Page 193 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING

have a monopoly on commitment problems. Actually, I have a commitment

problem. If you ever deal with your own commitment problem you might be
brought up short by my commitment problem, by which time it'll be too late.'''

'Have you got a commitment problem?' I said, intrigued, immediately thinking
maybe I had a commitment problem.

'Of course I've got a commitment problem,' snarled Jude. 'It's just that nobody

ever sees it because it's so submerged by Richard's commitment problem.
Actually, my commitment problem goes much deeper than his.'

'Well, exactly,' said Sharon. 'But you don't go round wearing your
commitment problem on your sleeve like every bloody man over the age of

twenty does these days.'

'Exactly my point,' spat Jude, trying to light up another Silk Cut but having

trouble with the lighter.

'The whole bloody world's got a commitment problem,' growled Sharon in a
guttural, almost Clint Eastwood voice. 'It's the three-minute culture. It's a global
attention-span deficit. It's typical of men to annex a global trend and turn it into a

male device to reject women to make themselves feel clever and us feel stupid.
It's nothing but fiickwittage.'

'Bastards!' I shouted happily. 'Shall we have another bottle of wine?'

9 a.m. Blimey. Mum just rang. 'Darling,' she said. 'Guess what? Good
Afternoon! are looking for researchers. Current affairs, terribly good. I've spoken
to Richard Finch, the editor, and told him all about you. I said you had a degree

in politics, darling. Don't worry, he'll be far too busy to check. He wants you to
come in on Monday for a chat.'

Monday. Oh my God. That only gives me five days to learn Current Affairs.