TA TALKS BACK: A MOM’S OBSESSION….WITH TWILIGHT
TA fan Tiffany shares about her obsession:
When a fellow mom within my local mom’s group posted a message about this “vampire love story,†I’ll be honest. I laughed out loud and made a note to stay away from her [jokingly, of course]. But after another Mom read it, then another, and then yet another, all of them posting how sucked in [no pun intended] they’d become I gave in. I am, after all, a stay at home Mom of two girls under the age of 3 who hadn’t read a book since an English honors class in college. Needless to say, I quickly became the noted Twilight addict within the group.As a late bloomer to the series, the movie was already in production, so it wasn’t long before I started obsessing over the stills and secret videos popping up everywhere. And then, there was Rob. While I am absolutely, unequivocally in love with the character of Edward, I found myself falling harder and harder for the man behind Edward: Robert Pattinson. I have never, NEVER, had a crush like this on an actor. So why? What is it about Rob that just pulls me and fellow moms and girls alike, in over and over again?
The obvious: his looks. The eyes, the jaw line, the scruffy, well beyond 5:00 shadow look. And, the hair! Oh my Edward, the hair. Am I the only one who is dying to just grab on tight with my two exhausted, thrown up on, one-too-many-dirty-diaper-changes hands? Sure, he mentioned numerous times in interviews that he hadn’t showered for five days. That’s a common occurrence in my house! If I’m able to sneak a ten-minute shower in, it’s considered a good day regardless of anything else that happens. So I can’t fault him there. And let’s be honest with ourselves, I’m sure it wasn’t quite that much time between showers.
The accent. Okay, so I just have a thing for guys with English accents.
And then, there’s the personality. The shy, embarrassed, I-have-no-place-being-here attitude is just plain swoon-worthy. I mean, how many of you out there have husbands, boyfriends, significant others who have a bit of an inflated head? I know I do [love you, babe]. I can’t help but to want to give him a big hug every time I see him suffer through interviews and screaming, fan-girl mob scenes. Let him know we aren’t all like that. At least, I like to tell myself I wouldn’t run up squealing like a schoolgirl and ask for a picture all the while completely hyperventilating. And his sarcasm kills me every time. The basis of every relationship I have with people is sarcasm; I get it.
Is it projection? Maybe. Life is pretty repetitive for us: wake up, take care of kids, make dinner, watch TV, go to bed, lather, rinse, repeat. Are we just projecting our fantasies of love on this poor guy? I’m sure that’s part of it. At one time, long before the days of marriage and children, my husband doted on me. Time changes that though, in the real world. Perhaps the connection we moms feel is one of chaos. We just want to rope him in, take it away from it all, because that’s what we want to do during our tantrum-laced days. Or are we relating to that awkward, shy feeling he seems to possess? Do we feel like someone like Rob would appreciate what we do more? Whatever it is, I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon. We will continue to dream of meeting Rob, and fantasize of him falling for us the way Edward falls for Bella. I know my husband has already given me my free pass to be with Rob, if it were to ever happen
Talk Back to us….what do you think?
