What is it with the vampire/werewolf love triangles?

I recently watched the "Twilight" movie.  I watched the clock, as well.  I made it to 12 minutes before I changed the channel.  I just found it wooden and unexciting.  Some cool makeup and special effects, at least.

If you know the author, you may be surprised to learn, back in the late 90's (in my backslidden days), I was a Laurell Hamilton fan.  Boy, she wrote some books.

It was set in a dark, dystopian world.  One in which all our fiction is truly fact.  It had great promise.  Some horrible violence, but the bad guy usually got it in the end.

The series became increasingly pornographic, and even this (at that point backslidden) Christian drew the line at a particular sex scene.  This article is accurate.  Wikipedia link 

She lost plot development, for pornography.  Porn that even the sex addicts would reject.

So, I got rid of the books I had, and stopped buying new ones.  Too bad.  The character was very tough, but likable.

One feature of the series: Anita had two boyfriends, a vampire and a werewolf.  Sound familiar?  That's what I thought.  She "loved" them both [twitch].   Oh, the things I could say.

Now I can't believe I read as many books as I did.  I stopped right before "Micah" whatever that was.

My point: why can't entertainment come up with a more interesting concept than a werewolf/vampire love triangle.  Why does he have to be a supernatural freak?

 Why can't he be a normal guy?    Ron occasionally reads a romance novel from the state library.

"They're always rich guys, with millions, and muscular bodies that make me feel like a loser".  I tell Ron he's my superhero.

He is.  How many guys have come back from the dead for you?

I'm not counting Jesus!

Seriously, after the accident Ron was clinically dead.  God took him to heaven, and told Ron he could stay.  He then showed Ron something that happened 4 years, 8 months, and 20-some days later.  Ron chose to come back to me.

I don't forget it.

It's probably one reason I've lost my taste for romance novels.  No one stacks up to Ron!  I don't see the heroes cleaning up when the cat pukes on the floor, getting up at 3 AM to take me to work, or going to Walmart in the wheelchair to help me get my medication.

I had an unfortunate "triangle" experience a few years back, when Ron was "sick".  Another man expressed interest.  It was awful.

Two men, interested, at the same time?  Horrible.  No thanks.

Not to mention the whole "I'm on the dinner menu" issue one would face with a vampire or werewolf boyfriend.