Talk:Pete-Erin Relationship/@comment-73.209.163.20-20161013065941

this was one of the best decisions made by the writers. erin deserved someone that had her sense of childlike joy, someone that saw it in her & could match it with their own, rather than immaturity. her selflessness was absorbed by andy but never paid back in kind. andy did everything he did under the guise of love, but it was mostly about what he wanted & how he performed his love, rather than genuinely exhibiting it for anyone he was with. he is clueless; it's why we love him at times, but it makes him a very hard man for a character in-show to love. I never wanted erin & andy to be together--obviously you juxtapose gabe with andy & andy seems better! but pete was respectful, slow, & considerate to what erin wanted. it was his "I just want you to be happy" that made erin know for sure that andy no longer had her best interest in mind. I understand preferences, but acting like this relationship is the worst just because you prefer andy means you honestly believe a relationship founded on respect is worse than one founded (& attempted to be maintained) for purely selfish & immature reasons. they didn't turn andy into an asshole. he was always one. & his "love" for erin didn't really do him any favors...andy's perfect partner would be someone exactly like him. a masturbatory romantic relationship is his ideal.