People keep saying that it’s unfair for the writers to spend an entire season focusing on Robin and Barney’s wedding, but if you watch the season closely, you find a ton of set up for the relationship’s ultimate demise. In the end, it’s Barney’s vow to never lie to Robin that ends their marriage because they realize that they really are too much alike, and all of us should have seen that coming. They built up to the wedding, sure, but they also gave us plenty of reasons for why we shouldn’t expect much from Barney and Robin as a married couple. We were watching because we wanted to see Ted meet the mother, and in a way, this was as much of a goodbye for Ted and the gang as it was a celebration of Robin and Barney. After all, it was never really about the wedding itself. Of course, that makes many of you angry that we spent an entire season building up to a wedding that was essentially pointless, but I think that’s a misguided interpretation. I was relieved that the awkwardness I was feeling about their relationship was being vindicated by the writers, who clearly never intended for Robin and Barney to last.
That’s why when they announced the divorce, I was sad, but relieved. I always felt like it was odd for a couple that didn’t work out conventionally 4 years ago to ditch both of their preconceptions (neither of them wanted to get married throughout the series) and just commit to spending their lives with each other because…of love, apparently. My feelings about this persisted in later seasons, especially in the seventh, when Barney and Robin have their emotional rollercoaster (she likes him-he says no-he likes her-she says no, etc.) Even worse was when Barney pretty much proposed out of nowhere in season 8, even though the two of them weren’t a couple. I think I really just wanted to see Barney Stinson do something new with his character for a change. Admittedly, I was curious to see Barney and Robin try it out, but I never actually bought that they were right for each other or even loved each other. I have to admit that I’m a bit biased when it comes to their onscreen romance because I’ve been against it since season 4. Here are a few reasons why.įirst, let’s address Barney and Robin.
Six years after his wife passes away, Ted returns to Robin, and the show comes full-circle, which had fans feeling like the real final slap was to them. Now, many people are angry that in the end, Ted moves on to Robin. No, I was traumatized because in a way, we were losing all of these characters. But the traumatic experience, honestly, wasn’t that the mother passed away. Confusion because I was both angry and sad–typically symptoms of a traumatic experience. I know for me, all I could feel was confusion. Many people disliked the ending for “How I Met Your Mother,” and I’ve read many in-depth, compelling arguments and comments that address why so many of us walked away from that television screen with mixed emotions. I mean you can-but I personally believe that it would be a disservice to this legendary story that has been 9 years in the making.
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I had no idea why Ted was after this girl Robin so desperately, why his friends were so against it (har har) and what the deal was with that blasted blue orchestra.Īnd yet I fell in love with every single character anyway, and I’ve been learning and growing with this show ever since, eagerly anticipating the moment we had all been waiting for on March 31st.įrom this point on, we’re going to be discussing spoilers of course, so please don’t keep reading if you have not yet watched the series finale. It was the Season 1 finale, which is absolutely fitting if you know how the show plays out in the very end.
The first episode I ever watched of “How I Met Your Mother” was on an airplane in 2007.
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