Like an old married couple

[Idle Miscreant]

Greetings Ratman! What a splendid first post!
(And I think quite the longest post ever made, and we have some incredibly WORDY sods around here...)

You've certainly hit upon most of our problems with TBBT over the past few years...the irrationality of Sheldon "developing a personality" and Penny "acquiring self-confidence" when they both had hideous amounts of both to begin with (and now are mere husks), for starters.

Also that the message has changed from the clash of worlds and thence understanding, to;

“If you want to be accepted and be liked/loved, you have to change”
And
“To became adult you have to lay down your dreams”

This is one of our principle bones to pick with TBBT, and in my view, the most painful and egregious aspect of latter-day episodes.

I have to bugger off now, but welcome again. We have another German fellow around here somewhere, Berliner, who looks like a pirate...I'm sure you'll meet him in the alternate forums or in chat later.

Courage!