Grrl Power #1493 - Buff and wax? (Patreon)

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I'd wager Max is thinking that it might be time to have "the talk" when she gets home. With Rowan, I mean. Going on a few dates under false pretenses is usually pretty inexcusable, but there are probably some circumstances when it's... not terrible. Like if you just entered Witness Protection, and start dating a week later... that's got to feel like a lot of lying. I mean it is, but that's a case where it's at least understandable. (Although, come to think of it, you're probably discouraged from dating or doing anything that requires you to talk about yourself a lot within the first few months in WitPro, to give it time for your new identity to time to sink in. I have no idea either way, but it'd make sense.) 

"Dating if you're a superhero with a secret identity" is probably more of a gray area. I think you'd want to subtly but fairly quickly establish their views on the militarization of police powers and related industrial complexes - at least in the Grrl Verse. If you're in most other super-verses like Marvel or DC, you'd want to establish their views on vigilante justice. (I think the Avengers are sanctioned law enforcement, depending on what stretch of the comic you're reading. Maybe the Justice League too? I don't actually know. But you rarely see Batman or Ant Man giving testimony in trials.) 

Anyway, my point is, if you have a secret identity and you're dating, figure out if you're wasting your time and theirs early on by learning about their views on your day job. And if you have an intelligence branch as part of your superheroing outfit, do a background check to make sure your beau isn't an agent of HYDRA or a Skrull infiltrator or some DC equivalent. Or just to make sure they're not some influencer looking for a big vlog hit. 

So you figure out if you're compatible and that you trust them, you gotta come clean pretty early in the dating process. You can't True Lies that shit and wait till you have a teenage kid together. Even then, I'm sure plenty of people will be all, "It's totally unacceptable to lie on a date." And that's a valid... desire. Probably a little optimistic, but it's nice to hope for a more ideal world. 

So the next question is... is letting a naked alien man (what, like he's going to get his pants wet?) wash smart latex off your back in the shower cheating? Galen (and/or Gellen) is going to get a pretty good look at Max's bare butt. That said, until she grits back up, her butt is so shiny all he's going to really see is his own face.