A comedian lists all the exhausting things she does to be a "great girlfriend"—listening, cleaning, cooking, sex, planning—and jokes that she'd rather be single. She's riffing on a younger man's bit about being a great boyfriend and choosing single life instead.
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You know, I'm a great girlfriend, an amazing girlfriend. That's what every boyfriend I've ever had has told me. I'm a great girlfriend, but there's a reason why I choose to be single-ish, and that's because being a great girlfriend, well, it's exhausting. Firstly, I have to listen to my partner's ranting and raving and moaning about whatever it is that's bothering that day. I have to pick up his stuff that he drops on the floor. I have to cook the meals. Well, maybe not all the meals, but you know, quite a few of them. I have to give amazing blowjobs, obviously, that goes without saying. And I have to plan stuff. I have to plan, you know, pretty much everything that we're going to do. So rather than do all of that, I choose to be Singlish because being a great girlfriend is exhausting. And let's face it, who has the time? Well, That was a joke that I heard a younger man do the other day talking about the fact he's a great boyfriend, but he chooses to be a single guy because being a great boyfriend is exhausting. And he named all the reasons similar to what I just did. And I was curious to know, does that joke actually work in reverse? Clearly not.