Looking For Trouble

OMGIHADFORGOTTENABOUTBETWEENFAILURES!

Nash Wolfe

She has thought out many problems that can arise from a long distance relationship and yet Dan starts of with the attitude of "sure, great, why not" and makes Renee (and me) think that Dan is just going with the flow and accepting it as it comes, not thinking about the issues. Which means if and when problems arise, he would (seem to) be unprepared. But then again, perhaps we all underestimate Dan.

SilverbackRon

reminded of Between Failures... https://betweenfailures.com/comics1/1416-salted-nut-roll

David Howe

SHE'LL BE PEGGING HIM BEFORE ELLIOT AND CLINTON EVEN GET A SECOND KISS!

Yelling Bird

As someone who always worries that people I'm involved with are just saying what I want to hear rather than expressing what they want for themselves, I completely understand Renee in this.

Solomon Garland

It’s sounds like they’ve confirmed the “We are sexually compatible” hypothesis numerous times over the past week. Hanging out with friends is probably more deal sealing at this point. (Brun is awesome, but running Dan by some more socially attuned folks is probably a good call too).

Bruce Steinberg

Why waste the time going all the way back to the apartment when the hook up restrooms are right there? I’m ***sure*** Elliot won’t mind! 😈

Bruce Steinberg

The Augustus family shows up super high and with zero chill! (Tai is along for the ride again).

Bruce Steinberg

It's easy to sit here and say, "Shut up, Renee! Don't look for trouble where there is none!" but it's almost as though Dan's being TOO agreeable and understanding. It might be as simple as he's not really thought out all of the complications involved, or as nefarious as he's stringing her along, but I think it's got to be a little jarring to expect resistance and get absolutely none.

Matt Pedone

It blows.

Ardent Slacker

Well, there hasn't been much in the way of non-monogamy yet. I'm looking forward to seeing more in here *crosses fingers*

Julie Chan

Do we know that he's not being honest? I don't think we can say that as we've been shown nothing to indicate that he's not just ... Dan.

Chuck Dee

Renee straight reminding me of myself after a divorce

chili sunrise

It is known

Pejo

i sympathize with Renee. i am not comfortable with a situation unless i have a handle on the risks.

ezazel

YES! This is one of the many reasons I love QC, it provides many examples of positive communication. That feels like such a welcome change compared to the rest of, like, media in general.

James Dore

Renee clearly has issues where she desperately wants to see that something could go wrong. Dan, meanwhile, maybe is guilty of not being honest enough about potential issues with himself, let alone Renee.

Ben Russell-Gough

Communication! They are doing it right

Bagge

I really need to catch up again Non-monogamy? This is going to be interesting I love how diverse the comic is

J H

She’s basically the Faye analog at the Secret Bakery, but even the exceptionally endowed Faye would think “That girl has boobs for days!”

Populuxe

Everyone else has nailed the actual analyses and jokes on this one. So I'll just go low:. How the fuck big are Renee's BOOBA

Errol Lobo

Thanks for your work

Christian Epple

There is a typo in the third panel. thart

Christian Epple

I wonder how Brun is doing with the cocaine

Hawkeye

I told my hubby up front that the worst thing I saw was he snores like a lumber mill, many years later I'm still stuck with him =B HURR HURR

Minzoku Bokumetsu

Or it was a brain-thart.

Hugh Eckert

Jeph was just tharting around.

Hugh Eckert

I am officially on board the renee/dan train and they shall now be called dranee.

Aaron Schulz

In my book, there's only one real deal-breaker incompatibility. And that is: how skillfully you negotiate your incompatibilities. These two are starting off right - Renee just needs more chill. Keep it up, Jeph - drama built around healthy, creative conflict!

Photon

Yup. I was in a long-distance monogamous relationship for over 10 years, both of us committed to our jobs. But we took turns traveling on weekends to spend time together, absence making the heart (and other body parts) grow fonder. On two occasions we separated amicably when one of us found a local person we wanted to date... ended up getting back together, then finally a career change let us move in together! We know each other so well, it's been pretty effortless since then.

Photon

Exactly - anxiety can be defined as worry without an actionable target.

Photon

. . . being thrown pretty hard . . .

Photon

I think the flaw in this isn’t Renee’s paranoia from past doomed relationships but that we “know” Dan isn’t the shitty Dan of old. I get Renee’s hesitation. It’s going to take some time for Renee to be sure Dan’s the one.

Miyaa

Awesome!

Carrie

You may fix “thart”, but I choose to believe it’s a “I’ve had a couple of drinks” vocal slip-up, and I kind of love the word.

Cory Thorp

Renee, take that boy back home and do your thing quickly. Seal the deal so to speak.

I know this one! Humans that have learned to express their needs and wants in a responsible and healthy way.

Jennifer Doyle

She’s having a good start. Having a frank discussion about what you want from a relationship is never a bad thing.

Brian

Renee is being very level headed. Dan, that's a good thing.

Rich Holmes

I learned that long-distance relationships, no matter how difficult, are far better than no relationship at all. Assuming the initial relationship was good, refusing to try long-distance just hurts the other person. For me, the best thing is that my long-distance relationships never crashed and burned: One or the other of us would reach a limit, and we'd become best friends, where time and distance c an then have their normal effects.

BobC

Typo in panel 3: "thart" --> "that"

Pavel Curtis

This comic is totally unrealistic. When would two individuals starting a relationship ever discuss things as well as this?

Binkenstein

It's nice when you can move past worrying about what you need to be worried about and onto primary worrying.

Adam Friedlander

Sometimes peeps have a VERY deep seated belief of "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably Is" from being hurt by these situations before. As weird as it sounds to say that hunting for the Cons for your con list can be a good thing, for a small subset of people finding those potential cons brings the subject back to a believable thing, and therefore allows them to accept that it IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLY REAL, and true, and therefore worth taking the risk to go for it...

Mark Thomas

OMG Renee is me too. Chaos in relationships, but as long as I know the risks I'm ok, not knowing what they are makes me nervous LMAO

Onyx

Paul Thart: Mall Thop

Eric Sieck

Not gonna lie me and my wife did this exact same thing. We went through all potential deal breakers date 1, we've now been married 9 years lol

Renee. Stop. Just stop. Knock it off with the throwing up roadblocks. Give it a try. Live in the moment. And drag Dan's butt back to bed.

Michael Boettger

Thart? :p

Summer Sudbrink

The longer this conversation goes on, the more *I'm* waiting for the other shoe to drop.

David Jackson

“Also, you seem somewhat crazy and pessimistic and likely to call the whole thing off just to protect yourself from getting hurt”

Thisguy

Sigh,.... "rubber ball in a small room"

Darnel D Cooper

She's used to shoes dropping and is suspicious when they aren't readily identifiable!

Grace Kieser

Satisfying comic is satisfying

doorbender

Gotta know your hypothesis is falsifiable before you can test it.

Diptych