Ok...most women where I live do not tend to like the way that I look. Most are into the pretty boy type. I compete in strongman and love it...very much so. Not many women are impressed by a guy who pulls his suburban down the road, flips a 700lb tire for fun, flips a 2,000lb car, can actually do the atlas stones, does the super yoke, stone circle, farmer's walk, sled drag, log press, truck deadlift and hold, crucifix hold, etc.....etc...etc..... It takes a special person to like a guy like me.
As far as powerlifting, as well as other strength sports, it can become your entire life. I have a friend with 9 kids and neither he nor his wife work at all. She must take care of the kids and he must not do anything which may interfere with his lifting. I think that it is crazy when I go to his house and see mice running around the 2 year olds baby bottle...and rat droppings all over the bathroom, and the yard hasn't been mowed in 2 years...but he is strong. He did recently squat 920 and can bench over 600...at a contest.
My point is...if you are serious..as I am and as my friend is...then it will take a special (very special in my friend's case) person to love you. They must understand you. They must understand why you don't take them out on Friday nights because you must train. They will understand why you must eat 7x a day. They will understand why lifting always seems more important than they are. You will be able to discuss the problems that you are currently having with your squat...and they will listen. That is when you have found a real woman.
My 2 cents
B True