20 Times Barney Stinson Understood How You Feel About Becoming An Adult
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20 Times Barney Stinson Understood How You Feel About Becoming An Adult

No one understands college students and emerging young adults better than Barney Stinson.

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20 Times Barney Stinson Understood How You Feel About Becoming An Adult

No one understands college students and emerging young adults better than Barney Stinson. Barney will always be a young person at heart, and some of his reactions on "How I Met Your Mother" are perfectly applicable to 20-somethings in the midst of their quarter life crisis. He's here to sympathize with you not knowing where you're going to get a job or wanting to be a kid again. Self-five.


1. When it hits you that you can't stay in college forever even if you purposefully fail every class:

2. When you realize you need to start building your business casual wardrobe:

3. Pondering how great it is to be able to buy alcohol:

4. When all your friends start to get married:

5. Realizing that there are still some things that you won't have to think about just yet (think having your own insurance, being completely financially independent, and jury duty):

6. When all your friends are getting into grad school and you're still not sure what you're doing post-graduation:

7. Thinking about doing your taxes:

8. Trying to convince your parents that you actually do have a plan for your life, and seeing their reaction is very similar to Ted's:

9. When you pay your own rent for the first time:

10. When someone asks you if you've started saving for a house:


11. When you realize that you could move to a different country and start a new life, but then decide against it because America:

12. When someone tries to tell you that you're too old to be eating Easy Mac on a regular basis:

13. When you realize you're behind on what all the cool kids are saying nowadays. What even is "hitting the quan?"

14. When it hits you that working a 9-5 job means not being able to take regular naps during the day:

15. When all your friends start becoming insanely fit and running marathons:

16. When you start thinking about how amazing it would be to have your own pet:

17. Your reaction to any event with free food because it means you don't have to cook for yourself:

18. When you realize that it's only a matter of years before you'll hit your 30s:

19. Taking on the responsibility of being wingman for all your single friends:

20. When anyone offers you the slightest opportunity to have less responsibility, even for a second:

Thanks for understanding us, Barney. Where would we be without your immaturity, hilarity, goofiness, and life advice? Sounds like you're pretty legendary to me.

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