Like an old married couple

[ricardo shillyshally]

Mismatched couples can be interesting if the couple has chemistry and it's done right. Some of those examples of the "best" mismatched couples, really. George and Susan. They killed off her character to untethered his. Of course I believe that chemistry should not be used in a sentence describing Leonard and Penny unless the words lack of precede it. Some of the other example seem fairly meh as well. Couldn't they find some more dynamic pairings?

What I found interesting in this light piece, was that they chose a main pic of Leonard and Penny. It's like they're a short hand for mismatched couples. I've also seen this elsewhere, same idea. Actually I don't know most of couples. I'd say Lois and Peter, work in a weird way. I think it's a valid point, I'm sure writers play with many ways of creating interest. Also next time someone mentions one of these mismatched couples on BB, we can smugly say,'you do know it's only a device!'.