?Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.?
Who penned those words? If Stephen King comes to mind, think again. Although Stephen King is an unabashed Harry Potter fan and Twilight?s most famous critic, he is not responsible for this delicious tidbit. Not directly, anyway. I suppose one could reasonably argue that the quote swept the web ?like a scorching new STD? because someone incorrectly attached Stephen King?s name to it. Star power sells stuff and in the world of books, few names have the star power of Stephen King.
Very likely this quote would not have gone viral if a woman named, let?s say, Robin Browne, wrote it.
But from what I can gather with a few Google searches, Robin Browne is indeed the originator of the quote. Or so says Andrew Futral, a guy who identifies himself as Robin?s friend.
Even though Robin does not have the star power of Stephen King, I?d like to thank her for the quote. It?s pithy and brilliant. Of course the brilliance lies in the slam, the idea that having a boyfriend is not important.
But brilliant does not necessarily make it true. You don?t have to be a Licensed Professional Counselor to know and understand that ?having a boyfriend? actually just about tops the list of important stuff in our lives. We, like most other creatures, are programmed to keep our species going from one generation to the next. And for most of us, that means a man and a woman got together sometime in our distant past and brought us into the world.
Of course, finding true love is important. It?s self-evident. It needs no defense. The truly fascinating part of romantic love is that it seems to operate largely independent of higher reasoning. Love may be blind, but it sure tastes good. And love is like food: If you?ve got a choice between a Red Bull and a fat donut in one hand, and a carrot in the other hand, which one are you going to choose. We all know what?s good for us, but a good share of us gulp down Red Bulls and donuts in a clogged caffeine-crazed heartbeat.
And so it often goes with love: otherwise intelligent people choose Red Bull and donut partners over carrot partners like they?re addicted to them.
Sometimes we put far more thought into choosing a car than choosing the person with whom we?re going to share the journey.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I?ve spent a lot of time with guys who have packed some rather serious issues in the trunk for their journey: things like criminal thinking, rap sheets, domestic violence, philandering, addictions, unchecked narcissism, etc. And I?ve seen far too many smart young women give themselves body and soul to these guys.
And what?s truly fascinating about this phenomenon is that these smart young women know that even though they?re making poor and sometimes dangerous choices, they do it anyway. They give away the keys to their car, home, and heart, and snuggle up next to the guy as he puts the pedal to the metal and crashes down the road of her life.
I?ve seen it so much and so often that I finally decided to write about it. Thus was born my eBook: Stephen King Didn?t Make That Harry Potter/Twilight Quote: A Relationship Guide For Smart Young Women.
I?ve read a lot of self help stuff. Some of it is pretty stuffy and academic. Mine isn?t. I?ve thrown my infinite wisdom into a boiling cauldron packed full of Harry Potter, Twilight, Edward, Jacob, James, and crew. It?s fun, fast, and furious.
I know this is sounding more and more like a bad sales pitch, and it should, because I?m the world?s worst salesman.
So I have no delusions that you or anybody else will be crazy enough to slap down your hard earned $.99 cents on Stephen King Didn?t Make That Harry Potter/Twilight Quote: A Relationship Guide For Smart Young Women. I wouldn?t do it if I were you. No, I?d save my pennies until I had enough to buy my drugs of choice: Red Bull and donuts. And I?m not talking about just any donut. I?m talking about a two pound raised yeast, cream filled, triple chocolate glazed sprinkle topped decadent delight Dunkin? Donuts donut. Dang! I just drooled all over the keyboard. Time to call my Red Bull and Donuts Anonymous sponsor.
But before I do, in the unlikely event that you?re loopy enough to pass on the Red Bull and donut, take a look at what other people have said about Stephen King Didn?t Make That Harry Potter/Twilight Quote: A Relationship Guide For Smart Young Women. And don?t ask how much I paid these people to make this stuff up. Let?s just say that I?m so broke I haven?t had a dime to spare on a Red Bull or donut for a heck of a long time, and man oh man, am I craving?
?Brett Wilcox is brilliant! I wish this information had been available when I was in high school. It would have saved me from years of trauma.??? Patty, age 44
?Brett Wilcox?s writing is fresh and funny?I laughed out loud. ?Mr. Right?raises important questions about how to approach dating and long-term relationships.?If you?re on the scene?for the first time or the twentieth?this guide will make you think.??? Joanna, age 34
?Mr. Wilcox coaches Ms. Right on how to avoid the self-indulgent, sift through cockalorum and select a suitor equal to her potential. Whit and humor is threaded throughout his writing: a reader is entertained page-after-page. He leaves you recentered with hope, higher self-esteem and a reenergized belief in the human spirit to seek and to share one?s life with a significant other.? ? Nanuq, age over the hill.
Don?t let those people distract you. They probably didn?t even say it. Stephen King didn?t say that bit about Harry Potter and Twilight, right? Let?s cleanse our minds of this propaganda. Repeat the sacred chant: ?I?m no fool, it?s donuts and Red Bull that make me drool.?
Yikes! I keep triggering myself. Thirty minutes until my next RB & DA meeting. Do I call my sponsor or do I relapse?
Help!!!!
With mucho drool,
Brett
P.S. This blog was brought to you on the one hand by Red Bull and Dunkin? Donuts, and on the other hand by Stephen King Didn?t Make That Harry Potter/Twilight Quote: A Relationship Guide For Smart Young Women. Hmmm . . . what a choice!
Brett Wilcox is an award-winning author and Licensed Professional Counselor. He has extensive experience counseling both men and women involved in domestic violence and other relationship issues. His current titles include Stephen King Didn't Make That Harry Potter/Twilight Quote: A Relationship Guide For Smart Young Women and 21 Solutions To 21 Relationship Bloopers. His latest book, Domestic Violence Isn?t Funny: 101 Cartoons You?ll Love To Hate, is scheduled for publication on March 21, 2012. He lives in Sitka, Alaska, with his family and runs the trails with his dog, Angel.hemlock hemlock mark rothko mark rothko wiccan pumpkin carvings mcrib
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