I haven't seen a poll like this, and I want to know how you generally feel about the couples. Not if you want them to break-up, marry, or have 100 babies.

Simple: do you like, hate, or really just don't care about a couple.

I wanted to have the Jim/Pam/Roy/Karen saga as one of the options, but I couldn't add another question. So, you can just "write it in." Do you love it? Hate it?

I have to say I love the Kelly/Ryan relationship almost more than the Jim/Pam/Roy/Karen saga (and more than the other couples). I think it might be my age. At 22 I know a LOT of Kellys and quite a few Ryans too. Maybe at 40 I'll love the Jan/Michael relationship more (although I certainly don't dislike it now) because I'll have peers like Jan and Michael. Or maybe I just love Kelly and Ryan b/c I empathize with Ryan a lot.

Love them all the writers are great!

I voted that I loved all of the relationships. Each one has it's own quirks which make them all great in different ways.

After Cocktails, Jan and Michael have become my favorite of these three couples to watch.

Ditto!

I voted
R/K- Love them
D/A- Like them
M/J- Like them


And...I enjoy all of these couples over the Jim/Pam/Roy/Karen saga anyday.

I love all of them because they're all so different, yet they're all so believable!

Hey, OH - I voted the same way you did:

K/R-like
D/A-love
M/J-love

As my write-in:
Jim/Roy - too violent
Pam/Jim - they are a myth, like Bigfoot
Pam/Roy - *duck!*
Pam/Karen - (no, I'm not suggesting romance, skeevy pervs!) they are not friends and never will be.

Kelly/Ryan: Like them. Though they are close to being loved. But mainly because I love the characters as individuals. Maybe if we had a little more insight into their relationship. The most we got was from deleted scenes in A Benihana Christmas.

Dwight/Angela: LOVE THEM. Easily the sweetest couple on television right now (imo). They are so quirky and work so well for each other. Plus the show has really put them in a soft and caring spotlight this season. The way they look at each other. The way they looked out for each other. The way they danced. The way they admire the quirky characteristics the other portrays (that make them so unique). I just LOVE THEM.

Michael/Jan: love them. As Dwight said, they are great together. They are going to bring the much needed balance to each other's lives and I think they will grow and grow old together. Michael wasn't kidding when he told Jan "you complete me".

Roy/Pam: I have a distaste for them. I can't necissarily say I hate them, but i'm definitely don't like them and I'm not indifferent. And I am glad their relationship is over. I appreciate what their relationship was and it had its purpose. I can't imagine for a couple to stay together for 9+ years that there wasn't some sort of attraction and love for each other. Also there were times that they were cute together (Let's get you into a tub). However, it wasn't a great relationship and there was a lot that was wrong and dysfunctional about it. Roy essentially left a bad taste in my mouth, and seeing Pam with him wasn't like being given an Altoid.

Karen/Jim: Indifferent. Only because I don't see them lasting. And that is aside from the whole Pam and Jim attraction. I think there have been numerous occasions that have exhibited Karen in a good light (as well as some very bad ones) and it would seem that Karen could quite possibly be perfect for Jim. Yet, he just doesn't seem to be that into her. No eye contact. No warm gazes. And last night, during Cocktails, he didn't seem that stressed about her flirting (that's my opinion) and then he didn't seem like he had a great sigh of relief when she confirmed that he was joking. I do think, however, that he did see the humor in it (I've only been able to watch the episode once so far). None the less Jim's lack of enthusiasm won't let me invest to much in their relationship and hence my overall indifference.

Pam/Jim: Like them. Although if you would have asked me during Season 2, I would have told you that I loved them. Infact, it is my Season 2 love that is most likely what keeps me liking them rather than being indifferent. Still it's the hope resonating through that reminds me of what they could be. The fact is what made Jim and Pam so attractive last season is not here this season. (Although we got a glimpse of it in The Return, but even that came crashing down). There was something simple about Season 2. We knew what everything was. We knew that Jim loved Pam and that he couldn't have her. Now every moment is spent trying to figure out what every facial expression means and whether or not this means they have a chance. Don't get me wrong, I love doing this, but essentially it's a very stormy area. This relationship, for me, has turned into a constant turmoil of hope and fear. It's just not as fun. I miss the fun. So, can I love Pam/Jim again. Definitely, if they bring the fun back.

On a side note. Gee, I hope this it for inter-office "romance" relationships. I don't think I could take anymore. However, I would love to discuss other inter-office relationships like Michael and Dwight, Dwight and Jim, Jim and Michael, Kevin and Angela, Angela and Oscar, Angela and Pam, Pam and Kelly.

You read my mind... do you have telekinetic powers like Jim?

I voted that I like them all, but I'm with BJB on this - no more office romances! In fact, focus more on the non-romantic relationships. Don't throw things at me, it's just a small pet peeve and I still love the show.

K/R- Like
D/A- Indifferent
M/J- Love

Dwight/Michael- love it

Toby/Pam- very one-sided, but so sweet
Oscar/Angela- showing promise
Meredith/Meredith- lonely

Jim/Karen/Pam/Roy- I don't even feel like going there

I love the Michael/Jan relationship.. It is so twisted, yet so sweet, and it kind of highlights each character's flaws. It is also a way to show what could possibly have attracted the two to each other in the first place, because I don't think they are compatible At ALL, - yet they each fill a void in the other's life.

Kelly and Ryan ....(risking ostracizing here...) ... I hate those two more than anything else in the world.... (there, I said it... still alive...). Kelly is extremely annoying to me, and not in the funny/cute way. She is just like nails on a chalkboard. And her desperately clinging to Ryan is just so ridiculous and pathetic, - I simply don;t find the humor in it. Ryan has his own reasons for the relationship, I am sure. (venting over)

Love Dwight/Angela!

Just wanted to add that YES, I know that BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling are both very very very talented writers on the show and I am simply commenting on their office-characters.. No hate responses, please!!

I love then all because they all have very funny aspects to their relationships.

Also all the relationships are very real and you see other people or maybe your friends doing the same thing, and while you can not laugh at your friends you can laugh at these people

OH and I LOVE Dwangela....they are my fave of all three!!

You're really afraid of my wrath aren't you?!

Whooaa-ha-ha-ha. How DARE you speak ill of Ryan and Kelly. Off the boards with you!

Seriously though, I love Ryan and Kelly enough for 3 of us. We can all have our opinions.

love them
love them
love them

although Kelly and Ryan are my favorites!
Micheal and JAn are a close second after last night!!
And Dwangela was tied with them untill last night. Still love them.

KYAN - Hate it! It just seems so annoying (Kelly) and forced (Ryan). Plus I feel there is too many love stories already in the show. This one should hit the cutting room floor in my opinion.

DWANGELA - Like it! Pretty much the only "secret" relationship still on the show. Definitely one of the strangest as well. I can't wait to see where it goes.

JACHAEL - Love it! The best love story on the show! A perfect case of opposites attract. Also, they are some of the only people on the show that I feel sorry for. They are nearing the point in their lives where their window for relationships is closing. Jan experienced a divorce, identity theft, and is suffering from some confidence/self esteem issues. Michael seems to have never had a true lover, or friend for that matter! Michael has some of the best intentions out of ANY character on the show, it's just that he is also the most socially awkward. I want to see this couple succeed more than any other on the show, just because if they don't both of them will probably be miserable for a long portion of their lives - Michael definitely would.

What I like most about Ryan and Kelly (OK, well, one of the things) is that they aren't focused on so much. They aren't in your face like Michael and Jan or The Saga is. Dwight and Angela is a bit more there, but not on an annoying level. They are touched upon the right amount.

There are episodes, such as Cocktails, that don't touch upon Ryan and Kelly's relationship at all. That's a good thing. There are episodes, like Diwali, where it is there, but it still is downplayed to the other relationships.

We don't really have much of an insight into their "at home," relationship. That gives us a little mystery, and makes it more intriquing.

I agree that there are too many relationships on the show, but if they all had the focus like Ryan and Kelly's, it wouldn't be so bad. That said, the only people who need to break-up now are Jim/Karen. That would restore a lot of balance. The rest of the couples are good together.

Amen to that!! I agree, Kelly and Ryan is the best couple on the show.

BUMP!


There seems to be a lot of discussion about who likes what couple lately that this poll seemed like a good one to drudge up. Obviously there have been some changes made since the poll was initially created, but that doesn't have to stop the discussion.

Personally, I still like all the couples and I miss some of the old ones. (I miss the way Jan and Michael used to be, I miss it everytime I watch an old episode from seasons 1,2 or 3. )

Ryan and Kelly- I voted I like them, because sometimes Ryan acts like he wants to be with her and then other times he acts like he's just stuck with her

Dwight and Angela- I voted I love them, because who doesnt? They went out and it was adorable (Monkey and D lol) and then she broke up with him, met Andy, got engaged to him even though she still loved Dwight, and then had an affair with Dwight when she was engaged to Andy... that's alot of drama but I love it

Michael and Jan- I voted I hate them, because after the whole thing in Women's Appreciation with everything Michael said that she does to him made me feel bad for him for the first time, and she was just really mean to him

Jan & Michael definately....always had me laughing out loud whenever they got into an argument.