Vault: He thinks women have high standards

Summary

The Bert Show — Vault: He Thinks Women Have High Standards

Episode Date: July 27, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the topic of dating expectations, focusing on the perception that women have overly high standards when seeking partners. The Bert Show crew examines these standards from multiple angles, including ambition, superficiality, and gender double standards. Conversation moves from personal anecdotes to broader social commentary, with both hosts and callers chiming in.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Ready-Made Man” Myth & Women’s Standards

• Main Male Speaker (likely Bert): Now that he’s married, women feel comfortable venting their dating problems to him. He claims to have gained “wisdom” others should follow.
  • Quote: “All men, including myself, figured out dating for everybody else the day we got married.” (00:53, Carl)
• He observes that many women have long lists of requirements, but rarely mention ambition as a must-have trait.
  • Quote: “I very rarely hear ambition on that list.” (01:27, Main Male Speaker)
• The hosts joke about the infamous “six-six-six” checklist (six-pack abs, six-figure salary, six feet tall—and more recently, "less than six venereal diseases").
  • Quote: “Six packs. Six figures and six… [foot].” (01:50, Supporting Male Speaker 1; 02:04, Supporting Male Speaker 2)

2. Ambition vs. Status and Appearance

• The nuance between having a job and being driven is discussed. The group agrees:
  • A job at McDonald’s is fine if the person aspires toward more, but not if they’re complacent.
  • Quote: “If you have a guy who's working at McDonald's and he's comfortable with being at McDonald's, then okay, that's a problem. But if he's talking about, 'Man, I'm gonna dump these fries, and as soon as I get off these fries, I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that,' that guy is showing ambition.” (02:22, Main Male Speaker)

3. Superficiality: Both Genders Guilty?

• The group describes a scenario where an ambitious man is dismissed by a woman due to his shoes:
  • Quote: “She missed everything just by looking at his shoes.” (03:17, Main Male Speaker)
• The discussion pivots to whether women are too focused on superficial traits, especially in urban dating scenes (“the A,” referencing Atlanta).
• Gender reversal: Is a man prioritizing looks the same as a woman focusing on financial stability?
  • Quote: “If women are superficial about what they want in a man, isn't it the equivalent of what guys want in a woman?” (04:54, Supporting Male Speaker 3)
• Carl disagrees, stating guys are typically less rigid about physical perfection than women expect.
  • Quote: “Guys don't want women to be as physically perfect as you think we want women to be.” (05:21, Carl)

4. Caller Perspective — Ambition Isn’t Enough

• Rebecca (Caller, 06:12): Shares her experience dating a man for four years who talks about self-improvement but never acts.
  • Quote: “It is one thing to say you're gonna do, get a better job, look better for your woman or whatever; it’s another thing to do it.” (06:12, Rebecca)
• Hosts urge her to rethink the relationship, noting that promises without action signal a lack of real ambition.
  • Quote: “Get out. Why do you keep…Yeah, she's…That's a great point.” (06:53, Carl; Supporting Male Speaker 1)
  • The conversation is peppered with humor as the hosts tease about broken promises and classic excuses.

5. Double Standards Called Out

• The panel discusses whether women’s focus on financial status mirrors men’s supposed fixation on looks, acknowledging both sides struggle with superficial standards, but also challenging those assumptions and highlighting the importance of authenticity and ambition over surface qualities.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “All men, including myself, figured out dating for everybody else the day we got married.”
  — Carl, (00:53)
• “I very rarely hear ambition on that list.”
  — Main Male Speaker, (01:27)
• “She missed everything just by looking at his shoes.”
  — Main Male Speaker, (03:17)
• “If women are superficial about what they want in a man, isn't it the equivalent of what guys want in a woman?”
  — Supporting Male Speaker 3, (04:54)
• “Guys don't want women to be as physically perfect as you think we want women to be.”
  — Carl, (05:21)
• “It is one thing to say you're gonna do... it’s another thing to do it.”
  — Rebecca (Caller), (06:12)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:30 – Setup: Introduction to Carl’s theory about women's standards
• 01:10 – The Standards List: Discussion about what women want and the omission of ambition
• 02:22 – Ambition and Low-Paying Jobs: The difference between complacency and aspiration
• 03:17 – Judging by Appearances: Story about the ambitious man dismissed for his shoes
• 04:54 – Double Standards Discussion: Are women’s financial standards akin to men’s physical standards?
• 06:12 – Caller Rebecca: Real-life example of empty ambition and hosts’ advice

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains its trademark humor, authenticity, and relatable tone, mixing playful banter with real talk about dating, gender expectations, and self-improvement. Listeners get both genuine advice and plenty of laughs, staying true to The Bert Show's engaging style.

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Summary Takeaway

The Bert Show’s cast and listeners explore the complex expectations in modern dating. While women are often accused of having "high standards," the show highlights the difference between seeking surface-level success and valuing real ambition. Both men and women are challenged to look beyond looks or salary and recognize substance and growth. In the end, promises mean little without follow-through, and everyone—on both sides—could benefit from re-examining what really matters in a partner.

Transcript

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[Carl]

The Bird Show. Producer Carl man, he's looking around. He's watching women complain. I can't find a man all the time. Carl thinks he's got it figured out.

[Rebecca]

Let's hear it.

[Main Male Speaker]

You know what? And I think this because, you know, I'm married now and women seem to feel comfortable vending to me and tell me what they wants and needs and everything.

[Carl]

So all men, including myself, figured out dating for everybody else the day we got married.

[Main Male Speaker]

Exactly.

[Carl]

It's all. It's all crystal clear. For the rest of you now that I'm married, take my dating wisdom and run with it.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

The standards.

[Main Male Speaker]

It's the truth. But.

[Carl]

But.

[Main Male Speaker]

No, but seriously though, I hear a lot of women complaining. And don't get me wrong, I have three sisters. So I would never tell a woman to lower their standards.

[Rebecca]

And daughters.

[Main Male Speaker]

And I have daughters. Exactly. That I would never tell. Excuse me, I would never tell you to lower your standards.

[Rebecca]

But.

[Carl]

But I'm about to tell you lower your standards.

[Rebecca]

O.

[Main Male Speaker]

All I'm saying is I hear a lot of women saying they want this, they want that. They have this whole list. But I very rarely hear ambition on that list. Now, I think the ambition can play a part in everything else. A part of that list. But if you hear women saying I want this like on what Chili wants, don't get me wrong, I understand. That's what she wants. That's what she wants.

[Rebecca]

Her list.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

Her big six list or whatever she called it.

[Main Male Speaker]

Exactly, exactly.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

But that was Bert's friend who had the six packs. Six figures and six.

[Carl]

Yeah, yeah. And there was one other six million six.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

Six foot.

[Carl]

Six foot. That's right. Six foot six, less than six.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

Venereal diseases.

[Main Male Speaker]

I just think that women want a ready made man. And I don't know where they sell those at. You know, and the thing. And what I say about ready made men is they want this guy who has. Let's just. Let me just start with a few.

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A job.

[Main Male Speaker]

A job. Okay. No, no problem. I mean, no problem.

[Carl]

That goes with ambition, right?

[Main Male Speaker]

That definitely goes with ambition. But if you have a guy. Now, I've spoken with a. They say he can't be working at McDonald's. Now, in today's society, McDonald's is good to have a job. And that's what I mean. So if you have a guy who's working at McDonald's and he's comfortable with being at McDonald's, then okay, that's a problem. But if he's talking about, man, I'm gonna dump these fries, and as soon as I get off these fries, I'm gonna go to work and I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that, that guy is showing ambition. So he's showing. He's not able to show you.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

Now, even if you're. If all you're doing is cooking fries at McDonald's, you're still doing better than like a third of the other people out there.

[Main Male Speaker]

Yeah.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

Aren't bringing anything in.

[Carl]

You're making a hundred bucks for a couple of days work at least. You're bringing in a hundred bucks at least.

[Main Male Speaker]

Right. And the guy wants more. So if he's talking about more, I just think that a lot of women are missing that ambitious, that. That ambitious characteristic.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

So, yeah, especially a guy in their 20s isn't going to be making that, you know, salary that they eventually will in their 40s or their 50s or whatever.

[Main Male Speaker]

And even guys in their 30s and 40s, it's hard times around here now. Everybody's on top of their game by the time they hit 40. So, I mean, I have plenty friends who's not on top of their game, you know, and they're. They're struggling, they're working, they're hustling to get there, but they just don't have it. So they have hard times. Even speaking with the guy, it was. It was funny. I was out with a partner of mine a few weeks ago. Dude is real ambitious. He's. He's always talking about ideas. He's always getting things together. He had on these funny shoes, ripped up shoes. He was talking with this girl. The girl literally looked him up and down and laughed at him. And I saw him whisper to a friend, ha, ha, look at her shoes. Not knowing that this guy could. Is like, he's a real good dude. Real good, strong dude, you know, and she. I just think that she missed everything just by looking at his shoes. And I don't know if it's Atlanta

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

or, you know, do you think women are too superficial?

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

Very.

[Main Male Speaker]

When they're making their list, especially in the A, I'm not gonna say hotline,

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

especially in hot way.

[Carl]

So at the end of the day, women are complaining about guys, but guys are out there, they're just looking. Women are looking for the wrong things.

[Main Male Speaker]

There's plenty. There's plenty of dudes out there. Yeah, plenty dudes out there.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

Cause we can compromise now because guys, you. You women are superficial. I mean, I'm just saying with guys, like, I'm trying to find the equivalent on a appearance factor for women because, you know, guys want women to be perfect looking. So let's say a woman is, you know, 10, 15, 20 pounds overweight. Can't you see, you know what? She may have ambition to someday, you know, be able to be in the shape that I want her to be in. Or, you know, like, I'm just wondering if and when you see a woman that is overweight, if you're a guy that likes a thin woman, don't you walk away from her base just on visual? I'm just saying that Carl's black.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

No, he likes the big girls.

[Main Male Speaker]

Yeah, I like them thick.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

I'm seriously saying for guys, like, if women are superficial about what they want in a man, isn't it the equivalent of what guys want a woman?

[Carl]

Isn't it different? Isn't there some kind of difference here by saying that you're attracted either a short guy or a tall guy, or as opposed to, like, him just having ratty shoes on?

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

No, I think that you have the comparison of a woman wanting a guy to be financially sound, I think is the equivalent of a guy wanting a woman to be physically perfect. I think because I think that.

[Carl]

See, I don't think. See, I think that's in your. I think that's in a woman's head. Guys don't want women to be as physically perfect as you think we want women to be.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

All we know is what you keep saying. And the way you talk about women gives that message.

[Main Male Speaker]

For instance, there's been plenty times you've given. I've given a compliment to a woman. Maybe a girl in McDonald's or she's been earlier in the world.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

You're hungry, aren't you?

[Main Male Speaker]

Yeah, I'm sorry.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

You're talking about French fries a lot now.

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[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

I'm craving egg McMuffin.

[Main Male Speaker]

Hash brown and egg McMuffin.

[Carl]

Plenty of time.

[Main Male Speaker]

And you will give a comment maybe early in the morning where she may have rolls in her hair and. And you'll hear the woman say, why is. Why is he talking to me like that? Why is he complimenting me. But the guy just sees that potential. So I don't think, I think it's more so in the woman's head of the physical what we're looking for. More so than what you all think that we are actually looking for.

[Carl]

That's probably another conversation for another time. Here's Rebecca. Good morning. You're on Q100.

[Rebecca]

I got a comment on Carl's ambitious thing. It is one thing to say say you're gonna do, get a better job, look better for your woman or whatever is another thing to do it. I've been dating this guy for going on four years, been stuck in the same job steady, saying, I'm gonna do better, I'm gonna do better. I'm gonna make myself look better for you. Yeah. I gotta go to the gym, I gotta make myself look good. I gotta go to the tan in bed, I gotta make myself look good. I gotta have a full time job and help him because he's going to help me do better.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

Why are you in this relationship?

[Main Male Speaker]

That's a good question.

[Carl]

Because he's so ambitious.

[Main Male Speaker]

He's ambitious.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

You sound like incredibly disappointed.

[Carl]

Get out. Why do you keep. Yeah, she's. That's a great point.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

Get out.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

Well, he's showing you what he's going

[Rebecca]

to do because he keeps saying he's going to do better. He's going to do.

[Carl]

But you just called, you just called us up to tell us basically, you know, he's not doing anything. But you're still hanging out.

[Supporting Male Speaker 3]

Yeah.

[Supporting Male Speaker 2]

And now she's laughing. She's like, I know he's not going to do anything. Like he always like, I'm gonna open a dry cleaner. He's not.

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

That bong on the coffee table. He keeps telling that me he's gonna retire it, right?

[Main Male Speaker]

But some, I mean some point,

[Supporting Male Speaker 1]

see

[Main Male Speaker]

stuff like that, right, you got to cut them off. You see Jeff laughing too much. Just cut it off.

[Carl]

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