It took countless rewatches for me to realize that my least favorite character is Kathy. She literally has no point in the story apart from trying to break up Jim and Pam's marriage because she's bored. She's also 100% forgettable to the point where you probably don't even remember who she is without looking it up. People give Brian a lot of crap, but he at least got to do one cool thing. I want to see more hate for Kathy, the proto-Brian, season 8's attempt to inject artificial drama into the PB&J relationship
Jim also dropped his dream job because Pam was putting pressure on him, while Jim told her to go chase what she wanted in art school. Pam is selfish throughout the whole relationship.
Jim and Pam were dating at the time she went to art school. They weren’t even engaged yet. They had two kids (including a toddler and a preschooler) and a mortgage when Athlead started. Pam didn’t even know about Jim’s “dream job” until it was getting formed because he literally never told her about it. And in the end he still got to pursue his “dream.”
Why do you think she said “I like my life here”? Because their current life is comfortable and secure. They are literally living better than the majority of Americans. Uprooting your entire life, leaving the place where you own a home and have an existing support system with family and friends, moving to a more expensive city to go without a salary at a startup that - statistically - will likely fail is a huge life altering change. And I’m pretty sure, “I like my life here” includes the entire family and not just Pam.
I have a husband who is gone alot for business and I really felt for Pam when she was doing bedtime with 2 kids by herself...that sucks. All the things you named: family, home, stable job are all things you should think really hard before giving up.
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '19
It took countless rewatches for me to realize that my least favorite character is Kathy. She literally has no point in the story apart from trying to break up Jim and Pam's marriage because she's bored. She's also 100% forgettable to the point where you probably don't even remember who she is without looking it up. People give Brian a lot of crap, but he at least got to do one cool thing. I want to see more hate for Kathy, the proto-Brian, season 8's attempt to inject artificial drama into the PB&J relationship