Twilight mums: Why are middle-aged women falling for a big-screen vampire?

Daily Mail ^ | July 1, 2010 | Linda Papadopoulos

[C19fan]

My friend Sarah looked me in the eye with an intensity I have rarely seen in the many years I have known her.

Then she confessed: 'I have a secret. I am in love with a 17-year-old vampire called Edward Cullen. I think about him . . . dream about him. I have his photo on my desk, and his picture is my computer screensaver.'

Worryingly, not only did I immediately know who she was talking about, but I heard myself declaring (several octaves higher than my normal speaking voice): 'I know! How amazing was it when he growled at the werewolf and protected Bella from the red-eyed vampire?'

[windcliff]

ping

[rockrr]

Now that’s funny!

[4yearlurker]

*Sigh* Is it any wonder the Kenyan was elected with nitwits like these women voting.

[Talisker]

Because middle-age mums have been dabbling in the "coffee-klatch-occult" for quite awhile now, all with guided group approval, matching pantsuits and meticulous lessons in depravity...