Love & Passion Quote by Margaret Cho

Domesticity is supposed to be the rom-com prize: move in, merge toothbrushes, cue the steady glow of adult stability. Margaret Cho punctures that fantasy with a line that’s both punchy and uncomfortably recognizable, turning cohabitation into an anticlimax. The opener lands on its bluntness - “we don’t have sex - ever” - a deliberate overstatement that invites the laugh and dares you to admit you’ve heard some version of it from friends, or lived it.

Then comes the twist: the “free milk” proverb, traditionally aimed at women as a moral warning about sexual access and commitment, gets hijacked. Cho doesn’t just flip the gendered premise; she makes it weirder and more bodily. “Lactose intolerant” is the kind of gross, mundane specificity that drags the metaphor out of the realm of dating-advice clichés and into the kitchen-sink reality of long-term relationships. Desire isn’t framed as a romantic mystery; it’s framed as physiology, appetite, even digestion - something that can shut down when conditions change.

The subtext is less “moving in kills sex” than “security changes the erotic economy.” When the chase dissolves into logistics, when partners become roommates with shared chores and shared fatigue, attraction can start to feel like another obligation. Cho’s line works because it’s not aspirational or therapeutic; it’s a dirty little observational truth dressed up as a proverb remix. It also slyly critiques how we talk about sex in relationships: as supply, as entitlement, as something you “get,” until suddenly nobody wants it.