Barney Stinson DOES have an emotional side. The emotional side of Barney is what keeps the female audience interested and content with the way Barney treats women. Throughout the seasons it is known to the audience that Barney does not know who his real father is. His mom at one point told Barney that his father was Bob Barker, previous host of The Price Is Right. Barney went on an episode of the show, and won nearly everything he competed for all with dreams of impressing his father, Bob Barker. Barney eventually realizes Bob Barker is not his father, as he sets out to find his real father. At one point Barney even believes an African American pastor is his father. Barney is extremely depressed in quite a few of the episodes.
During an episode titled "Oh Honey" (Season 6, Episode 15), Barney attempts to sleep with a girl, Honey. Barney says "Come to Daddy," which is followed by a response from Honey that leaves Barney in tears. Barney cries to Honey about his father issues stating that he sent letters to his father and has received no response.
In a later episode Barney does end up meeting his father. His father turns out to be a huge let down from Barney's hopes of what his father would be like. Barney gets extremely emotional in every episode his father is mentioned, even now that he does know who his father is. He grew up with his mother, and his african american brother, never knowing who his father was and there is now a big whole in his heart.
Not only does Barney get emotional when talking about his father, he also gets emotional when he thinks and talks about Robin. One night Robin took Barney back to her apartment to watch a video from her teenage years, Robin and Barney ended up getting together that night. After that night, Barney had a crazy obsession with Robin. She is all he thinks about, and she even tries to keep her from moving away for a job offer. He is so afraid of losing Robin that the group eventually comes to a conclusion that Barney is in love with her. The two of them did date for quite a few episodes, but the relationship did not last. They broke up and Robin started dating a therapist, Kevin, whom she eventually ended the relationship with. Around the same time, Barney ended a relationship he had with a girl, Nora, so he could get back together with Robin. Even after Robin and Kevin broke up, Robin did not want to date Barney, which left Barney heartbroken. Hopefully in a future episode we will see Barney and Robin get back together, although right now it is not looking too promising. If Barney keeps it up with his emotions maybe Robin will see how he really feels. I know how he feels, as does the How I Met Your Mother fan community, now it's just time for Robin to realize Barney isn't just a womanizer and that he does have emotions. This situation is one of the main reasons female audiences do love Barney Stinson even though he is completely anti-feminist.
Barney's emotional side makes him a very likable character. It gives the female audience time to forget about all the terrible things Barney does to women, and has them almost feeling bad for him at the end of the episode. The writers of this show did a fantastic job making the female audience have a love-hate relationship with Barney.
Thank you to http://www.ovguide.com/tv_episode/how-i-met-your-mother-season-6-episode-15-oh-honey-3497811 for the photo above
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