As I have been watching more How I Met Your Mother lately, I’ve come to realize that it is the new Friends. You have a group of friends (duh) who always hang out at a local hangout and well, that’s all I thought about so far; except – I tried to match up the characters together. I thought that Ted is the new Ross – he’s the guy that most people in the audience are rooting for and have difficulties finding a spouse. Marshall is the new Chandler – an pretty normal guy with some eccentricities. Lily is the new Monica, a home-ly wife and partner of Chandler Marshall. Robin is the new Rachel, who is a more trendy woman. Finally Barney is both Phoebe and Joey – because those two are basically the same weird character.

I find that I don’t find this show that funny, but end up watching it because it reminds me of the lifestyle and experience of Friends.