Oh, I feel Pam's nervousness about Jim's nervousness very well. But it's nice to see that she's confident enough not to put herself into a pit of doubts about her and Jim's relationship.
'She could always rely on Jim to encourage her, but when it came down to critiquing her work and helping her improve, he was pretty hopeless.' I giggled at that line, because it's so, so true! I can easily imagine how Pam asks for critique but receives only praise (sincere one, but still).
And then I just screamed with delight, because the scene was so, so great! Amazing fix of the infamous team building event. Fantastic work!
And
"You're a jerk," Pam mumbled into his jacket, "I thought your mom had cancer or something," and here I giggled again because it was so perfectly them!
Thank you!

Author's Response:

I'm glad the nerves all around rung true. Pam has grown a lot in a short time, so of course she did still have some insecurities to rear their heads, but she's able to reassure herself as the chapter progresses.

Jim is indeed not an art critic, he thinks Pam hangs the moon!

Thank you so much for your kind words on the proposal, writing that was really tough! 

Im really happy you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for reviewing, you folks make me smile.

Oh antsy Jim. I feel for him. Fun (?) fact: the first time my husband tried to propose to me he kind of crashed an airplane (on the ground, it’s fine) and it took him another month to actually attempt it again. It’s a whole thing. Anyway, I’ve gotten vastly sidetracked, but I find antsy Jim all kinds of endearing and believable. It’s a bit of a nerve wracking thing!

I hate that Pam’s insecurities are so flared by all of this. It completely makes sense, but it’s still tough to see.

YES. A Booze Cruise proposal and I am living! Oh, this is so incredibly adorable and sweet.
I love, love, love that you’ve injected little moments of levity and humor in this too - “maybe a splash” “I thought your mom had cancer or something.”
It’s so great!

I was wondering if you’d have them announce it on the boat and I’m kind of glad you didn’t. I was worried there would be a hint of Roy conflict at the end, but it’s so much sweeter without it.

Author's Response:

Uhm, excuse me? Crashing an airplane. I just needed to let that one settle for a hot minute. Ok, moving on, thank you for that personal insight you just made my day, I'm glad you empathized with Jim here, it was tough to write. I'm sorry that I had to pull out the pam-securities, but it is one of her defining character traits unfortunately, I'm just happy that I'm writing fluff and I got to immediately affirm her.

I'm happy you liked the proposal, having never been a part of that in my life, it was a challenge to write. The added splash - I couldn't not. I had the image in my head of this all happening while Micheal was making his "This ship is sinking" bit, and it just stuck with me. Pam is understandably a little put out about the amount of stress Jim caused her in being nervous leading up to the proposal, so I had to throw that bit in there too.

Jim and Pam really are the camo-couple right now aren't they? I'm going to have to challenge that in The Secret equivalent chapter I suppose ;)

Thank you so much for your kindness and encouragement, your reviews always mean a lot to me. 

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YAY! Jumping for joy over here! What a sweet proposal. Happy to see they made it here and wow this is the kind of proposal I wish had happened on Booze Cruise.

Author's Response: Right? I'm so glad that this did it for you, thanks for letting me know!