Meanwhile, at Flore’s…
Even Flore can get tired to listen to someone talking about the same problems over and over again.
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Pet the cat. That always work.
I see a lot of cats in Liliane’s future.
Twilight: She only has one cat.
Pinkie: Give it time.
I don’t even think she has one. The way I see her, she’s too busy to consider taking care of a cat.
What was the cat’s name again?
Or if it’s not named yet you should name it ASAP.
Saying “pet the cat” with with family pet sounds a bit weird somehow (is it just me?)
Under each comic there’s a list of characters. ;-)
His name is Philemon. And I dunno, I thought it was funnier if she only said “the cat”.
I usually call my girlfriend’s cat “the cat” when I’m not talking to it directly.
No, it’s Philémon. :-p
Ah yeah, I totally forgot about that, I even thought that Philemon is a cute name for cat,
I guess I just love calling my pet’s name all the time.
I mean, is Liliane coming across as desperate or codependent? As a male in about that age range, yeah… I’d probably depart the relationship too… after all, I’ve had some 40 years (+?) to form the kind of independent-ish person I am…
Though she doesn’t appear to be the type like that, one never knows.
Also, yeah. I have a kitty buddy to pet in situations like these. His name is Spot. He is greedy for chicken, but is still a buddy even when I am not sharing chicken.
She’s quite desperate indeed. She’s afraid of getting older, but she’s never been in a stable relationship. And obviously, being desperate makes her rather unpopular even if she’s really good looking and well endowed. (She does date a lot of dudes, but most of them don’t stick around…)
But like we’ve seen before, she’s really good at maintening an air of control and professionalism so it’s hard to tell she’s like that when you don’t know her that well.
Birds of a feather flock together. Always whining to your little sister isn’t any more grown-up than men who don’t want to commit instantly. Maybe she’s pushing too hard.
Oh, wait, Flore is the older one, right? But man, Flore looks like she’s 14 and Liliane could easily be 37.
Here’s to hoping that next week Laurence will join the conversation. ^^
Haha, yeah, Flore is older. Barely. Flore is 31, Liliane is 30.
Liliane looks older, but Flore is indeed the more mature one, in spite of her strange personality.
And let’s see what happens next week. :)
“Men who don’t want to commit instantly”?
It reads differently than I think you meant… I’m trying to think if comma placement would be appropriate, but I think “men who instantly don’t want to commit” reads more clearly.
I mean, I definitely don’t want to commit in an instant, but I may feel like committing over time, kind of thing.
My next younger brother is seven years my junior, but he has been bigger than me since he was 10 and I was 17… people have thought he was the older brother most of our lives.
@Miles: Your placement of “instantly” gives a different meaning. Lily was just recently cleavaging (is that a word? ^^) one of the male Frivo-cast, so if she isn’t multi-flirting, then she is pretty much instantly about committing.
@Dez: Oh my god, Flore is OLD! But now that I think about it: Your better half looked almost like a minor as well when she did the Flore-cosplay, so it’s actually not all that far-fetched.
Maybe you could add the ages you have decided on to the character page?
My better half is younger than Flore, though. :)
And yeah, everyone’s always so curious about them ages. I think I’ll rehaul my bio page completelty and add some of the info from the in-comic bios and some more stuff.
For the lols, Chloe and Marie are both 24. Saki is 25, and Clementine is 21. Delphine is 23. Conroy is 40. Nobody knows what age Gaia is. Ben and Fred are 28, Agnes is 32 and Mimi is turning 10 in a few strips. ;)
The girls of many jobs are 26 I think.
Yeah, I didn’t mean that she looked like a 31-year-old who looked a lot younger. :-) Just that she looks really young.
And thanks for the age infos! Someone should ask Gaia her age… wait, if you say “nobody”, does that mean she doesn’t know either? How can she register for boxing fights without an ID?
Liliane might fight the crime herself after being a Catwoman.
Dude it’s okay, no one wanna talk with you, you can talk to me, I’m your self conscious.
Oh, poor dear Liliane, men are always like this. Why are you still trying? Come on, there is this sweet nice young woman who really likes you…
Relationships are hard, aren’t they? I mean, Liliane has like every imaginable virtue, and she’s still single.
You’re the only supporter of the Marie-Neige X Liliane pairing that I know of. =D
I’d ship Marie-Neige with anybody, just to make her stop breaking so many hearts ;)
I ship the Maries together cos I’m a twisted SOB.
Flore’s advice is actually quite sound. Petting cats has been known to not only help relieve stress, but even increase life expectancy.
Or is it that long lived, low stress people have been known to pet cats? :-) But why take the chance. Pet the cat.
Medicine confirms that cats have healing effects. The purring sound helps bone growth, for example.
There is a bit of irony between your statement and your name. :-)
I don’t know about bone growth, but it is well-established knowledge that animals can have a soothing effect on the psyche and therefore accelerate physical healing as well.
It probably depends on the person. I think petting cats would just stress me out. I’m a little bit germophobic, and I would worry about all the cat hair left behind on me, and worry about when the cat sinks it’s nails into me.
Now, if it were a cat girl, on the other hand.. Better yet, a cat girl petting me.
Well, I can certainly understand the whole idea of boring people with the same old complaints and problems that never seem to change. Liliane definitely needs a new approach, and I don’t think that it involves a girlfriend.
Flore likes her sister a lot, but yeah, she’s getting a bit tired of having to deal with her love-related breakdowns all the time.
I suspect Liliane needs to start fishing in a different dating pool. If she’s encountering the same problem with the guys she meets again and again, then she’s meeting the wrong guys and should look elsewhere.
I suppose as a last resort she could always try a dating agency.
Philémon’s seems to be giving that, What?/Who me?/I didn’t sign up for this!, look in panel 3, but seems okay with it in panel 4. Cat duties accepted?
Someone told me, “Only a cat can do what a cat can do. The difference is that cats know it, and that what makes them so smug about it”. Still not sure if they liked or hated cats.
Liliane is the only person (other than Flore) that Philemon seems to like. Well, them, and Clementine, now. So yeah, he doesn’t mind being pet by his auntie, but his reaction in panel 3 was too good not to use.
He seems to like Clementine too.
http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/141-betrayal
But everyone likes Clementine, (except occasionally Clementine).
[Rereads] But you said that already. Never mind.
My question: what was Flore actually about to do? Sleeping? Talking to a friend? Planning the elimination of people over her height?
I wanna knooooooooow!
Tune in next week! :)
Wildest guess: Flore was about to go out with Laurence.
My guess: She was about to get a cell phone.
Haha, nah, Flore still use a wired, dial phone, as seen in some of the older strips.
I have to put my cat to sleep today. This comic has gone from funny to sad for me now…. : (
My condoleances. :(
Philemon’s face in panel 3…”don’t give me to her!”
I had to have my dog Mycliffe put to sleep a while back he was cremated.
You know, that’s an actual issue many beautiful women have to deal with: most men think they’re out of their league so they don’t even try to flirt and these poor beautiful women are stuck with total douchebags or celibacy… If I find a lady like Liliane, I try at least a conversation! I know I’m maried, and happily maried too, but I love beauty too much to just shut up and stare,