485 Shallow Pals

One of the reasons I found dating was always a nightmare for me was due to other guys trying to woo the girl I was trying to woo. Even if I just found her attractive without having any particular intentions, a guy would show up outta nowhere and look at me like I was his eternal rival. I wanted every dude in the world to get lost and let me love in peace.

I got my wish when I met a girl I was really attracted to, but no one else was attracted to her. Apart from cruel jokes, everything went so smoothly and we were mostly left alone, which was what I wanted!

One day this came up in conversation and my new girlfriend told me she had powers that gave her a form that repelled other men, but her real form, my perception, was who she really was. I asked her what that form looked like to other guys and she showed me. I couldn't see much of a difference. She said that was because I really was in love with her and she knew it.

We could pass through the most laddish and sausage fest places imaginable and no one would pay any attention to her at all. No one stared at her with their mouths hanging open, except for me of course on the day I met her. Life with her was safe and non-threatening and the absence of that anxiety gave us a lot of freedom to do what we wanted together.