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When he said "But last week she died" I didn't think he meant that it was cuz men have slightly lower expectations than women, I just thought he was leading up to the same line but since it was changed it made the joke more funnier XD

i dont think the "your perfect guy doesnt exist" vs "your perfect girl does but she died last week" is about who has more "realistic" expectations regarding the whole romance thing, he's probably saying that women are more pressured to perform a certain way and are held to a higher standard (regarding appearances at least) by society in general, which often leads to mental health problems, eating disorders and other shit like that, hence the whole "she was what you wanted but she died last week" bit, which is really fucking sad to think about

Im pretty sure the dick joke in the beginning was just a dick joke.  Not everything Bo writes is some deep philosophical statement.  I think he was just trying to get a giggle with that one, and it absolutely got one out of me when i saw it when this special came out

I just love that with women, its "lower your expectation a few" and for men is lower your expectation a A LOT

hearing this song again and hearing the "last week she died" for me it seems like the girl tried so hard to be perfect that she ended up killing herself over it. like you said you see all these people on social media constantly presenting as perfect and women tend to try to truly become what is impossible.

Btw I'm on a deep dive of your Bo reactions and they are great :)

The reason he said "Last week she died" is because for a joke to work it often needs to be a surprising punch line. It was the best way to get a laugh.

This video actually helped me a lot. I recently realized that I am aromantic which has hurt a lot of my romantic relationships because I never had the “I love you” moment. But when you described love as less of a feeling and more of a commitment, that really struck home and I think is going to really help me down the line in relationships.

I didn’t interpret the ‘but last week, she died’ line as men’s expectations being more realistic. If anything it’s just as fanciful, because he cited a single woman in billions. Like this divine joke of; PSYCH, you never would have known her anyway. Plus, yeah, subverting our expectations too.

Generally speaking, obviously it doesn’t apply to all, but men get unrealistic expectations from porn and women get unrealistic expectations from romance movies. We are all guilty. 😄

vacuum like a completely empty space, not the machine

In love, as in all of life, the thing that ruins most things is expectations. Anything good becomes bad because it wasn't great. Nice things suck because they aren't spectacular. Good people are seen as boring because they're not exhilirating.

Bo actually makes a good point. Just pick someone and love them. Don't imbue them with undue expectation that they can never met. Sometimes we are the architects of our own destruction and loneliness.

Your “love is difficult” discussion is such real talk. Completely agree with you about love being WORK, and that we need to take care of ourselves and be in good working order before bringing someone else into our lives.

I find it difficult to use a urinal if there’s even the POTENTIAL of someone walking in and using one next to me so I definitely feel Bo on that

I think the beginning bit is about, like the rest of this show, trying to subvert expectations as much as possible.
But that’s just my take, I’m not entirely sure 😂

"Love isn't just a feeling... it's a choice and commitment"

Man I love your reactions.  You have great takes and you go beyond just "heh that song funny." Keep up the good work.

I’ve never been this early.

This is definitely one of his songs that leans more toward the meaningful sort of side and it has the little bits of comedy poking through. It has a really good meaning and it also just sounds so amazing. It’s a beautiful song. You did a great job of analyzing it.

Well it was just a simple "set up, pay off, set up, subvert" comedy structure, but I mean, Bo is also correct in saying that, with billions of people in the planet, odds are there is someone out there who ends up fitting every little crazy criteria someone makes up for their perfect partner... Odds are that person lived about 200 years ago on a whole different part of the planet but hey, they existed, kudos... There will never be another just like them, stop looking for perfection and lower your expectations. That's how I took the "last week, she died"

11:28 What ur saying reminds me of this song from Tim Minchin (Similar comedian to Bo) called "You grew on me" where he talks about this exact thhing!!

I love this song, because it's so true, most of us grow up with the idea that love has to be entirely "romantic and perfect" but that doesn't exist!