There is nothing wrong with mental health days, yo

I'm kind of torn about today's strip. On one hand, I totally am with Dragbutt. Practically every morning when my alarm goes off, I have a quick debate with myself about whether I can call in sick that day, taking into consideration (a) how tired I am, (b) whether I have anything at work that's pressing, and (c) how much work has sucked lately. The vast, vast majority of the time, I come into work. But it's a debate I have frequently, and on occasion, I'll give in, call in sick, and spend the day lounging around. I certainly don't begrudge other people doing it, so it annoys me that Mrs. Dragbutt feels the need to force him out of bed and into the office.

I can kind of feel her pain, though. First of all, she's up before him for some reason--she presumably doesn't work outside the home herself (because, well, I don't know that Scaduto really realizes how many women do, and her comment about helping her clean implies that she'll be around). Getting kids ready for school? Who knows! But she's likely on some sort of schedule (Monday: Laundry, Tuesday: Clean bathroom, etc.), and I can totally see how having Dragbutt around might upset those plans. And she might really have something important to do, and he could be a pain.

(Or maybe her plans involve continuing a torrid affair with the pool boy! That would be awesome.)

Really, the ideal compromise would be for him to sleep in, her to abandon her cleaning plans, and for them to do something together. Let him actually play hooky and they can go have fun. Everybody wins!

But no, that's too logical. Also...she's not a "bridey." These two have clearly been married for more than a couple of months. Al, get rid of "bridey" and "wifey" and "hubby" and all the rest. Just say "his wife."

I'm debating...who are we supposed to sympathize with? I'm thinking the wife (because, really, the default sympathy is with the wife when it comes to this strip).

And I'm pretending that the submitter is actually Javy Lopez, recently of the Orioles and the Red Sox. He just said he was from Toledo to throw people off.