I don't know how it works, but you dodged a bullet (within yourself, within your own reactions) and deserve to celebrate it.

Do read the absolutely riveting, gripping short story "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin (the greatest Russian author), about what would have happened to you had you NOT in the end felt fine hearing that the girls preferred that other man to you in terms of looks, AND had you lived in the early 19th century Russia.

Oh, and "dodged a bullet" would acquire a literal meaning once you have read the story (just make sure to read the story itself and not some Wikipedia article about it which would break the suspense for you).