10 How I Met Your Mother Moments That Prove Ted Is A Total Jerk
3. Telling Inappropriate Stories To His Kids...
The framing device of How I Met Your Mother was one of its earliest hooks, and it’s a great gimmick. 20 odd years on from the most exciting days of his life, Ted Mosby tells his teenage children the story of how he met their mother. It’s cute, it’s smart, it has an ending in sight that’ll keep viewers coming back.
Only, the stuff Ted tells his children is not appropriate for young ears, especially if those ears belong to your own kids. Over what would amount to untold hours of ceaseless anecdotes, middle aged creep Ted Mosby chooses to tell his children almost exclusively about the many women he slept with.
Well, that’s not quite true. He also tells them about the women his sketchy pal Barney slept with, along with the relationship troubles of his other friends. Wanting to relive your past glories is understandable, but there must be better ways to go about it.
What’s most bizarre is that his children interject in the story every now and again. They’re appalled to learn that their dad smoked cigarettes at one point, but apparently they’re happy to listen to a chronological list of his conquests...