How I Met Your Mother: 10 Shadiest Things Barney Has Ever Done
6. Hiring People To Lie To His Mother
Most people will lie to their parents about certain things when they are younger. Whether or not they've been drinking, who they're dating, and even what they want to be when they grow up - they're fibs a lot of people are guilty of.
However, once you reach a certain age, most people will start to be honest with their parents. In the case of Barney Stinson however, this is not true.
He tells his mother while she is on her deathbed that he has met a wonderful girl and that they are going to get married. She springs on them that she is pregnant, much to Barney's dismay, and his mother makes a miraculous recovery.
Rather than come clean about the lie, he continually hires these actors to come to the house and pretend to be his family, including his fake son. This is a web of lies that eventually is broken, and his mother is relieved to hear that that is not his real family.
Despite her being okay with it, the fact that he thought this was the best option instead of telling the truth is an extremely awful thing to do. Not only did he lie to his mother on her death bed, but then when she got better, he didn't have the guts to tell her the truth and live his authentic life around her.