Tween Obsessed with Twilight Series, My Fault?

Did I encourage the obsession by withholding my 11 year old daughter from the Twilight series until I thought she was ready?  Or is obsession just part of tween life?  I remember listening to the same Imperials tape over and over as we skated in my parents basement for hours.  Looking back, it must have seemed obsessive to my parents, as well as,  driving them nuts!  But we were good kids and not in trouble.

Someone referred to teens as two year olds with hormones.  I believe it.  Two year olds happily watch reruns of their favorite shows like Barney (Marissa), Dora the Explorer and Max and Ruby.  They also sass at mom and dad, but with simpler words.  Sounds like my tween!

Emily's reading these 600+ paged Twilight romance novels, which is something I never could do.  Reading is good, right?  She insists that I should read them too.  Well, I tried and started New Moon but wasn't into it, like alot of other moms were.  I've disappointed her because I quit reading and haven't picked a team. Yes, she's seen the movies over and over too, but she likes the books better.  But what worries me is she keeps dwelling on the story. What's the big deal?

I know they pull away about this time, and their peers become their mentors.  Parents instantly become stupid.  She has  become more recluse.  That's not all bad, I've been pushing for more independence and am getting that part of development too.  When I engage her in conversation or ask her to do something she smarts back with disrespect.  Not allowed!  I've been working on which times to call her out and which times to ignore.

To ease my worried mind and if she's so intrigued by Bella and Edward's romance, I think I'll show her my wedding shower book.  And we can look over her dad and my wedding album again.  I can talk about the four and half years Greg and I  dated and hung out together and how much we couldn't wait to be together.  How he would call me everyday and I would call him right back so his parents didn't have to pay for long distance.

I got to date and be engaged for a year and have a fairy-tale wedding.  Starting a family was hard but our story includes getting the best kid I could have asked for...her!  She loves hearing about her adoption and watching her baby videos.

She's almost 12 and she's not into boys much yet, except for participating in the silly games at school.  She still prefers hanging out with girls and I'm thankful for that.