And to those that think the con artist would be a terrible boyfriend, it's quite difficult to be a scumbag when you're terrified of your incredibly powerful girlfriend snapping and doing unspeakable things to you. He'd be good... or at least try to run very very far away.
Ah, the story of the wind and the sun.
The wind blew and blew, but the traveler held on harder to his coat, yet a little bit gentle sunlight did what heavy wind couldn't and the traveler took the coat off, winning the bet for the sun...