I was dating a control freak. He insisted that he take the birth control pills.

In this one-liner, Wendy Liebman uses a reversal to lampoon the idea of a “control freak.” The boyfriend’s need to control everything becomes so extreme that it crosses into the absurd: he tries to control contraception by taking pills intended for women. The joke hinges on the audience’s basic knowledge of how birth control pills work, so the punchline lands as both biologically impossible and socially clueless. Beneath the humor is a critique of possessiveness and micromanagement in relationships—when “control” becomes the goal, it can override common sense and respect for boundaries.