HIMYM Has Turned Into That Boyfriend I Can’t Bring Myself to Dump

Oh how I miss those days.

Sooo the last few episodes have really left a horrible taste in my mouth. First there was the episode where Robin was talking to her imaginary children who apparently did not exist. That angered me. It was depressing. And who the hell is Barney supposed to meet and marry by the time that wedding is supposed to happen? He blew it with Nora, and there have been whole things about him wanting a family, so it’s obviously not Robin. Grr. Last night, absolutely nothing happened in the episode. Nothing. And the premise of going room to room at the party wasn’t even bad, it could’ve been really funny. But alas, our recap went like this:

Hubbster:  Remember when How I Met Your Mother used to be funny?

Me: Yeah, that was great. I don’t even think I laughed tonight. Did I laugh?

Hubbster: No. I don’t think I did either.

Then I felt really sad and nostalgic for the first three seasons. Remember those? They were fantastic.  For starters, Ted was the main character. Remember him? The guy narrating all of this to his children? Future Bob Saget? He’s turned into this caricature of himself that is super annoying and I don’t blame anybody for not wanting to marry him (very similar to the evolution of Ross on Friends, but that’s a whole other sack of potatoes). Continue reading