Mabel jokingly described her marriage to Mike as a "no-huddle marriage" when they were receiving marriage counseling. She proudly maintains a "smoke-free" house to the chagrin of her husband's friend Cronin. Some issues of the comic strip would show Mabel having a developed bust line, particularly if she is wearing a nightgown. Gardening to an extremely strict daily routine was also a part of her life; even to the point of doing it in a terrible rainstorm and worrying her adult son Truman.