Arc Fatigue: Some think Cathy and Irving's relationship should have ended in some way years before they finally tied the knot.
Broken Base: Should Cathy and Irving have ever married? On one hand, Cathy's shtick back in The '70s and The '80s was that she was a single working woman. On the other, some feel that the sheer amount of Will They or Won't They? was 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 some much needed progress.
Fair for Its Day: 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run, however, it too often seemed behind the times, presenting men and women in a stereotypical fashion which seemed outdated and somewhat sexist.
Once Original, Now Common: The premise is fairly generic today — a day in the life of a single working woman, Hilarity Ensues. In the 70s? This wasn't a common sight.
Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: Irving eventurally returns to the comic after getting Put on a Bus 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.
