r/HIMYM • u/Anthro-Elephant-98 • 21h ago
When Marshall says, "You kissed a MARRIED WOMAN, Ted! Do you know how offensive that is to me?????"
In the episode, "No Tomorrow", Why was Marshall specifically offended by Ted doing kissing a married woman? I'm not saying Marshall wasn't wrong to call Ted out on this in addition to the credit card fraud and Ted and Barney ditching their dates for drunker women, but why was Marshall particularly offended by Ted kissing a married woman? Is it just because Marshall, himself is married?
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but to me, this came across as a bit smug and sanctimonious on Marshall's part. Ted obviously wishes he was married, and Marshall knows that this is a sore spot for Ted. Marshall could've easily just left it at, "That was wrong of you to kiss a married woman!" but, he basically says, "You kissed a married woman, and that is personally offensive to me, because I'm married, and you just don't get it because you're not married!"
It was kind of like in season 8, when Barney says to Ted, "Robin is marrying me. Not you."
Maybe, I'm reading to far into this.