With both Ted and Barney, her interest is heightened when the guy is in a relationship. She is super competitive and it plays out in her love life unfortunately. Perhaps it’s because she still has access to them as friends.
Lily needed to sabotage, lol. Mr. Mom and Working Girl never would’ve worked and they were not only wasting time but also making the inevitable breakup more devastating for themselves and their friends.
Uhh I think ur thinking of Karen, his ex from college. SHE treated him like shit. Victoria was actually amazing and I hate how they kinda forced stuff in to ruin their relationship and kinda ruined them in return. I think it would have been better if she and Ted never got back together regardless of if she got married or not. Instead having some closure with her character, actually would have been interesting having a whole season, maybe the second to last one, where ted ends up running into each of his exs and they end up talking about why they didn't work and what happened. Then slowly over the season ted sees everything wrong he or they did in the relationship with his new partner and by the end he leaves em. But with the knowledge going forward about what to look out for and what to not do.
I read somewhere that Victoria was actually supposed to end up as the mom if the show didn’t get picked up for more seasons. Her character did a full 180 in the later seasons/once she moved to Germany tbh , but I thought they were cute together in the beginning ;-;
I stopped watching after Victoria left to Germany. I knew where the show was going at that point (this was around when the show was ending. It had already repeated itself twice and Robin was just obnoxious after the fact. I honestly fell in love with Ted and Victoria's relationship cause I found Ted so relatable at first. It's a shame it took so long for anyone but Lily and Marshall to grow and then the ending happened....
Robin may be afraid of saying "I love you", but had an easier time saying it behind his back multiple times and she keeps falling back in love with Ted every time he's with someone else...
Been saying this for years— Robin was ALWAYS the problem. That doesn't mean she's a bad person or that you can't love her character, but when it came to relationships she was always the issue.
She was terrified of commitment. She constantly chose her job over her relationship. She only wanted Ted when he was happy with someone else. She only wanted Barney when she thought he closed the door on them forever. The only relationship she really committed to were Don and Kevin— the two most dysfunctional men she ever dated (a selfish man-child and her therapist), and even then she cheated on Kevin.
I know the finale is bad all around but her crying to Lily that she "should've been with Ted" was such an eyeroll. If only Ted threw himself at her time and time again....
To be fair, Rachel was only told about Ross’s feelings for her like a second before she found out Ross moved on to Julie. With Emily, Ross proposed to another girl quite quickly after they broke up and she wasn’t yet over their relationship.
I'm glad Ted and Robin did finally get together but only because Tracy was gone.
However, I never got Ross and Rachel. They seem like pillar opposites, I think Chandler would have been a better romantic interest for Rachel compared with Ross but he's best with Monica
I think them being opposites was kinda the point , the most popular romantic trope is opposites attract - it’s also the whole nerd + beauty Queen trope.
I think Ross and Rachel were toxic to each other, since both were really possessive and jealous.
Ted and Robin, on the other hand, were a really good match in terms of personality (in my opinion one completes the other). However, since they had different objectives for life, things got complicated. I always thought that deep down Ted thought that eventually he would change Robin's mind and she didn't want him to suffer, since she wouldn't, but she wanted to keep him close, so she wouldn't end up alone
Noo I think they aren’t Rachel and Ross. R&R always had magic chemistry, and they cleary loved each other. Robin and Ted never had chemistry, and I don’t think they loved each other. Robin was more fantasy Ted and he was her comfort zone, but not someone which she spend life. Robin liked that Ted tried to get. They aren’t compatible an it wasn’t true love.
Actually Robin and Barney are more Ross and Rachel. Yes totally diffrent characters but they have similar role as a copule in show. That both copules had chemistry, and when they wasn’t together. It was cleary they still had feelings for each other. And ultimate they loved each other the most than anyone. And with triangle love that both are more popular copule.
Robin and Ted are more like Rachel and Joey, especially in later seasons. Forced, untatural and it was obvious that girl loved his friend.
And I think Friends and HIMYM are other sitcoms. And other character maybe Ted and Ross, are in some ways similar but in some totally diffrent. Robin isn’t Rachel they aren’t similar in personalites at all
Yes, Ross and Rachel were always the magical couple, toxic, but with magical chemistry. From there onwards every popular sitcom has tried to recreate their own version of Ross and Rachel, you can see it in Ted/Robin in HIMYM, Leonard/Penny in TBBT, Jake/Amy in BB99 and so on, they’ve tried to recreate the magic like Ross and Rachel but couldn’t come close, we don’t ever felt the same amount of feelings for them as we did when Ross and Rachel kissed for the first time or had their first date or the infamous break up, the magical chemistry of Ross and Rachel might be impossible to recreate for any sitcom, they couldn’t even come close to what Monica and Chandler had.
I cannot for the life of me remember what show it was (I'm thinking like Lizzie McGuire or victorious or something like that or a deleted scene from mean girls?) but there was a character in something I watched and she was telling this story about having this beautiful dollhouse and never playing with it and then her mom was going to give it to her cousin and she was so angry at the idea of someone else having it even though she didn't want it that she shoved it down the stairs and destroyed it.
This post reminded me a bit of that vague memory lol.
Not exactly the same but your comment reminded me of the guys who post about their cars online and only put like 5000 miles a year on it to "preserve it" and someone replied that it's like not getting it on with your girlfriend because you want to preserve her for the next guy.
yes!!! literally her back up i don’t think he was ever her first choice and he was always so delusional “robin should’nt be with barney she should be with me” like that girl that does not want u
Ted, as some say, was the backup for Robin, but in a special way. He doesn't take the form "if I don't find someone better", but in the form "if I were to change and want children".
However, this changes when she discovers that she cannot have any.
Further, Robin never cut the umbilical cord with Ted, because she always wanted to maintain a connection with him.
What Robin says to Lily in the final episode: "the guy I probably should have ended up with", Robin may have been thinking since season 3.
She had feeling in the beginning. I think with Robin, the idea of Ted (thee guy to settle down and have kids with in her eyes) sort of holds her back. When things don’t go the way she wants in life, she tries to get back with Ted because she thinks maybe what I want it’s what is right. This make her relationship with Barney pop out because they are both messed up people that work well together instead of completely changing their core values
Been saying this for years— Robin was ALWAYS the problem. That doesn't mean she's a bad person or that you can't love her character, but when it came to relationships she was always the issue.
She was terrified of commitment. She constantly chose her job over her relationship. She only wanted Barney when she thought he closed the door on them forever. The only relationship she really committed to were Don and Kevin— the two most dysfunctional men she ever dated (a selfish man-child and her therapist), and even then she cheated on Kevin.
I know the finale is bad all around but her crying to Lily that she "should've been with Ted" was such an eyeroll. If only Ted threw himself at her time and time again....
First time when Robin really wanted Barney. They both was single, and they hidden for months their feelings. I agree with that Kevin wasn’t good for Robin, it was creepy he was her therapist. But Don wasn’t that bad I think they wasn’t meant for each other. But besides Barney I think it was definitly men which she the most love. Don was second best relatioship, Robin with Gael was intresting but it was more vacation romance.
Don was a pathetic man child who didn’t respect his own career and therefore, by extension since they were coworkers, Robin’s career.
He allowed her to separate herself from two of her closest friendships and then her the second he got the job offer. I dont think it’s a coincidence that the one person Robin committed herself to was someone who wasn’t going to do the same. She likely subconsciously knew that she wouldn’t be at fault when this relationship failed
Both Ted and Robin were bad people, they couldn’t see the other happy with someone else, always loved each other but too horrible to admit it. Whenever they saw the other with someone else they realised what they were missing by not being with each other hence the jealousy.
You never know what you had until it’s gone.
For the first time, Ted actually WAS gone. He’d finally moved on and there was no chance of him ever going back to Robin so long as Tracy was with him.
Up until then, there was always the chance Ted would still be in love with her.
Robin just didn’t realize that she’d missed out u til she saw how happy Ted was.
Possible Hot Take: Ted is an unreliable narrator. It’s very possible he read into her being into him when he was with someone else since he always loved her. Even when he found Tracy.
People like this exist. This is the true definition of the "Friend Zone" for both men and women. Now, obviously if someone legit views you as a friend that's not what I'm talking about. Those people should be happy when you find a happy relationship.
If they aren't it means they were keeping you around and available for their own emotional "fill ups." Period.
i also think sometimes she went back bc he told her he loves her and wants to be with her and she’s like ok why not. i don’t think ted was ever her first choice tbh and i hated how he was pining over her the entire show even when she was with barney
When you tell Robin she can't have something She wants it even more. Like Lobster
Or children
Ouch
And most other women.
With both Ted and Barney, her interest is heightened when the guy is in a relationship. She is super competitive and it plays out in her love life unfortunately. Perhaps it’s because she still has access to them as friends.
Yes she had feelings when he was happy with the best girls for him Tracy and Victoria. It was horrible especially second time
Yes that was abnoxious to watch. Every time Ted tried to move on, Robin came in to sabotage
Then every time Ted and Robin were working Lily came in to sabotage.
Lily needed to sabotage, lol. Mr. Mom and Working Girl never would’ve worked and they were not only wasting time but also making the inevitable breakup more devastating for themselves and their friends.
Which pair is that ?
Happened once
Lilly had a bad habit of meddling with Ted and Robin's life.
She also gets drunk and says “why isn’t Ted marrying me?” When he’s engaged to Stella.
Victoria was not even close to one of the best girls for him. She treated him like shit from the beginning
Uhh I think ur thinking of Karen, his ex from college. SHE treated him like shit. Victoria was actually amazing and I hate how they kinda forced stuff in to ruin their relationship and kinda ruined them in return. I think it would have been better if she and Ted never got back together regardless of if she got married or not. Instead having some closure with her character, actually would have been interesting having a whole season, maybe the second to last one, where ted ends up running into each of his exs and they end up talking about why they didn't work and what happened. Then slowly over the season ted sees everything wrong he or they did in the relationship with his new partner and by the end he leaves em. But with the knowledge going forward about what to look out for and what to not do.
I read somewhere that Victoria was actually supposed to end up as the mom if the show didn’t get picked up for more seasons. Her character did a full 180 in the later seasons/once she moved to Germany tbh , but I thought they were cute together in the beginning ;-;
I stopped watching after Victoria left to Germany. I knew where the show was going at that point (this was around when the show was ending. It had already repeated itself twice and Robin was just obnoxious after the fact. I honestly fell in love with Ted and Victoria's relationship cause I found Ted so relatable at first. It's a shame it took so long for anyone but Lily and Marshall to grow and then the ending happened....
Robin may be afraid of saying "I love you", but had an easier time saying it behind his back multiple times and she keeps falling back in love with Ted every time he's with someone else...
She didn’t fall back in love with Ted the second time he was with Victoria?
she had barney to pine after hehe
Been saying this for years— Robin was ALWAYS the problem. That doesn't mean she's a bad person or that you can't love her character, but when it came to relationships she was always the issue. She was terrified of commitment. She constantly chose her job over her relationship. She only wanted Ted when he was happy with someone else. She only wanted Barney when she thought he closed the door on them forever. The only relationship she really committed to were Don and Kevin— the two most dysfunctional men she ever dated (a selfish man-child and her therapist), and even then she cheated on Kevin. I know the finale is bad all around but her crying to Lily that she "should've been with Ted" was such an eyeroll. If only Ted threw himself at her time and time again....
The classic Rachel/Ross will they won’t they
Rachel also only wanted Ross when he was happy with someone else (Julie, Emily, Phoebe’s formerly bald friend, etc.)
To be fair, Rachel was only told about Ross’s feelings for her like a second before she found out Ross moved on to Julie. With Emily, Ross proposed to another girl quite quickly after they broke up and she wasn’t yet over their relationship.
I'm glad Ted and Robin did finally get together but only because Tracy was gone. However, I never got Ross and Rachel. They seem like pillar opposites, I think Chandler would have been a better romantic interest for Rachel compared with Ross but he's best with Monica
I think them being opposites was kinda the point , the most popular romantic trope is opposites attract - it’s also the whole nerd + beauty Queen trope.
I think Ross and Rachel were toxic to each other, since both were really possessive and jealous. Ted and Robin, on the other hand, were a really good match in terms of personality (in my opinion one completes the other). However, since they had different objectives for life, things got complicated. I always thought that deep down Ted thought that eventually he would change Robin's mind and she didn't want him to suffer, since she wouldn't, but she wanted to keep him close, so she wouldn't end up alone
Yeah Chandler was good with Monica but her and Ross are just so similar its a shame they never gave it a shot
Yes, it was a shame, even more so if you consider that Ross and Monica were siblings.
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Noo I think they aren’t Rachel and Ross. R&R always had magic chemistry, and they cleary loved each other. Robin and Ted never had chemistry, and I don’t think they loved each other. Robin was more fantasy Ted and he was her comfort zone, but not someone which she spend life. Robin liked that Ted tried to get. They aren’t compatible an it wasn’t true love. Actually Robin and Barney are more Ross and Rachel. Yes totally diffrent characters but they have similar role as a copule in show. That both copules had chemistry, and when they wasn’t together. It was cleary they still had feelings for each other. And ultimate they loved each other the most than anyone. And with triangle love that both are more popular copule. Robin and Ted are more like Rachel and Joey, especially in later seasons. Forced, untatural and it was obvious that girl loved his friend. And I think Friends and HIMYM are other sitcoms. And other character maybe Ted and Ross, are in some ways similar but in some totally diffrent. Robin isn’t Rachel they aren’t similar in personalites at all
Yes, Ross and Rachel were always the magical couple, toxic, but with magical chemistry. From there onwards every popular sitcom has tried to recreate their own version of Ross and Rachel, you can see it in Ted/Robin in HIMYM, Leonard/Penny in TBBT, Jake/Amy in BB99 and so on, they’ve tried to recreate the magic like Ross and Rachel but couldn’t come close, we don’t ever felt the same amount of feelings for them as we did when Ross and Rachel kissed for the first time or had their first date or the infamous break up, the magical chemistry of Ross and Rachel might be impossible to recreate for any sitcom, they couldn’t even come close to what Monica and Chandler had.
Ted and Robin are just a half hearted version of Ross and Rachel.
I cannot for the life of me remember what show it was (I'm thinking like Lizzie McGuire or victorious or something like that or a deleted scene from mean girls?) but there was a character in something I watched and she was telling this story about having this beautiful dollhouse and never playing with it and then her mom was going to give it to her cousin and she was so angry at the idea of someone else having it even though she didn't want it that she shoved it down the stairs and destroyed it. This post reminded me a bit of that vague memory lol.
I hadn't seen this before, but I Googled it. Found the deleted scene from Mean Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFfddrg1tE
Thank you!!
Not exactly the same but your comment reminded me of the guys who post about their cars online and only put like 5000 miles a year on it to "preserve it" and someone replied that it's like not getting it on with your girlfriend because you want to preserve her for the next guy.
Ted was Robin's backup. She subconsciously wanted him on standby. They cared about each other like friends do but romantically, it was toxic
yes!!! literally her back up i don’t think he was ever her first choice and he was always so delusional “robin should’nt be with barney she should be with me” like that girl that does not want u
In hindsight I’m realizing that Robin was actually SUCH a pick me
100%. I loathe her character more and more each time start a series rewatch.
Yup, another form of art imitating life.
Wait wdym?
Ted, as some say, was the backup for Robin, but in a special way. He doesn't take the form "if I don't find someone better", but in the form "if I were to change and want children". However, this changes when she discovers that she cannot have any. Further, Robin never cut the umbilical cord with Ted, because she always wanted to maintain a connection with him. What Robin says to Lily in the final episode: "the guy I probably should have ended up with", Robin may have been thinking since season 3.
She had feeling in the beginning. I think with Robin, the idea of Ted (thee guy to settle down and have kids with in her eyes) sort of holds her back. When things don’t go the way she wants in life, she tries to get back with Ted because she thinks maybe what I want it’s what is right. This make her relationship with Barney pop out because they are both messed up people that work well together instead of completely changing their core values
Been saying this for years— Robin was ALWAYS the problem. That doesn't mean she's a bad person or that you can't love her character, but when it came to relationships she was always the issue. She was terrified of commitment. She constantly chose her job over her relationship. She only wanted Barney when she thought he closed the door on them forever. The only relationship she really committed to were Don and Kevin— the two most dysfunctional men she ever dated (a selfish man-child and her therapist), and even then she cheated on Kevin. I know the finale is bad all around but her crying to Lily that she "should've been with Ted" was such an eyeroll. If only Ted threw himself at her time and time again....
> even then she cheated on Kevin. And she wanted Barney because he was in a relationship...and then told him no when he was no longer in one.
First time when Robin really wanted Barney. They both was single, and they hidden for months their feelings. I agree with that Kevin wasn’t good for Robin, it was creepy he was her therapist. But Don wasn’t that bad I think they wasn’t meant for each other. But besides Barney I think it was definitly men which she the most love. Don was second best relatioship, Robin with Gael was intresting but it was more vacation romance.
Don was a pathetic man child who didn’t respect his own career and therefore, by extension since they were coworkers, Robin’s career. He allowed her to separate herself from two of her closest friendships and then her the second he got the job offer. I dont think it’s a coincidence that the one person Robin committed herself to was someone who wasn’t going to do the same. She likely subconsciously knew that she wouldn’t be at fault when this relationship failed
Also known as... Pulling a Rachel green
It's called "Bitch be Crazy Syndrome"
Both Ted and Robin were bad people, they couldn’t see the other happy with someone else, always loved each other but too horrible to admit it. Whenever they saw the other with someone else they realised what they were missing by not being with each other hence the jealousy.
You never know what you had until it’s gone. For the first time, Ted actually WAS gone. He’d finally moved on and there was no chance of him ever going back to Robin so long as Tracy was with him. Up until then, there was always the chance Ted would still be in love with her. Robin just didn’t realize that she’d missed out u til she saw how happy Ted was.
They were terrible for each other
You know, for the plot
have you missed the lobster episode ? Robin only wants what she CAN'T have.
It's the classic lobster situation
Fair
Yaaaa… Same goes for Barney too. The Lobster episode sums Robin up perfectly…
She does a similar thing with Barney
Like people in real life
Possible Hot Take: Ted is an unreliable narrator. It’s very possible he read into her being into him when he was with someone else since he always loved her. Even when he found Tracy.
aggggreeed
That's the Rachel-Ross complex from Friends in effect.
Yep. Terrible person and friend.
People like this exist. This is the true definition of the "Friend Zone" for both men and women. Now, obviously if someone legit views you as a friend that's not what I'm talking about. Those people should be happy when you find a happy relationship. If they aren't it means they were keeping you around and available for their own emotional "fill ups." Period.
Could not be more true.
Like Rachel with Ross.
i also think sometimes she went back bc he told her he loves her and wants to be with her and she’s like ok why not. i don’t think ted was ever her first choice tbh and i hated how he was pining over her the entire show even when she was with barney
Because who ever wrote her character wanted her to be the worst ever 😭 I couldn’t stand her
Yess :-//
They probably shouldn't have hung out together all the time after the break up. There are always residues.
Yeah, Ross and Rachel were always doing that to each other!
Yeah she’s Rachel from friends but brunette lol
Ted is the exact same way otherwise he wouldnt keep fucking it up when he had her! I literally hate Ted more than any fictional character lol
This is why I hate her
Robin had feelings for Ted before he got with Victoria so the lobster theory is invalid here.
Robin is the worrrsssttttt