, Joanie secretly admires Mike for divorcing her worthless daughter. Face it, in business, she’s a success, but as a mother…

Joanie knows that $5k would just fuel further insanity.

‘Just a kid’. Tell that to the millionaire kids who made it huge before they were 18 because they had a great idea. There are iVultures all over the place these days.

LOL! I forgot about that line….

Gasp!

People, this is a satire on venture capitalism, not a sociological essay on proper parenting or legal ethics. Develop a sense of humor!

How weird is it that Jeff doesn’t know he’s talking to his own brother-in-law?

She does sound rather like my Mom, who was what I call a “contrarian”. Even if you were trying to agree with her, she would get offended and claim you were agreeing for the wrong reason .

Just as well, they’d just spend the money on drugs

“….We don’t want him to be a billionaire too soon, too early in life.”

Joanie, you and Rick are always complaining that Jeff never contributes any money to the household. $5000 would go a long way.

Joanie, your kid had a GOOD idea for once….hard as that may be to grasp

When J.J. abandoned Alex, she was simply following her mother’s example. Except that J.J. didn’t abandon Alex. She talked to Alex on the phone. She visited. She shared custody. IIRC J.J. spent seven years not even knowing if her mother was dead or alive. If I’m not remembering correctly, well, my bad. :-|

She knows a scam when she hears one.

She’s known Mike a lot longer than Jeff though.

“On second thought, Mike, this kid is a moron. Send him $5 so can buy some comic books.”

It’s kind of too bad this site doesn’t have a “thumbs-down” function.