saving-myself
Explanation
The Joke
A woman tells her friend, "I've decided to save myself for marriage, like you said." Her friend responds, "That's beautiful." The woman then explains what she actually means: "Guys really just gross me out, you know? So I'm marrying myself. No more persisting until he puts a ring on it!" Her friend, horrified, exclaims "Are you insane?!"
The Humor
The joke plays on the phrase "saving myself for marriage." In its traditional, conservative meaning, it refers to abstaining from sex until one is married to another person. The woman subverts this by interpreting it with ruthless literalism -- she finds men repulsive, so she will marry herself, thereby satisfying the technical requirement of marriage while avoiding men entirely. The friend who originally advocated for "saving yourself" is appalled, revealing that the advice was never really about the principle of waiting for marriage but specifically about conforming to traditional heterosexual relationship norms. The comic highlights the tension between the stated reasoning behind the advice (sanctity, patience) and its actual social expectations.