When you marry someone, you also marry their weird hangups. Dempsey's weird habit is being pathologically unable to buy anything other than the cheapest, most generic stuff possible to "save money."
Here be the bonus comics!! I haven't done anything in monochrome India ink for a long time, so this is a fun exercise.
I can relate. This is 100% me when I do a food shop. I could never understand why people get attached to specific, more expensive brands.
Damn, Dempsey is definitely me in this case.
I'm comparing everything. Obviously prices, but that's baby stuff. Then I get into the grams, lbs, sq. ft. or whatever of the product. Am I getting more product out of this one or this one for these prices?
For food specifically you know I'm hitting those nutritional facts. Calories matter a bit, but I'm most interested in three things: sugar, protein, and fiber. Less sugar, more protein and fiber. More protein and fiber means I'm (generally) fuller longer. Less sugar because I'd like to avoid diabetes.
And if we want to get real crazy, sometimes I'll even compare the actual ingredients in two different products, especially between name brand and generic store brand. More times than not, generic store brand is the exact same thing as name brand down to the ingredients. Maybe there's a few things off, but generally not enough to make a big difference. So it's usually always worth it to go for more generic brand to save yourself some money. Taste may be a bit off from what you're used to, but that money I'm saving matters more to me. I may be a penny pincher, I'm realizing. Anyway, same rules apply for medicines and their active ingredients.
Extremely relatable spouse shopping moment right here! Tho, never again with the cheap stuff. You may pay less in the present but you sure as hell PAY for it later.
Also holy crap your inking is incredible, but all the art in this comic is so that's no surprise!
It’s just like what people say. You get what you pay for. Or…what you don’t pay for.
And thank you!!! ;-;
I used to do way more ink work, but it was very hard on the ol’ wrist.
Sadly I can relate to this. My partner insists on comparing the price per grams on every food product as well as scanning the ingredients for 'baddies'
Lmaooo unfortunately in my relationship, I’M the one who’s like this. I spend all this time fussing over saving mayyyybe $2 total. I’m not thinking about the fact that I can earn that money back, but that wasted time is completely gone lol.
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