Wickhams and Willoughbys

I am a sucker for all things Jane Austen.

And no matter how many times an adaptation is on PBS, cable or the movies, I will watch it happily....every single time.

Lately, Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice are on all the flippin time.

And like an addict, I can't turn away.

So it got me thinking about the bad boys of Jane.

Those nasty Willoughbys and Wickhams......

Oh how we love them.
Bad boys always get first dibs!

You fall passionately in love with him, even though you met 12 hours ago.

You pledge your never ending devotion to him because he is the finest man you ever met, even though you never really spend time alone.

You want to marry him, even though you never see him without his breeches.

You are willing to forgo the rich, kind man that pines for you and would be your man slave, so you can get dumped by the bad boy with the crazy facial hair.

Poor Jane, she must have had a real axe to grind with her own real life Willoughby/Wickham.
One minute we love him, the next minute the truth is revealed.....this whole time the dude has been a jack ass.

It makes me sad for poor Jane. Clearly, she never got over her Willoughby/Wickham...so she spent the rest of the time writing about the good ones she passed over for the bad one she remained hung up on.

Let that be a lesson to all.

Enjoy your Willoughbys and Wickhams......

But don't let the real gems go by.....Darcy, Darcy, Darcy!