In Helen Fielding's novel, Bridget Jones's Diary, the main character experiences many conflicting ideas and actions that cause the novel to be humorous in many perspectives. Much of the book's humor is premised on human inconsistency, as Bridget's views on friends, family, and lovers amply demonstrate.
Bridget Jones, a young working female, explores her relationships with her friends throughout this novel. The reader is introduced to her good friend Tom, a gay man. Throughout the novel, Tom is engaged in a seesaw relationship with a man named Jerome. One day the two men are in love and the next day Jerome leaves Tom. Bridget's thoughts of Tom's relationship are very inconsistent. One minute she appears happy for Tom. The next minute Bridget appears annoyed or even jealous his "dysfunctional" relationship with Jerome. The reason she is annoyed might be because she can never stay in a healthy, romantic relationship let alone a dysfunctional one. The humor of Bridget's inconsistency comes into play when Bridget is deciding whom she wants to invite to her birthday dinner. Tom tells her that it's her birthday so she should invite whomever she wants. .
"Called Tom back to tell him the plan and he said, "and Jerome?"".
""What?"".
""And Jerome?"".
""I thought, like we said, I"d ask who I- I tailed off, realizing if I said "wanted" it would mean I didn't "want" i.e. "like" Tom's insufferable, pretentious boyfriend.".
""Oh!"" I said, overcompensating madly. ""You mean your Jerome? Course Jerome's invited, yer ninny. Chuh!"" (70). .
Not only does Bridget dislike Jerome, but also she dislikes Tom's involvement with him. Her inconsistent thoughts and actions are also apparent in her relationships with her other friends.
Besides Tom, Bridget's emotional inconsistency is also apparent with her friends. While she likes to be around her friends, sometimes she just does not appear to be happy with them. In contrast, when she is not around them she is worried that they do not like her anymore.