# How I Met Your Mother 5/16/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170 "2011-05-17T02:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/1 "2011-05-17T02:12:13Z")
Ted still doesn’t meet the mother, but at least we know He’ll be the best man at Barney’s wedding. And Lily’s barfing was great. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/2 "2011-05-17T03:03:04Z")
New mystery? Accepted! ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/3 "2011-05-17T03:14:53Z")
As soon as Lily started barfing, I knew she was pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/4 "2011-05-17T03:22:27Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > As soon as Lily started barfing, I knew she was pregnant. Same here. Any other episode, I probably wouldn’t, but the season finale made it obvious. Also, I called that the mother would be Barney’s sister, and they would meet at Barney and Robyn’s wedding. So far, I’m 1/3rd right. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/5 "2011-05-17T03:30:13Z")
Please please _please_ let Marshall get the job working for Dave Foley. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/6 "2011-05-17T03:33:18Z")
I knew it would be Barney’s wedding instead of Ted’s high school friend’s, but I didnt think the reveal would come this soon. Barney getting married seems like an oxymoron, but we knew he’d have to settle down enough to be called “uncle Barney” eventually… EDIT: during the episode there was a previe for a new movie Bad Teacher. I think I’ll watch it just because of marshal… ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/7 "2011-05-17T05:23:23Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Same here. Any other episode, I probably wouldn’t, but the season finale made it obvious. > > Also, I called that the mother would be Barney’s sister, and they would meet at Barney and Robyn’s wedding. So far, I’m 1/3rd right. I’d be shocked if you weren’t at least 2/3 right so far. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/8 "2011-05-17T06:07:56Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I’d be shocked if you weren’t at least 2/3 right so far. Ive got to say I’m really hoping Robin doesn’t marry Barney. After what happened last time they dated… Then again, “a short while later” implies whoever Barney marries, it happens soon. Which would make more sense with Robin, as he already is close to her. ---
**Author:** ![atlantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/9 "2011-05-17T12:43:52Z")
“And kids, that’s how I met your mother … PSYCHE!” ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/10 "2011-05-17T12:51:52Z")
There’s “challenge accepted” girl - although that’s a little too obvious for this show (but I can’t see Barney and Robin getting married “a short while later” - maybe eventually, but not quickly). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/11 "2011-05-17T12:52:03Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Barney getting married seems like an oxymoron, but we knew he’d have to settle down enough to be called “uncle Barney” eventually… Not really. Plenty of people have their kids refer to their close friends as “uncle” or “aunt”. Great episode. I loved Marshall preparing for the interview. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/12 "2011-05-17T13:17:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Not really. Plenty of people have their kids refer to their close friends as “uncle” or “aunt”. Yeah. Marshal and Lily have been Uncle Marshal and Aunt Lily since early in the show’s run. And Robin has been Aunt Robin since the first episode. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/13 "2011-05-17T13:23:11Z")
> [@atlantic](#): > > “And kids, that’s how I met your mother … PSYCHE!” Would’ve been a better gag if we didn’t already know that he meets her at a wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/14 "2011-05-17T13:24:04Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Not really. Plenty of people have their kids refer to their close friends as “uncle” or “aunt”. No, I get THAT… But if Barney was still the womanizing, partying bastard he is now in 2030, I doubt Ted would bring him into his kids’ lives. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/15 "2011-05-17T13:35:15Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > But if Barney was still the womanizing, partying bastard he is now in 2030, I doubt Ted would bring him into his kids’ lives. I find that extremely hard to believe. First off, Barney has toned it down considerably in the last few years, and second, Ted’s not that big of an asshole. Barney may be an inappropriate guy at times, but he’s not tonedeaf. Barney’s brother has no problem with him around his kid, and we’ve seen how easily Barney melts at the site of him. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/16 "2011-05-17T15:40:44Z")
Barney as the groom was an interesting reveal. I don’t say surprising because they’ve been setting him up all season to be more sensitive and human. I wouldn’t have guessed that Barney would get married before Ted, though. I wonder how whiny and dramatic Ted will be about it… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/17 "2011-05-17T15:43:06Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Barney as the groom was an interesting reveal. I don’t say surprising because they’ve been setting him up all season to be more sensitive and human. I wouldn’t have guessed that Barney would get married before Ted, though. I wonder how whiny and dramatic Ted will be about it… I think we’ll hear a lot of sentences that start with “It’s just not fair ya know, I spent my whole life…and he…” For some reason, I picture him sounding a lot like Wilson from House. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/18 "2011-05-17T16:28:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I think we’ll hear a lot of sentences that start with “It’s just not fair ya know, I spent my whole life…and he…” > For some reason, I picture him sounding a lot like Wilson from House. Screw Ted - I think one of the most remarkable things about this show is how well it’s done considering Ted is pretty unlikable and Josh Radnor kinda sucks. Still, I think Barney will end up with Robin, not only because of the “Uncle Barney/Aunt Robin” thing, but also because, in the end, HIMYM is a pretty sappy ‘true love wins’ kind of show. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/19 "2011-05-17T16:36:06Z")
Barney’s buying the cow when he has a whole milk shop for free? That’s legendairy. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170/20 "2011-05-17T16:47:21Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Screw Ted - I think one of the most remarkable things about this show is how well it’s done considering Ted is pretty unlikable and Josh Radnor kinda sucks. Agreed. Ted is incredibly annoying. He hasn’t been interesting since the first season trying to get Robin. Now he’s this immature petulant man-child that constantly whines about everything. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-5-16-11/582170.md?page=2)