- Barney's ridiculous pre-nup that he asks Quinn to sign gives the other guys ideas of their own, but the girls find a way to retaliate.
- The summer of 2012 would be considered the summer of love for the gang with Marshall and Lily, Ted and Victoria, Barney and Quinn, and Nick and Robin all in blissfully happy coupledom. But by the fall, one item would turn that bliss on its head: a pre-nup issued by Barney for Quinn. Although most agree that Barney's requests are on the most part unreasonable - that is except for Barney and his lawyer, Arthur Hobbs - it is a starting point for a war between the sexes, not only with the women siding with Quinn and the men siding with Barney, but also bringing up issues in each of the other three relationships. With Marshall and Lily, they begin to argue about parenting. With Ted and Victoria, they begin to argue about how to get over their jilted and jilting past, especially as Ted has invited Klaus to room with him temporarily. And with Nick and Robin, they begin to argue about Robin's quirk in the bedroom in conjunction with her news career. By the next day, one of those arguments would claim a relationship casualty.—Huggo
- Future Ted tells his children that the summer of 2012 was uneventful because everyone was happy and in love, so he skips ahead to October. Barney designs a detailed and complex prenuptial agreement for his and Quinn's upcoming wedding after he fears that his marriage will fail and that he will be left with nothing. Actually, it was Barney's boss Arthur Hobbs who had threatened Barney to get a prenuptial before his wedding to Quinn. Arthur says that even he trusted his wife and she took everything in the divorce, even his beloved dog. He even lost out by getting full custody of the kids. She even got his kidney.
The conditions in the prenuptial are unreasonable; Quinn angrily tells Lily, Robin, and Victoria, who all agree with her. Conditions include weekly visitation rights to Quinn's lady parts (Sarah, Ann and Molly), she has to pay $2000 every time she gains a pound, 12 new sexual positions every year, breasts must be enhanced every 5 years or 50,000 Honka Honkas whichever is earlier, all hair below the neck must be removed weekly, and so on.
When Barney relates the same story to Marshall, Ted, and Nick, they all consider how in their relationships there are some things they would like to change: Marshall is upset that Lily won't let him play with baby Marvin as he wishes (he says that he was roughhoused when he was a kid and he turned out fine and yet Lily is too precious with Marvin), Nick is annoyed by how Robin wants to watch television as they have sex (unaware that she is aroused from watching herself on the news. She even winks at the 7 PM news so she can see herself winking at herself at 11 PM rebroadcast), and Ted is having second thoughts about letting Victoria's ex-fiance Klaus stay with them as he tries to get back on his feet. Klaus lost his job and got evicted since he ran out on the wedding. But it became super weird when Klaus started being naked in the apartment in front of Victoria and Ted and barged in on their movie night. One day Ted decided to kick Klaus out and didn't even bother to check with Victoria. That night, all the couples talk about the prenup, and Future Ted reveals that all of the couples except Lily and Marshall would break up by the end of the season and that one would break up the following day.
Quinn and the girls confront Barney with an equally unreasonable prenuptial. In event of divorce, Quinn will get custody of all of Barney's suits, no events at the Playboy mansion, $0.5 million every time he fails to get an erection, has to wear a shock collar and so on.
Barney calls up the other guys and the meeting turns into a huge argument between all the couples. Barney's lawyer, Arthur Hobbs (Bob Odenkirk), convinces everyone to stop fighting and actually reveal what has been bothering them in their relationships. All the couples manage to resolve their differences, except Barney and Quinn. Despite their attempt to get rid of their prenuptial, they realize that getting married shouldn't be so hard but find they cannot trust each other, so they break up.
At MacLaren's, Barney tells Marshall and Ted that he's better off not getting married and that his single life will always be "legendary." However, in a flash-forward, he announces his wedding will be "legendary" to his co-workers. When Arthur asks if he needs a prenuptial, Barney tells him he doesn't need it this time as Robin arrives and they leave GNB together.
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