Smart man: "of course babe"
Me: "wait in this hypothetical were you always a worm or like turned into a worm by a wizard or something? Cuz in the first scenario I doubt we'd ever meet, unless I was also a worm. In the second scenario, would you have the cognitive abilities of a worm or would you retain human sapience somehow, even though that's not physiologically possible as a worm. If the former, would you really still be you, materially speaking? You've been reduced to the brain function of a worm, I'd say as a human you're functionally dead."
Anyway I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.
I fully agree that it’s a dumb question that presupposes the existence of some ethereal “essence” for the question to not be completely preposterous. My ex did not see it that way and did legitimately get very upset with me for responding in a similar way to the OP.
I think the anger was based on her concept of love being an idealized force that transcends the physical and can truly be “forever” which also would necessitate there being some lingering trace of a person remaining regardless of their physical form. Not sure though, she didn’t exactly elaborate and just screamed at me for a while
Well, that seems like a bummer. Asking this hypothetical as anything but a joke into any good for sure. The point of it is that it's a trap question. That's why it's just a boomer joke again but updated to not be fatphobic. Also as far as worm/human relations go, I'm holding my own. I save em from the sidewalk and put em in some dirt. Worms are cool. I like literally all animals and will help em out when I can. Doesn't mean I'm gonna be in a relationship with a worm.