31 Times That Mark Darcy Was Every Girl’s Dream Guy

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20. Bridget, The Moments Gone

When they emerge from his office and go into the hallway, Mark tells Bridget he has to ask her something. She says something about hoping that it’s not a proposal and when that was, in fact, his intention, the two go back and forth as she tries to get him to ask her again. “Bridget, the moment’s gone.”

The actual proposal is cute and the two end up looking extremely happy as the movie ends, but that line is what makes Mark so adorable. He wants it to be perfect, even though nothing in their relationship has ever been such, and when she ruins it, it clearly affects him.

Darcy is extremely desirable for countless reasons (as seen previously and coming up) but it’s his need to make everything an ideal scenario that differs him from other romantic leads. He doesn’t want second best or even to be commended for an attempt, he wants it to be perfect. And with Bridget, nothing ever is.

So he is constantly stuck in his state of “this isn’t how I imagined it”. He just wants something in his life to go right but he fell in love with Bridget Jones so he’s trapped constantly attempting to be perfect for her and that imperfection is what makes him more relatable and human than any before him.