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" We know Ted won&amp;#x27;t stay single forever. That makes one of us, buddy. You guys! Was last night&amp;#x27;s premiere episode of How I Met Your Mother inspired by my life? Am I famous now?? OK, probably not. But remember last summer when I told you guys how I talked myself into embracing going to a wedding solo, only to encounter a married friend who felt so bad for me, she offered to let me stay with her and her husband rather than face the horror of a hotel room alone? Nvm, then, independent spirit! And on HIMYM&amp;#x27;s first episode back for the final season (my thoughts are very in line with what Megan loved and didn&amp;#x27;t love on Obsessed), I felt sympathy pains for Ted when the clerk at the hotel spent half the episode giving him sad eyes, sympathetic sighs, and channel guides for the TV, unable to believe he wasn&amp;#x27;t on near-suicide watch for being minus a plus-one. Especially since it&amp;#x27;s the wedding of his ex-girlfriend and his best friend. And especially when Lily decided she couldn&amp;#x27;t possibly bear the pain of her husband possibly not making it. Way to rub it in, Lil. Couldn&amp;#x27;t you at least pretend the thought of being alone wasn&amp;#x27;t the worst fate in the world? Clearly, though, neither I nor Ted are the first people this has happened to. Single Person Pity is sweeping the nation, and I hope it stops soon. We&amp;#x27;re fine. I mean, kind of. Like, yeah, we do get sad sometimes. Especially at weddings. OMG thanks a lot, hotel clerk. I have to go cry during my pay-per-view now. Ugh, isn&amp;#x27;t Single Person Pity just THE WORST? Single people and weddings CAN mix: *How to Get Hooked Up With Other Singles at a Wedding *In (Semi) Defense of the Single Girl Planning Her Wedding in Advance *The Single Girl&amp;amp;#8217;s Guide to the Pre-Wedding Season Funk Photo: CBS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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