Attachment Styles: Favorite Female Characters

Bridget Jones/Daniel Cleaver/Mark Darcy from “Bridget Jones’ Diary” – Anxious/Avoidant/Secure

Always on the edge of reason, Bridget (center) is a self-proclaimed “singleton” with more than a few fears about relationships. She winds up entangled with womanizer Daniel Cleaver (right), until he cheats on her with a colleague.

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That’s unfortunately not the last of him though, as he has a knack for preying on Bridget’s weakest moments until Mark Darcy (left), her secure (though cranky) childhood friend, turns out to be Mr. Right. He even sticks with her when he reads her rather unflattering diary entries about him. Instead of running away, he buys her a new diary “to make a fresh start.” Leave it to Darcy to make women everywhere swoon.