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Authority

It is often seen as a slight joke, or just a general romantic fantasy- the idea of dating a person who has some sort of authority over you, or someone who wears a uniform etc. Anyway, the theme authority is sometimes quite prominent in love/attraction, oui?

Interestingly, I was talking to a friend in a lower year at school today and she was telling me about rumours which were currently circulating that she liked various teachers (I think the list stood at about 5 :eek:

) I jokingly asked her if she had romantic feelings for any of them, or if these rumours were little more than rumours.But she refused to deny liking any of them.. and hinted that it was true.

This was particularly interesting to me, because..well I know it's quite common for people to have crushes on one of their teachers/another person in a position of authority, but five is a tad excessive in my opinion..

So I was wondering about the psychology behind it. All of these men she liked are married, and she said it isn't physical attraction. Do you think it's possibly to do with seeing them as father figures perhaps? Or is it pretty common for people to like many people like that simultaneously?

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so_this_is_sam

Maybe its more the fact that she knows she could never have a relationship with them without it being wrong. I think knowing you cant have someone causes a strange desire to have them, even if there isnt anything physical there?