No, I was never on anyones team although I was a Ted and Robin fan, but I had resigned myself to Robin being 'Aunt Robin' I was even getting annoyed with the constant Ted and Robin letting go stories.
I always knew that The Mother was the love of Ted's life and always would be. The writers were always telling us that it wasn't about Teds life with the mother but about how he met her, I was never invested in this character. Tracey was fantastic and she was very good at convincing us all that this was the woman who would make Ted forget all about Robin. But the Universe was being a WAD to Ted again.
I hated the Robin and Barney pairing from the start,there was no way that early season Robin would have a bar of Barney, but slowly her character was destroyed until they supposedly made a good fit. I was happy about Barney and Robin because now i can actually enjoy the re-runs of the show.
The ending was unexpected, but I guess the signs were there about what happens to the Mother. Even though the finale never gave us details of Robins life I'm going to continue to believe the stories that Future Ted had been telling us through the entire series.
That Aunt Robin took Penny and Luke to the Zoo and too the beach and the kids drew her pictures of them.
Robin was successful and never alone
They got together every thanksgiving at Lily and Marshalls