* ArcFatigue: Some think Cathy and Irving's relationship should have ended in ''some'' way ''years'' before they finally tied the knot.
* BrokenBase: Should Cathy and Irving have ever married? On one hand, Cathy's shtick back in TheSeventies and TheEighties was that she was a single working woman. On the other, some feel that the sheer amount of WillTheyOrWontThey was [[ArcFatigue going way too long]] (for decades) and the amount of back-and-forth was just annoying, and that them ''finally'' tying the knot gave the strip [[CharacterDevelopment some much needed progress]].
* FairForItsDay: When the strip appeared in the 1970s, the idea of a newspaper comic with an adult, single, female protagonist (and a working one at that), written by a woman who had actual experience from the job market, was rather unheard of. By the end of its run, however, it too often seemed behind the times, presenting men and women in a stereotypical fashion which seemed outdated and somewhat sexist.
* OnceOriginalNowCommon: The premise is fairly generic today -- a day in the life of a single working woman, HilarityEnsues. In the 70s? This wasn't a common sight.
%%* UglyCute: Cathy
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Irving eventurally returns to the comic after getting PutOnABus when he breaks off his and Cathy's quite on-off relationship. Following this, his and Cathy's relationship grows increasingly steady, and eventually they get married, and stay together until the end of the comic's run. Quite a few readers disliked this development, feeling that Irving had previously been too much of a passive-aggressive jerk towards Cathy to really justify a rekindling of their relationship.
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