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15 Lessons ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Taught Us About Love

We’ve been with the “How I Met Your Mother” gang as they’ve fallen in love, gotten their hearts broken (and broken some themselves) and everything in between. As the series comes to an end on March 31, we know that these five friends may not have it all figured out, but they’ve spent the past nine seasons teaching us 15 very important lessons about love.

1. Before going on a date, always consider the crazy/hot scale: a person is only allowed to be crazy if his or her attractiveness equals his or her level of insanity.

2. When looking for love, avoid nightclubs at all costs…

3. …however, bars are totally acceptable.

4. There is no such thing as “out of your league.”

5. Just when you think you have the dating game figured out, you may realize that anything can happen.

 

6. Fights can be paused, un-paused and paused again until you finally have that conversation that makes everything better.

7. There’s nothing better than when your romantic partner also becomes your best friend…

8. …although he or she may have been that person all along.

9. Everyone needs a wingman.

 

10. When you see your ex, you have two options:

Be cordial…

…or avoid him or her at all costs.

11. Friends can’t just hook up without defining the relationship.

12. You may not always have the same interests as your partner….

…but that’s what will make your relationship interesting.

13. Never try to deal with a breakup on your own.

14. Know when it’s time to let go…

15. …but never give up on fate.

Abby is a University of Delaware graduate with a degree in English. Along with writing for Her Campus as an entertainment blogger, she has interned in the editorial departments of Cosmopolitan and Us Weekly. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram! 
Quinn Cohane is the Product Manager at Her Campus. She develops new features for Her Campus's web properties, including HerCampus.com, HerCampusMedia.com, HerConference.com, and CollegeFashionWeek.com, from initial conception to final installation. She collaborates with the Client Services team to implement custom landing pages, content hubs and sponsored content for client campaigns. Quinn also works closely with the Chapter Development team, training new team members on using Her Campus's content management system and leading the onboarding of new Campus Correspondents, national writers and bloggers, and national interns. Additionally, she oversees technical support for Her Campus and the uploading of national content. Quinn first joined the Her Campus team as a remote intern in February 2010; her past roles include Production Associate, Digital Media Manager, Chapter Advisor, and Study Abroad blogger during her semester in Copenhagen, Denmark. She graduated Cum Laude from Bowdoin College in 2013 as an English major and computer science minor. A native of Scarsdale, New York, Quinn enjoys attending theater and dance performances, traveling the world, reading, the beach, and apple crumb pie. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @quinncohane.