The guy scares me because he has the potential of robbing me of the love of my life. I know intellectually that the fear is unwarrented, but the emotional dynamic of it is that this man is impressive, while I do not view myself as impressive at all.

Also, she won't stop mentioning him. Probably because I am what is called in NLP technical jargon an "external sorter," I cannot avoid comparing myself to him, and then I feel like crap because I cannot measure up to him.