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I set my DVR the other day to record Oprah because she was having the Twilight trifecta on her show. I’m not able watch her anymore, but LOVE the Twilight franchise so I recorded the show. I watched the show in the evening and enjoyed the interviews with the cast and Taylor and Rob’s visits to the families and sorority houses.

Taking Twilight Too Far

But, I was put off when one of Oprah’s producers, Ali Wentworth, visited with four moms who were having a Twilight themed party (they do this during movie releases or whenever they feel like it.) They also showed off a Twilight inspired basement, complete with a red carpet and decorated in the film’s swag. But what was worse was these women were displaying teenage, first-crush, puppy love swooning over these young men who age-wise could be their own children.

Rachel over at No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane wrote about the LARGE double standard that this presented.

“Imagine the same Oprah, with a bunch of 40 year old men sitting in a basement (decorated in the films paraphernalia), talking about how “hot” a bunch of 17 year old girls are. Telling their kids about it. Wearing “Team Amanda” t-shirts and taking their sons to midnight showings of the movie.
I doubt people would be applauding. Especially the woman. Oprah would start an intervention for these disgusting men.
In fact, I’m pretty sure these men would be regarded as perverts and pigs.
BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE.
But women…no big deal. It’s cute. It’s trendy to be like your 13 year-old daughter.”

Yeah, no, this can’t be me.  It isn’t me!  While I am an avid reader and loved the Twilight concept, have gone to one midnight showing with my friends and have read the books and seen both movies more than once… I’m not “obsessed” and I don’t “drool” over the actors.  Yes, I do have a copy of Twilight that was autographed by Peter Facinelli (definitely age appropriate) and own all the books and the DVDs.  But, I most certainly do not have a Twilight room in my home/basement, nor do any of my friends.

And I love my husband.  A lot.  Some of these Twi-Moms don’t and want to replace their husbands with Edward.  While I like the idea of Edward’s character, my husband is real, I married him and Edward is a FICTIONAL character – why would I ever want to replace him or wish for something fictional?  I don’t.  I wouldn’t.  I couldn’t.

One of the commenters on No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane was Erin at Bringing Up Burns and she has a post on her blog entitiled “The Top Ten Reasons my Husband is Hotter than RPatz!” which is a really cute read.

Reality is Better Than Fiction

In a couple of days it will be the day my husband and I met twenty-four years ago. He was my high school crush, my first true love and while it’s entertaining to read about it from a different (sci-fi, supernatural) perspective it is not something I would care to revisit… because going through high school again would just be so not fun.  We were both seventeen, in our last year of high school, set up on a blind date – for potential prom date material, destined to fall in love and live happily ever after.

Well, happily ever after is really, really hard work. We’ve had our highs and our lows, and a lot of mediocrity. There have been three homes, two mortgages, and a butt load of cars. Some great jobs and some not so great jobs. Two kids whom we moved across the country for – for a chance at a better future with brighter and safer opportunities. Oh, and lots of dogs (we have 4 right now.)

But just for the record I wanted to say – I would marry my husband all over again in a heartbeat – no second thoughts, no what-ifs, he’s it for me.  But he wouldn’t marry me again because when I asked him a few years back if he would want to renew his vows with me, he looked at me like I was on drugs and said “but we’re already married?!”

Not too romantic, I know, but very real-life and a keeper none-the-less.