Will & Grace had a similar breakneck pace but felt even more forced, in my opinion. I enjoyed the HIMYM finale, despite some flaws. But the Will/Grace dynamic through that whole last episode was just horribly awkward. The only redeeming thing about the whole thing was Jack and Karen's "Unforgettable" number.

Hoo boy, that's a depressing thought. And yet somehow amazing at the same time.

You know, I'm one of the few who actually really, really liked the finale. But I hated what they did to Barney. The reverted him back to a one-dimensional caricature of himself, basically negating all character development over the nine seasons, then added in a very rushed and forced pseudo-redeeming scene with a…

I'm not implying that it was a perfect finale. At all. I happened to like it very much overall, but there were definitely some things that bothered me. Ted's storyline just wasn't one of them. :)

I've seen tons of shocked "Why would you make me fall in love with a character just to kill her off?!?!?!" comments. I had felt like most people DID see the death coming, but I fear I may have overestimated how many people troll the interwebs for plot line conspiracy theories like I do. :)

I agree with everything you said. All the fans/critics who've been talking about how fucked up it is that a dad would spend 9 years telling his kids about how he met their mother without much mention OF the mother should have been placated by this {though judging from all the reviews, they weren't}.

I agree wholeheartedly. It doesn't seem to be a popular opinion though.

I agree wholeheartedly. It doesn't seem to be a popular opinion though.

Man, I'm kind of shocked at how strong the reaction is. Well, not shocked. People always hate finales. But I absolutely adored how everything was wrapped up.

Ha! I so hear you on that. I have a friend who is the nearest and dearest thing to my heart, but part of her being the nicest person on the face of the earth is the automatic "Can so-and-so come" or "Let me see if whatshername wants to go too" when presented with an invitation. Some occasions are allowed to be…

That's helpful, thank you. I would think people would like the idea of a night away from the kiddos as well, but I'm just speculating, and I'm not much of a kid person. I do have friends who've relayed stories of people refusing to come if they couldn't bring their kids, etc etc. I know sitters are expensive, but…

Can anyone give a girl suggestions on how to politely and subtly indicate that it's an adults only event?

No. Not just you.

ADORE.

I did this for about two years, but after several times of the data disappearing for god only knows what reason I figured I'd start logging things in an app specifically for that.

That's the one I use, and I've been using it for about six months. But two months in a row my cycles were 31 days, and now on the page that has the lists of how long your cycles were for which months, it has a little (preg) next to those two months. I can't figure out how to reset it or get them off of there! It's not…

From now on I'm going to refer to my period as whimsical. Maybe the delightful adjective will make her a bit friendlier.

I started using M. Cycles about six months ago, and while it's been incredibly helpful in taking the pregnancy panic out of things, at least twice my cycle has been 31 days long and beside the month-by-month view listings of the longer cycles it has a little (preg). Obv doesn't mess with the effectiveness of the app…

Evidence. Maybe it's just a character thing?

I'm usually confounded by Natalie Dormer's brows, but they look beautifully shaped and filled in here. Is this new, or am I making that up?