HIMYM Finale (contains spoilers)

I have to comment on the HIMYM Finale. If you haven't watched it yet and are planning to, read no further.

I'm really conflicted about how I feel about the finale. On the one hand, it was the best it could have been. On the other hand, it was depressing and disheartening.

Let me tell you why it was the best it could have been. The ending made sense. If the Mother had been Ted's one true love, he would have met her a long time ago. He would not have met her in the last episode of the series. If the Mother had been Ted's one true love, maybe he would have mentioned how he had met Robin and been in love with her, but the Mother would have come into the picture in maybe the second or third season and would have blown his feelings for Robin out of the water. So the ending made sense, because the focus of the show had always been on Robin. It would not have done the Mother justice, as Ted's one true love, to have been met in the last episode of the series.

I thought that Ted and the Mother could work, because he had to let go of his feelings for Robin, and she had to let go of her feelings for her boyfriend that died young. But I guess they were only just second best for each other.

Also, it was a very realistic view of life. Of course Barney and Robin didn't last together. They were both freaking out before their wedding. Robin was even going to run away. That doesn't spell happily ever after in my book. Then, Robin begins to get feelings for Ted because he's taken and she can't have him anymore. Of course that meant that the gang fell apart.

That leads into why it was so depressing and disheartening. As someone who has had trouble keeping friends, the show gave me hope that no matter what happened, the five of them would always remain friends. That true friends do exist. That they won't miss the big moments. That they'll even continue to hang out together outside of the big moments. But I guess not. The pain of being around her ex-husband and the guy she loves because she can't have him was too much for Robin. Having children got in the way of Lily and Marshall hanging out with their friends.

It was also depressing and disheartening because some of us were hoping that HIMYM would show us how to finally get over the one that got away from us. It was supposed to show us that the one that got away from us, got away from us for a reason. The reason being that someone better would come along eventually who would blow the feelings out of the water for the one that got away. But that wasn't the case. Ted settles for second best, so that he can have children and not be alone.

But then you can argue that Robin and Ted would work out getting together later in life. The main problem was that she did not want to get married, and she did not want kids. Now that Ted has kids, that would take the pressure off of his relationship with Robin. I guess it shows that even if you meet the perfect person for you, it doesn't matter. The Mother was perfect for Ted, but it didn't matter in the end. He didn't want perfect, he wanted Robin.