10 How I Met Your Mother Moments That Prove Barney Is REALLY Ted's Best Friend
10. Barney Teaches Ted How To Live
0Ted meets Barney in the urinal at McLarens. Barney makes up a story about bringing his deaf brother out which Ted believes without question. This surprises Barney, who had just made up the entire thing on the spot.
He finds Ted in his booth and introduces himself as Barney. He tells Ted that he’s going to teach him how to live. Which in Barneyspeak basically means teaching him the tricks to sleep with dozens of women. Barney is true to his word and takes Ted as his wingman for the following years.
It’s a pretty productive relationship for Ted. When Barney meets him he’s a socially inept dude trying too hard to be cool and still failing miserably. He even has a douchey goatee. Barney doesn’t succeed in changing Ted much but he improves his dating skills and convinces him to lose the goatee.