Shitty last episode of HIMYM. They're obviously setting up for HIMYD. Still confusing. Oh well, fun series and truthful.
HIMYD has nothing to do with HIMYM.
I am fine with the ending. The story was the journey, as with many shows. And it makes sense to skim over the mother's death given he's talking to his kids about it. I didn't like that the last episode covewred 15+ years, I would have rather that they devoted a couple of episodes, but it's not a huge deal. And at the end of the day it was a sitcom, you couldn't devote several episodes to a downer divorce arc. I look back at the episode when marshal's dad died, and how somber and shocking that was, they couldn't sustain that emotion over several weeks.