If I were to choose a character, I would be Lily Audrin from “How I Met Your Mother.” If you are unfamiliar with this show, it is about a guy named Ted Mosby who searches for currently EIGHT whole seasons and will into the NINTH season to meet the mother of his children (his future wife). As much as I am not thrilled that it is already into the 8th season of him meeting woman after woman that is NOT his wife, I am in love with this show for the people around him. Lily is his best friend and roommate’s college sweetheart turned into wife, and currently they have a son together.
At first I could not think of any character that would be remotely like me because I never tried applying myself to fictional characters. However, after asking a couple of friends they unanimously chose Lily. Now that I think about it, Lily and I do, in fact have a lot in common. Lily is a kindergarten teacher with a great love for children. She also is the only girl who was raised in Queens from the group and is extremely street smart. The greatest characteristic of Lily that I thought was parallel to my personality was that Lily is a soft-hearted, yet at the same time very straight forward-tough love. While she may be a sweet, loving teacher on a normal basis, she will also not allow any disrespect or misbehaving in her classroom. To her friends, she can be a supportive friend, yet when the truth needs to be told she doesn’t hold back. Although I hate to admit this, like me, Lily also can take it one step too far at times causing for misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Lily is great at reading people and their actions. I am known to have a heightened sense of intuition when it comes to people. Usually I am able to read a person and their actions like a book and many times I can put together the character and personality of the person after a few hours of interaction. However, this quality sometimes calls for a misunderstanding as being judgmental, so I tend to not voice my thoughts upon meeting people right away. The last quality that I find Lily and I have in common is her commitment to her friends and husband. Like Lily, I’m not one for dating many people and when I do find someone its a serious relationship that is meant to be intentional for a future. With my various groups of friends, I tend to be the glue that always decides and creates our get-togethers to make sure that we are regularly meeting and up-to-date in each others’ lives.
As much as I didn’t realize it, I guess I can relate to Lily Audrin in many ways. I never understood why I loved watching this show so much, but now I think it must be because I see myself in Lily. As I write this, I am about to catch up on Season 8 and CANNOT wait to finally find out how Ted meets the mother of his children. (Isn’t 9 seasons a little ridiculous??)
