Why "Perfect-on-Paper" Love Interests Always Come Second

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Perfect on Paper: when the love interest that might seem like a good one, but isn’t THE one... They’re the characters who get dumped, sidestepped, or even left at the altar – but they don’t deserve it like other characters might. They aren’t secret villains, concealing their infidelity or outright cruelty beneath an intentionally deceptive façade. So what exactly makes for a perfect-on-paper love interest, and how do these qualities differ between the male and female versions of those characters?

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00:00 Why aren't these perfect matches working out?
01:37 Perfect-on-Paper GUYS who fall short
05:03 Hello Fresh
06:07 Perfect-on-Paper GIRLS who are incompatible
10:06 Rom-coms and the torture of choice