Which part didn't make sense to you?

Barney: He' s been a womanizer his entire life. He lies to Robin all the time. He doesn't do what she wants him to. That's Ted. Do we expect him to magically change and become a loving and "boring" husband? No. Barney is not marriage material, hence the divorce. Robin constantly had her doubts about him. Their marriage obviously wouldn't last. It was based on "fun" and there was no substance.

Every season was about Robin. Why would his kids want to hear about her all the time? It would make no sense for their mom to be alive and them to have to hear about his ex(es). I know if that were to happen to me and my mom was alive, I'd be like "Dad, I don't care about the other women. Shut up already". Anyone who was paying attention could tell that the story was about Robin. Even his daughter said so. The whole locker thing constantly reminded the audience that though Robin was marrying Barney, She should have been marrying Ted instead. 

Marshal and Lily: boring as usual

How else would Ted end up with Robin if the mother didn't die? Even from the tone of his voice, you could tell that he wasn't telling an exciting story, but one with a sad ending. The mother was always a tiny part of the show.  How many episodes were there taht she was not mentioned once?

So, did Stacy not matter? Of course she did. But Ted had two great loves, no matter what movies tell you about your other half bullshit.

Agreed, didn't like it at all, I wonder how did they come up with it and when, cause well the show wasn't about the mother at all so they had to explain it somehow, right? Anyways it felt like the last two episodes should have been explained season-long, cause you know when an almost entire season is about Barney and Robin getting married and the preparations, just for them to get divorced in the next episode is just idiotic on so many levels...
I wonder what the alternative ending will be.

I wasn't as invested in the show as others but I thought the ending was bad. One of the fans I knew compared it to the ME3 ending. I think the comparison is valid. Like ME3, the show has a theme that the ending completely throws out the window.

You mean how they made a huge deal about the locker with Barney not givinga crap and playing lazer tag and Ted trying to recover it like crazy by even jumping in a river? And Robin asking him if she's marrying the wrong guy before the wedding or asking everyone to tell her that marrying Barney isn't a horrible idea?

The show was boring anywayz.

I watched up to season 6 when the show was at that point. I never got back into it after that.

I did read up on the ending since I was always curious as to who the mother actually was. But yeah the mother dying is just a horrible ending. I always imagined that at some point they'd introduce the mother and they would make a season or two about Ted and their mother getting married until finally ending it with a nice happy ending. But I guess that wasn't meant to be.

They couldn't do that even if they wanted to. The title wouldn't make sense.

For the majority of the 6 seasons I remember watching, most of it had nothing to do with him meeting the mother, but rather just telling the story of the 5 main characters. So I don't see how actually having Ted meet the mother and tell the story of getting married to her would not make sense by any means. To me that was the whole point of the friggin show, waiting patiently until the climax where I'd get to see their father and mother get together.

I don't understand what does it really have to do with my post, but I'll bite.

Sure Robin had cold feet before the wedding, Ted tried to get her back, to the last second. And that's the thing. He tried the last 3 seasons, doing all kinds of extreme, romantic stuff, and yet Robin rejected him EVERY SINGLE TIME. She told him she doesn't love him time and time again, last time on the beach.

Sure maybe the pendant or whatever that was made a huge impact on her, but when Barney told her he will be always honest with her, and admitted Ted found it, not him, she passionately kissed him, was in heaven. Didn't go back to Ted, stayed and got married with Barney.

One episode later, they divorced (after a season long devoted for preparation to the wedding lol) and Robin is back in love with Ted suddenly! Sure Ted was with Tracy then, and we know Robin always wanted what she couldn't have (lobsters) but that's just ridiculous.

And Barney...you say he is a Womanizer. Sure. So why did the writers tried so hard to change his personality throughout 3 last seasons which he spent in relationships with Robin, Karma (don't remember her name), Robin back again until he was married. Him wanting desperately to have kids, etc. They butchered the awesome Barney we knew in the first seasons, just for him to realize in the last two episodes that it turns out he likes bimboos more than Robin.

@bolded: They spent an entire season just focusing on Barney and Robins wedding. they went on to undo an entire season with making them divorce in the very last episode. they spent almost two seasons going at the baney-robin story, making it work and making it feel like its what they both wanted. again, just to end it with them being divorced and ending the story with barney being a sad loser in his 40's to just knock up some bitch we never even seen. another bimbo that fell for his playbook.

and i disagree, the last few seasons showed barney changing, his conflict with past GF's his father and robin were all about him changing. heck, the reason he got divorced was because he didnt settle down. while barney was never going to be the best husband, they clearly tried so hard to show you that he will always try his best. 

@underlined: that would make sense if the kids staying and listening to the story made sense in the first place. who on earth would sit and listen to 208 stories (number of episodes) of how his/her father met their mother?

the whole locker thing actually ended what ever was between robin and ted, when she was freaking out and told ted lets go away together, and he said he didnt want to, and ment it. it was closure, and it should have stayed that way. 

@italic: who wants to see robin with ted? they want at it so many times it got boring. other than that, he wants to date/marry his best friends ex wife? it doesnt feel right.  The show was about the mother, yet they just killed her off and made the ending again, about robin. it isnt why people watched the show.