The Myth of Constant Growth in Relationships
It’s not “You make me so much better” — it’s “What we have is good enough.”
In the How I Met Your Mother episode “The Exploding Meatball Sub,” Barney’s crazy sandwich concoction is far from the only thing to go up in flames.
Ted’s new girlfriend Zoey is both intelligent and pretty. Unfortunately, she’s also the head of the campaign trying to keep Ted’s skyscraper from being built in order to preserve an old building.
“Isn’t it hard for you guys to be on opposite sides of something like this?” his friend Lily, who sees eye to eye on almost everything with her husband and college sweetheart Marshall, asks. “Some of us want a partner who challenges us to grow and evolve,” Ted replies. As it will turn out, that’s baloney.
Over the course of the episode, we see Lily continuously supporting Marshall in his latest endeavors, from quitting his job to volunteering their apartment for an environment fundraiser to starting an unpaid internship. We also see Ted and Zoey getting into each other’s hair over everything, from who hangs up the phone first to what the movie on TV is about to what they like in the bedroom.
En route to pick up a special guest for Marshall’s fundraiser at the airport, Ted and Lily once again broach the…
