Pride and Prejudice

Today I have spent most of the day watching Pride and Prejudice. Not the one with Kira Knightly, the one with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. I love this version, it might be long, but it is very well done. It tells the story very well, and I’m sure close to the book…I really must read it. Whenever I watch Pride and Prejudice I think to myself that I would have done well during this time period.

At this time women did many of the things that I enjoy doing; reading, writing letters, knitting, walking, and drinking tea. I just need to learn to needle point and play piano, and then I would have all the skills of a desirable young woman. It would also be fun to go visiting, and to attend balls; with nothing to worry about but how to get a husband. Then again this life could also be very dull.

I’m sure that during this time days were long, and in between the visiting a balls it must have been quite boring. I think that I would spend most of my days reading, and walking about the country side. I just thought to myself, quite seriously, that I really should learn to needlepoint because it is a dying art. Another thing to keep myself busy I suppose.

The one thing that I don’t think that I would enjoy is the whole finding a husband business. I currently am single and don’t really wish to find a husband. At this moment I am quite content to be single. I suppose that is the advantage of living in the present time, I am able to live on my own and take care of myself. Although, I might be persuaded to take a husband if he look like Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice that is for sure.

One thing that I’m really happy about is that my mother is nothing like Mrs. Bennett. Mrs Bennett is very over the top; she works herself into a tizzy over the smallest of things. Mrs Bennett’s primary concern is to marry off all five of her daughters, and she will stop at nothing to make sure that they all do. I suppose that she is justified, as the girls need husbands to take care of them, but she does not seem to care about her daughter’s happiness at all. That is where I win; my mom is only concerned about my being happy instead of my being married.

In the end I think that my situation is better than that of the girls in Pride and Prejudice, at least I am able to do with my life as I wish. I also can add to the list of things that I am able to spend my time doing, playing guitar, watching TV and movies, playing video games, and going on the internet. It is nice to be able to fill my time with these things and to not become bored, but I wouldn’t mind the visiting and the balls.