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.
