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Dear Ghoulfriend,
I have a crush on a guy who doesn't know I'm alive. I mean, literally. We've been dating for a while now, but he's a zombie and he thinks I'm one, too. How can I break the news that I'm alive without risking my own death? And what's wrong with him that he doesn't know a live person from a dead one?
-Emily
Dear Emily,
It's possible that your boyfriend is a newbie to the land of the dead, and he hasn't yet developed a preternatural sense of smell. It sometimes takes months for our senses to readjust after death, and only in rare instances do they fail to return at all. I wouldn't worry about telling him that you're human; he'll probably want to continue dating you anyway. Interspecies relationships can work if both parties are willing to compromise.
Love,
Ghoulfriend

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