why do people hate pam so much?

Had this thought in middle of class and I just had to ask. I’m sorry if this has been asked before on here. When I first met my boyfriend I remember us talking about The Office and he mentioned how Jim should have ended up with Karen instead of Pam because she turned terrible towards the end of the show. I completely disagreed and 2 years later we watched the show together all the way through and he had a changed mindset. However, I’ve noticed so many people feel the way he did and I can’t help but think that they didn’t actually pay attention to the show.

I believe a lot of people forget that the show is supposed to be a documentary so every character is going to have obvious flaws because that’s simply how real humans are. There’s also going to be disagreements and flaws in every marriage. People like to compare the fact that Jim encouraged Pam to go to art school (her dream her whole life, not just an idea she had in High School), but that she didn’t encourage him to work at Athleap (that was clearly not good for his own mental health). The difference is that Pam went to art school because she didn’t want to regret not going once she settled down because she knew she wouldn’t be able to go then. If my partner hid the secret that Jim hid from Pam for so long and then randomly kept mentioning moving me and our kids to a completely different city for this out of the blue job, I would be pretty pissed.

I think a lot of people put too much of an expectation on them as a couple (which clearly shows in the scene when they’re on stage answering the audience’s questions) and especially on Pam when she finally started getting a little more personality and standing up for herself instead of being as reserved.

Had this thought in middle of class and I just had to ask. I’m sorry if this has been asked before on here. When I first met my boyfriend I remember us talking about The Office and he mentioned how Jim should have ended up with Karen instead of Pam because she turned terrible towards the end of the show. I completely disagreed and 2 years later we watched the show together all the way through and he had a changed mindset. However, I’ve noticed so many people feel the way he did and I can’t help but think that they didn’t actually pay attention to the show.

I believe a lot of people forget that the show is supposed to be a documentary so every character is going to have obvious flaws because that’s simply how real humans are. There’s also going to be disagreements and flaws in every marriage. People like to compare the fact that Jim encouraged Pam to go to art school (her dream her whole life, not just an idea she had in High School), but that she didn’t encourage him to work at Athleap (that was clearly not good for his own mental health). The difference is that Pam went to art school because she didn’t want to regret not going once she settled down because she knew she wouldn’t be able to go then. If my partner hid the secret that Jim hid from Pam for so long and then randomly kept mentioning moving me and our kids to a completely different city for this out of the blue job, I would be pretty pissed.

I think a lot of people put too much of an expectation on them as a couple (which clearly shows in the scene when they’re on stage answering the audience’s questions) and especially on Pam when she finally started getting a little more personality and standing up for herself instead of being as reserved.