Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.
From Cathy Guisewite
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.
The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise.
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.
The specifics of Cathy's and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.
I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.
I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.
Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.
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