I (36m) got wolf whistled and cat called by a woman in a car last Friday and it’s honestly in the top 5 things that have ever happened to me in my life. I’ve been in therapy the last three months and that one compliment had made me feel better than hours of therapy.

I was crossing the street and I was in my work clothes. It was a very warm day and I’d been working indoors all day doing a physical job and I felt like a hot sweaty mess. I’d left my tool belt around my waist which was annoying me and making me uncomfortable so I also looked pissed off. As I’m crossing the road I just happened to look at a car as it’s the same as my friends. I looked up and made eye contact with the the woman driving and she made like a kissy face motion at me and smiled. I thought she was being a bit arsey because she thought I was staring at her. As I got next to her she wound the window down and whistled at me and shouted “Oi you” so I looked over and she said “you’re fucking gorgeous. If I wasn’t married” and then she drove off. Since then I feel like I’m floating on air when I walk. I feel ten foot tall. I don’t think I’ve ever had a stranger compliment me like that. Three months ago I found out my “friend” had been catfishing my wife and loyalty tested her. She failed miserably and since then I’ve felt like shit. I’ve been going to 2 hours of therapy a week, I’ve joined social clubs to make friends, started working out, changed my diet, anything to try and lift the fog. Since that five second interaction I feel like a new man. Like I tackle anything and win. It’s the first thing I think of when I wake up and the last thing I think of when I fall asleep. I know we are supposed to be angry and not enjoy being cat called but my god do it feel alive.