Poor Toby. I loved the part, though, where he'd write a memo but it wasn't the right thing to do, besides, he couldn't get the bulleting to format correctly. Very funny.

Wow, I didn't know either of them was Jewish... interesting!  This was really, really well written, and I can see Toby thinking this would be his year.  The line "Maybe this was the year Cool Toby would emerge" broke my heart.  Love.

Author's Response: well we recently learned that pam was presbyterian. and while researching for my story "halpert family tree" i learned that halpert is an offshoot of the jewish last name heilprin. so. jim is jewish, at least to me. i think it gives him an interesting backstory. i'm glad it broke your heart! that was my intention :) thanks for the feedback.

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"Toby’s lower lip quivered of its own accord."  Poor, poor Toby.

And I loved this line - "If she smiled any wider, her head would crack in half".

I loved Toby calling it a fusion wedding.  I didn't know Jim was Jewish.

I really think you've nailed the Toby-ness of Toby here, from his own frustrations/hopes re: Pam, to his first suspicions and later realization about them, to his final resignation. Loved these lines: So he wrote a well-worded memo about appropriate workplace affection. What was appropriate was none. Especially if your name is Jim Halpert.

Such an accurate portrait, I think, of what must have been going thru his head this whole time. And the last part with Sasha was perfectly lovely and touching.