tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post9091945831768878417..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: How I Met Your Mother 9X08: The LighthouseAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-28695585151086044822013-11-11T17:22:22.552-06:002013-11-11T17:22:22.552-06:00@Dr. Bitz: Lilly's advice was a little over th...@Dr. Bitz: <i>Lilly's advice was a little over the top, but at the same time it wasn't completely terrible. It is possible to be too picky. </i><br /><br />Oh yeah, I didn't think it was terrible advice at all. The problem was that Ted's already heard variations on that same advice, and as always chosen to ultimately ignore it. So I'm not sure why he decided to try it out once again. <br /><br /><i>...but the fact that the show simply views this as a tragedy without even bringing up the alternatives Robin has seems a bit negligent.</i><br /><br />Agreed. If they want Barney's mom to be sad because Robin will never be able to give birth to her own children, fine. But if she's sad because Robin and Barney can't ever start a family, well, that's bunk. They can. It just won't be a biological one. <br /><br />And while there's a time and a place for sorrow over the former (say, for example, in the flashback when Barney first learns the news; that's not the time for the first thing out of Barney's mouth to be "well, you can still adopt"), in this episode, it definitely seemed like the majority of Barney's mother's sadness to come from the whole "can't have a family" angle, which isn't the same as not being able to have children. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-90950196952865563632013-11-07T15:22:58.320-06:002013-11-07T15:22:58.320-06:00Lilly's advice was a little over the top, but ...Lilly's advice was a little over the top, but at the same time it wasn't completely terrible. It is possible to be too picky. (Except for Ted, I suppose, since he did find his perfect soul mate who is perfect for him in every way.)<br /><br />I'm also a little annoyed by the show's insistence that Robin can't have children. She can, she just can't have biological children. And I'm no going to pretend that I understand the emotions that come into play when a person is told their bodies can't bare children but the fact that the show simply views this as a tragedy without even bringing up the alternatives Robin has seems a bit negligent.Dr. Bitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568570859981368717noreply@blogger.com