ok, so we’ve all seen this before, but i just HAD to list my all-time fav tv couples. i watch wayyyy too much tv not to have a list. keep in mind most of the tv i watch is in the teen genre, but nonetheless here we go…

5. eric and donna (that 70′s show)

high school sweethearts who started out as good friends. year after year, we watched as these two argued, wrestled (donna usually being victorious), fell in love, broke up, got engaged and moved away. through it all, we knew they were going to end up together. and sure enough, eric returned in the series finale to confess his love to donna as they rang in the new year together.

4. nathan and haley (or NALEY from one tree hill)

she was lucas’ best friend. he was lucas’ jackass of a half-brother. he played basketball and she liked to study. but from the first tutoring session it was clear they had chemistry. she changed him for the better and these two became the only tv couple who married twice before they were 17, gave birth to a son on graduation day and survived lies, car crashes, cheating, a concert tour, crazy nanny kidnappers and more recently a highly-publicized paternity scandal (which has yet to play out). naley is and has always been the rock of one tree hill. always and forever<3.

3. pacey and joey (dawson’s creek)

no one saw this coming. after all, it was called dawson’s creek. but after the whining and pining relationship we saw with dawson and joey, we needed a break. in came the self-deprecating and charming pacey. these two started off barely friends as they playfully bantered their way through a few seasons. after telling his best friend he would look after joey, pacey soon falls in love with her and they begin their amazingly perfect relationship. through all the drama surrounding the love triangle and the horrific plot lines of the last two seasons, the show will forever be remembered for pacey and joey.

“you and i were one of the only things, perhaps the only thing, that ever made total and complete sense in my life.” -pacey

2. ross and rachel (friends)

this shouldn’t come as a shocker. the nerdy paleontologist was in love with the not-so-bright but beautiful waitress for…well, forever. he even said her name at the alter while marrying someone else! they went through a lot over ten years and most of those years were spent just as friends. “we were on a break!” but, we always did cherish the moments they were together. they married. they got annulled. they had a baby. we know that these two were always destined to be more than just “friends.”

1. jim and pam (the office)

this was hard, trust me. BUT i had to go with jim and pam as my #1 tv couple. reason? well, i just thought about the couple i can’t bare to see apart. and that’s pb&j. the tiny moments and subtle flirting we endured for over three seasons kept us on the edge of our seat wondering when these two were ever going to get together. we cried when jim confessed his love for pam on casino night and felt the pain pam felt as she watched jim with someone else. it’s the couple everyone was rooting for and we finally got our wish. i mean, who doesn’t want their own jim halpert? anyway, now pam’s pregnant and these two are busy planning their wedding. seriously, THE perfect happy ending.

couples that ALMOST made the list…amy/ephram (everwood), lucas and peyton (one tree hill), seth and summer (the oc), chandler and monica (friends), jack and kate (lost), nick and hannah (october road), rory and jess (gilmore girls), blair and chuck (gossip girl), izzie and alex (grey’s anatomy), and merideth and derek (grey’s anatomy).