"Is it because on some level Eve subconsciously worships him?"
-one of my students discussing the relationship between Adam and Eve in Genesis
Part of the reason I love teaching is my students sometimes come up with brilliant things, from the student in my Prose class who described her boyfriend as "strategically built", the student's whose mother encouraged her to "dream giant", the student who "grew the feeling of gloom and obscurity", and finally the student who "developed a platonic relationship with the act of playing the violin." And when I say I love these phrases, I really mean I love it. As strange as they are, they evoke such interesting images-the gloom and obscurity farm (which if you grew up where I did in CT you would think gloom and obscurity are our primary crops), a boyfriend built like the pentagon, and the student whose dreams ressemble a character from Jack and the Beanstalk. But I have to say that today's brilliant comment du jour goes to the student who coined the phrase "subconscious worship."

Now why do I think this is so brilliant? Because it occured to me in the moment that she said it that as ridiculous as it seems to worship someone subconsciously, for isn't the very nature of worship that it is conscious, that I and most likely a great many other people succumb to subconscious worship often. For example, Rabid was recently accused of worshipping me ( by VR who most likely conceives me as a threat and doesn't realize that I was the one who encouraged the romance much to my chagrin in light of her current attitude). Now since Rabid not only doesn't conceptualize our relationship that way (devotee/idol) and rejected the suggestion, it could be suggested that she is guilty of subconscious worship. I myself probably have subconsciously worshipped people in my life like my late singing teacher David Bucknam who committed suicide in 1998. I am not meaning to suggest here that subconscious worhsip should be linked to romantic love, although certainly it could be, and in my students I certainly see many who already act like a devoted dog when their boyfriends are around without being aware that their devotion is obvious. If you asked them if they worshipped their boyfriends most would be insulted, but still, BUT STILL the reality of their behavior suggests that they do.
More Fun with Unconventional Compliments
"It's like having my own personal porn star."-GHV
Is it wrong that I like that compliment? Is it wrong that I think being a personal porn star is part of my girlfriendly obligation? Is there any other term for gilfriendly obligation?

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