Like Pigglet, I too believe that Jim should be focused on Karen. At least until Sweeps and finale time anyway. Of course he and Pam should get together in the end, but if imagine for a second that Jim was TFP member JAM2GETHER4EVER and posted in Tilted Sexuality about his Situation:
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Originally Posted by JAM2GETHER4EVER
Thread: "Need advice about office Romance"
Post: I don't know how I got into this situation and I don't want to bore you with too many details, but I'm feeling pretty stuck. I've been lurking for awhile now, but I need your help TFP! I long pined for the girl of my dreams (I'll call her Jenna) but she was engaged to another. I finally told her how I felt but she said I was her "best friend" and that we couldn't be together like that. Oh, yeah. Did I mention we work together? Anyways, I was pretty bummed. Once you get the "Friend" label, there's nothing to do. An opportunity came up for a transfer out of my office so I jumped at it, hoping to move on and distance myself from the pain.
At the new office I met another girl. (here I'll call her Rashida) and she's beautiful and confident. Maybe I just fell into the relationship and maybe it was a matter of convenience, but I've developed some strong feelings for her. Everything was going fine until the two branches suddenly merged into the old office. Not only am I now back where I started, working in close quarters with both women, but Jenna is no longer engaged!  I really feel for my new girlfriend, but I can't shake those old feelings for Jenna from before. Did she break off the wedding because of me? It depresses me to realize that I may never know.
I think I still want to be with Jenna but I don't want to hurt Rashida's feelings - she did move here to be with me after all. What should I do? How can I stay true to Rashida without losing Jenna? |
Okay, that's some awful fanfic right there, but when you put the details together, it makes Jim sound a bit pathetic. Not Ryan pathetic, but even still.
If he were to post about his situation, I imagine most would tell him to take decisive action one way or another. Either ditch Pam and be true to his current girlfriend, or break Karen's heart and take his lumps.
I lean towards the former. Pam sends mixed signals and the writers are slowly but surely revealing Karen's attractive attributes; singing at the wedding for example. The more we see of Karen's positive traits, the more Jim looks like a douche.
I'd rather they make Jim aloof and focus on Pam's storyline as the forlorn outsider.
I can't believe how much I just wrote about this.
