The Office: 12 Most Cringeworthy Scenes

12. Michael Proposes To Carol

When Michael Scott was a child, he only ever had one dream. He wanted to get married and have 100 kids so that he could have 100 friends, but as he grew up, he struggled with this aspiration. His romantic life certainly left a lot to be desired.

One person he hit it off with was Carol, the real estate agent who sold him his condo. The two began dating, and though they had some rough patches, Michael at least seemed to think they had what it took to go all the way.

At Kelly's Diwali party, as if it wasn't already cringey enough that Michael told Carol that it was a costume party, he managed to make things worse. Overcome with emotion, whilst getting carried away in the moment, Michael stole the microphone and, in front of the entire party, asked Carol to marry him.

The two had only been on nine dates, and weren't anywhere close to this kind of commitment, yet even so he was inspired by Kelly's parents to ask the question that Carol was always going to say no to. As hard as this was to watch however, it STILL wasn't the cringiest marriage proposal of the series...