Imprint THIS

One of the more bizarre constructions of the Twilight series is the matter of imprinting. Having everything in your life that might have mattered fade into obscurity once you catch sight of your true life's mate sounds suspiciously like too much testosterone (or estrogen for that matter) at work to me.

I can remember (barely) what those first hormonal crushes were like and frankly I can't picture myself still being with any one of the previous objects of my obsession right here and now. I know where most of them are today, but for one. She was the first that was more than just a passing dalliance and it ended disastrously for both of us. Her family whisked her off to Europe hoping to put as much distance between us as possible and had I not spent 5 weeks in the hospital recovering, I might have followed.

I like to think of her somewhere in Italy on a farm, fat and haggard with the years, surrounded by insufferable children and grandchildren catering to the whims of a man who beats her regularly. Why? Because if our paths crossed today and time had been kinder and my memories weren't so bitter I fear my obsession with her would be as strong today as it was the day we were forced apart. Actually I fear that despite time being unkind and my bitter memories, I would still follow her through the gates of hell...

What's your obsession?