Brilliant!

Your friend sounds like the type of young lady whose perceptiveness and insight are frequently underestimated. Maybe, in part, she's picked up on the sense that you're picking up on some of the qualities in her that other people don't see. And all of that is subconscious. How's that for a double recursive loop?

One of the worst diseases of the soul which one can have today is Funklessness. While the Funk comes from within, it is true that the right attire can help those less endowed with the Funk-sense to percieve this quality. In fact, I recently broke down and lightened my wallet just a touch when I came across something that does just the job.

Good call on the suggestion to have her mention to her mom that you're hanging. I gotta say -- I'm envious -- you're already at a HUGE advantage to avoiding suspiciousparent due to non-maleness. But setting a clean stage is always a good call to letting the possible future events play themselves out in the most unfettered way possible.