Lauren
Adkins, 25, is married to a life-size cut-out of vampire Edward
Cullen from the Twilight movies, played by Robert Pattinson.
She says: “We got hitched in Las Vegas last year and I’m sure we’re happier than most newlyweds.
"People might think I’m crazy but my flat-pack R-Patzis the closest I’ll get to the real thing and he’s the one for me.
“For as long as I can remember I’ve been obsessed with romantic fairytale endings.
"When I was a child, I watched the Disney versions of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella until the tapes wore out.”
As Lauren grew older she became a fan of teen romantic comedies and expected to meet the man of her dreams on Prom Night.
But it was not to be and at 17 she found herself desperate and dateless.
She started college and moved out of her home but every guy she dated failed to live up to her ideal.
Then came the Twilightbooks and films – and the vampire of her dreams.
Lauren,
from Las Vegas, says: “It was different from any love story I’d seen
before – after all, the leading character was as likely to suck your
blood as open the door for you. I was obsessed.
“Leading man Edward was quiet and mysterious, yet superhuman and invincible. And so sexy.
"I tore through the books and I queued outside the cinema when the film was released, desperate for my first glimpse of Edward.
“And when Robert Pattinson appeared on screen at midnight, he was perfect. I knew that very minute I wanted to marry him.”
A few months later in a record shop she saw a 6ft tall Edward in a suit.
“Of course he was made from cardboard, but that didn’t matter to me. Suddenly I was taken over with an urge to have him.
“I grabbed his rigid torso and stuffed him under my arm before marching to the counter and handing over a $20 note.
“Then,
cramming him into my car I headed back to my apartment where I ripped
off his cellophane and stood him at the foot of my bed.
Weird right?
