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I know I can not be alone in this experience. Once upon a time I was in a happy relationship. Then this book happened. I thought nothing of it the first day I saw her sitting down with a book about vampires. Trouble started brewing. It started subtle and innocent. Little comments and sighs about how Edward was great. I didn't think anything of it, because we both knew Edward didn't actually exist. Then she started to talk about Edward as if he actually existed, and that's when things went wrong. Thanks to this fairy tale of a book, she thought a perfect guy existed. Now I was supposed to be a gentleman. She listed traits I knew she quoted out of the book that she wanted to see in me. Before long, she even directly said "You should be more like Edward." I thought this was just a phase. That she would get out of it. That there was no way she could possibly be setting a bar set by a fictional character. Well she didn't grow out of it. When the movie came out, things went really bad. All of a sudden she's drooling over Robert Pattenson(sp?) like a dog over a bone. Now she's staying I should style my hair like Edward's. Posters. Life size cutout. Her expectations grew, and grew...until she wanted Edward. In the long run, she left me. I wasn't Edward. A week later she's dating some guy who she says "actually knows how to be a gentlemen". He's a DB player with a nice car. I pity the both of them. Don't let your daughters read this. Don't let you girlfriends read this. Don't even let your grandma read this. They will get the idea of a perfect man in their head, a perfect romance. They will chase after perfection and never be able to find it. disclaimer: wrote this review a long time ago. Since being able to reflect, I'm aware there was probably more to the whole breakup than lack of edwardness. The point stands, however, that the obsession didn't help.