Mr Darcy ruined the life of girls forever

Think about it, before Mr Darcy, there really was no one like him. No other character in literature comes even remotely close to the sex appeal Fritzwilliam Darcy from the Pride and Prejudice exudes. Sure some of you would say that Mr Rochester is equally dazzling and to that I say - bah humbug. Hello? He had an insane person locked up in his mansion for years. And thanks to that I must cancel his sex appeal and put Mr Darcy in the forefront again.

I mean think about it, here is a guy who is good looking, well read, extremely wealthy, extremely successful and is arrogant and proud but has a heart of gold. *Sigh*. Even after the heroine of the book, Elizabeth Bennett, basically calls him every bad word in the book and rebuffs him in the coldest of ways - he still loves her! He protects her family from imminent ruin by arranging the marriage between her sister and her rogue of a lover and he does this without ever expecting anything in return. He simply patiently waits for Elizabeth to rid herself of her prejudices and tells her that he loves her only. Can there be a man more perfect that Mr Darcy?

The answer I am afraid is no. There is no man in real life who can even come close to the kind of character Jane Austen creates in Mr Darcy. Hence my conclusion - Mr Darcy ruins the lives of girls all over the world. Because let us face it, every girl who has ever read the Pride and Prejudice (which means most of the adolescent girls around the world)wants to get married to Mr Darcy. She wants a guy who will stand there in the background and defend her honor. Someone who will pine for her but also be sufficiently rude in order to get that perfect mixture of manliness and sexiness.

But let's face it... how many know someone who is even remotely like Darcy? The man doesn't exist! Today guys are more interested in play stations and gameboys and seriously such romance probably didn't even exist in the time of Austen. So basically Austen (who herself remained a spinster all her life... no wonder)created this guy who is emulated by Hugh Grant and Colin Firth in all their movies and you are left wonder if you will ever end up a guy like that.

So dear Ms Austen,
Thank you for creating Mr Darcy. He is impossibly perfect and there can be no one like him. Every day thousands of girls get their hearts broken when they realise that their one and only is not anywhere close to Darcy. But more and more girls read your book and think maybe they would get lucky with their own Darcy. As for me my life was ruined that day in seventh grade when I pulled out this book from my school library and read in one go. I fell in love Mr Darcy before one could say "Pride or prejudice". Since then I have read this damned book at least a hundred times. I am addicted and I can't seem to break my habit. So thanks... I bet you just wanted every girl to be a spinster just like you were. Well bravo... you have definitely given it your best shot.

Love
Aishwarya

P.S But seriously there has to be a guy like Darcy right? Right????