Bob
Green of Greencastle obsessed with the color green
By Edward
Seelbach, THG Features
Ever since he was a child,
Bob Green has been obsessed with the color from which his surname is derived.
For long as he can
remember, the 43 year-old engineer has loved all things green. He usually wears
an all-green wardrobe, has painted his Greencastle home green inside and out
(which incidentally is located on West Green Street), drives a green Ford
Explorer, and even has gone so far as to name his three children after various
shades of green (son Forest, age 14, daughters Olive and Kelly, ages 10 and 7).
Why is Green so smitten
with green?
“I don’t know really know
why,” says Green, a graduate of Tulane
University, “It started when I was very
young. I always wanted to color with only green crayons in my coloring books.
When I got older, I guess it became more of an obsession; when I was in high
school I started wearing only green clothes and became a fan of the Green Bay
Packers. I took a lot of criticism for it but it didn’t really bother me that
much. There are a lot worse things I could be addicted to, like drugs or
alcohol.”
And how does his family
deal with everything green? “My wife has always been very understanding because
she knew how I was when she married me. It has been a bit hard on the kids at
times because kids at school say things about me. I used to want to dress them
up in green also, but my wife convinced me that I need to let them make choices
for themselves.”
At the urging of his
children, Green has been visiting a therapist for the past couple of years in
hopes of overcoming his obsession. Therapy had been largely unsuccessful until
a breakthrough a few weeks ago. “We got a new boxer puppy, and Jean (Paprocki,
Bob’s therapist) urged me to choose a name not related to my favorite color, so
I named him Pierce Brosnan, after my favorite actor. Hopefully that is a step
in the right direction so I can live a normal life.”
Until then, things will
probably continue to be green for Bob Green.
