Shadow Type

A ‘shadow type’ is your secondary (often unacknowledged) romantic ‘type’. It isn’t the exact opposite of your usual type, just different and maybe more unexpected or embarrassing. Most people don’t even know they have a shadow type until they start noticing a pattern they didn’t expect in the people they crush on/date.

“My type is usually wholesome, bubbly and athletic but my shadow type is definitely mean goths”

“I’m kind of surprised to hear about you and Dorian, I didn’t realise you were into sickly artsy boys”
“Honestly neither did I, but he’s like the third guy I’ve had a thing with this year who looks and sounds like a Victorian ghost. I think that’s my shadow type”