First I want to thank you Jenny in Florida for you thoughts and comments, they have given me things to think about. Not only in your response to me, but throughout the whole thread. I appreciate your point of view. I understand having precious little reading time, however I would like to address the question you asked of me. Why?
I am not sure if you are asking why I have not read the books or why I am abdicating the argument to others, so I will address both:
Why did I say argue with them? Well, because I haven't read the books nor watched the movies and I was just trying to reassure the poster that I quoted that she shouldn't be ashamed about not having heard about Twilight. I had watched a review and was paraphrasing what I had heard and added the link as my source so others may watch and decide for themselves. Isn't that we all do sometimes? We don't have time to read a book or the money to check out a certain curriculum, so we post on these boards to get the opinions of others who have. If the reviewer I watched had not seen the movies, I would not have repeated their message nor would I have added the link to their review.
Why haven't I read the books? Well I haven't read them because I heard they are ripe offs of Bronte novels and with the facts that I don't have much reading time and not into Vampires, I just thought I would read Bronte instead. Which would you recommend, Charlotte, Emily or Anne?
Don't feel as if you need to respond, although I would like to hear your answer about which Bronte is your recommendation, as you express no desire to continue this discussion.
To the OP, wendymb1120, I want to apologize. Rereading the posts, I realize mine had nothing to do with your original question. As I do not have an eleven old daughter, I have no wisdom to pass along in your situation, so I should have silently agreed with how you handled the situation and left room for the readers and posters who are truly interested in reading about how to say no gracefully or had wisdom to pass along. Please except my apology.
Jenny