Ted saying we should wait for the person who actually likes our quirks.
Robin complaining about Ted's over-the-top romantic gestures. Tracy appreciating it.
Ted complaining about Robin being too independent. Barney telling her he loved that about her.
Barney desperately clinging to youth and Robin understanding that, as oppose to Ted who's excited to get old and settle down.
Tracy and Ted celebrating getting old together.
Barney never wanting to marry, and Robin agreeing.
Barney going down on one knee automatically when he thinks Robin might get deported.
Robin telling Ted over and over again that she doesn't want to get married.
Robin saying "let's get married" to Barney in season 4, before they even start dating, and then actually marrying him.
Barney saying that if he wasn't going to marry Robin, he'd never marry at all.
The writers not being able to think of any reason for Barney and Robin to not end up together other than Robin having a demanding work schedule.
The writers not being able to think of any reason for Tracy and Ted to not end up together other than Tracy dying.
I have never seen a show go so out of its way to show us that two couples are respectively perfect for each other (minus a sprinkle of out-of-character bullshit here and there), just to pull a complete 180 in the final episode.
danny gonzalez, drew gooden, kurtis conner, ryan trahan, and cody ko are all basically the same person with slightly different energies, and yet i watch them all anyway