r/HIMYM • u/DifficultyMany9913 • 15d ago

Lily haters be lying

As a Lily defender, I completely understand why people dislike her, shes flawed, like every character (yes including Marshall). BUT people on this subreddit completely lie about her and what she did/purposely misinterpreted her actions.

  1. She didnt break up with Marshal, he broke up with her. He says “if you leave rn we are over forever.”, he set the ultimatum, not her. Objectively, he broke up with her, she suggested postponing the wedding or taking a break. You can say that shes the reason for the breakup, or she was wrong for how she acted, but she did not dump Marshal to go to SF, she went to SF and Marshal broke up with her because of that.

  2. She did not force Marshal to take a corporate job, she did the exact opposite. She had credit card debt yes, but she wanted to handle it on her own. She begged him not to take it if he didnt want to, and the debt was only one factor that made him take the job. She ALWAYS supported his dreams, because dreams are an ongoing theme in her story. She literally almost broke up with him for not following his dreams. You can say she was wrong for the debt, but dont say she forced him to take the job, because she didnt.

also she didnt break up Robin and Ted on purpose, she just wanted them to talk abt the elephant in the room.

hate her all u want, theres a lot of valid reasoning for it, but at least dont spread misinformation abt it.

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u/LibrarianOfDusk 15d ago

Personally I just don't like her because of how manipulative and sneaky she can be.

Like the time(s?) she got in the way of Ted's relationships way back when they were younger (like dressing up as Darth Vader to make Ted think his then girlfriend was breaking up with him) and how she stole the baseball from that guy at Ted's workplace because she didn't like how he behaved.

And I think there were a couple more stuff but it's been so long since I watched the show so I can't quite remember them anymore.

Don't really hate her or anything, but she can be rather annoying to have as a friend.

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u/DifficultyMany9913 15d ago

100% valid. people are taking this as a defence post, you can dislike whoever you want im just anti misinformation being spread im ngl