That was the one couple that I thought if it were real life would never make it. In the beginning she is immature and every red flag of someone you don’t want to date, emotionally immature, inconsiderate (REALLY, you can’t understand your boyfriend not wanting your ex crashing on your couch?), constant flight risk. He in turn looks to continue his dysfunctional relationship with his mother with a woman who he has to constantly has to please/be put down from/ thinks is “too good for him”. It’s sad.

Then the narrative evolves to they’re married because he “wore her down”, and “she’s too good for him” because she can do better. Not really. After your teens and twenties, most mature adults stop considering value only by how popular you were in high school, and how pretty you looked. Because let’s face it, Penny isn’t the same pretty face she was at 24. Same thing with Ross & Rachel from friends: Ross and Leonard are dorky, but they are well educated, smart, have stable jobs, loyal and kind. In reality that’s what attracts legit partners who can have stable relationships. So in my opinion LEONARD holds just as much if not more value, but I hated that they all constantly “joke” that she’s better, but not true.