The Big Bang Theory

For 12 season , The Big Bang Theorytaught viewers a lot about friendship and scientific discipline . Unlike other shows on television , fan of the show could actually take the air aside saying they learned something from our pet friend chemical group consisting of Sheldon , Leonard , Raj , Howard , Amy , Bernadette , and Penny ( er , sometimes Penny ! ) .

Along the way of life , in between String Theory and Dark Matter , we fell in love with the dyad on the show   — especially Penny and Leonard . These two were a long time coming . They started their relationship off go from neighbors to Quaker to lovers and back again . These two have been through a lot but their love for one another outweigh all the negatives and naysayers . However , was their relationship all sarcastic giggles and rainbows ? It come along our favorite couple had some perniciousness in their relationship among all the good things they partake . rent ’s take a tone five times they were consummate and five times they were anything but .

TOXIC: THEY BROKE UP MULTIPLE TIMES

The running joke in Penny and Leonard ’s relationship is how often they break up and how often they pop the question to one another . And whileThe Big Bang Theorydoes an amazing job at pretend this topic screaming , it ’s in reality quite sad .

These two never seem to be on the   same Thomas Nelson Page . Sure , they ended up being blithely married by the series ' finale , but what about all the small moments from Season   1 through 12 ? These two started off as booster but their biggest job is communication and honesty , force them to give away up out of sheer panic .

PERFECT: THEY BOTH MADE EACH OTHER GROW

During Raj ’s murder closed book dinner party , Stuart bring up that Leonard and Penny were the full duet he eff . He noted how Leonard made Penny call up more deeply about the domain and Penny feed Leonard the security he was always wait for .

Raj is not wrong . Penny always go steady human race who were gorgeous on the outside but lacked word . Dating Leonard made her realize there ’s more to the world than mantrap and that she was worthy of someone as smart as him . Likewise , dating a woman like Penny gave Leonard the sureness he never had and the actualisation that life history is n’t always about study acquirement . He is worthy and valued in all aspect — not just in the scientific world .

TOXIC: THEY’RE INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT WITH NOTHING IN COMMON

While there ’s nothing toxic about being different citizenry , it ’s their remainder that tug a wedge in their family relationship . Penny is a farm - resurrect girl who longed of becoming a star and loves football and beer . Leonard , on the other hand , is a sore man who acquire up with a grueling female parent and spend most of his day form on experiments with fiddling confidence .

As friends , these two uplifted each other . But as a yoke , their differences made both of them insecure in themselves and in their relationship . Leonard tried to be the manful man Penny always date , while Penny was unsafe about her lack of education and felt judged by Leonard and his family . Both of their insecurity in this relationship are enough to become toxic in their own creative thinker .

PERFECT: THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS FOUNDED ON FRIENDSHIP

People always say the best relationships are founded on friendly relationship and that ’s precisely how Leonard and Penny come to be . accord , Leonard always had a puppy love on Penny and loved her from afar — even when he was in differentrelationships , but it ’s their friendship that made them get as far as they did . Being friends for years made them more comfortable with each other . To be frank , one could even say that their friendship was sort of a practice round for their romanticistic relationship . They ’ve been through so much as Friend , what could mayhap go incorrectly as partners ?

TOXIC: PENNY ALWAYS COMPARED LEONARD TO HER EXES

It ’s not just Penny who compared Leonard to her x , it ’s everyone in their friend radical , too . Raj called Leonard " wheezy " in comparison to Zack , and Sheldon was never shy play up all the model - comparable men he ’s seen leaving Penny ’s apartment in the dawn .

Even after Leonard and Penny got married , their relationship was the giant elephant in the room . Penny was once invited to a Comic - Con - like convention where she sit and signed autographs forSerial Ape - ist 2 : Monkey See , Monkey Kill , where fans question how a guy like Leonard bagged a girl like centime . There are fourth dimension when Leonard bluster about it but there also times where he ’s deeply offended by it .

PERFECT: PENNY’S THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN HANDLE LEONARD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH SHELDON

Leonard did n’t have many relationship , but the women he did institute home never quite got along with Sheldon . To be fair , these women did n’t need to get along withSheldonbut if they did , it made Leonard ’s spirit a whole lot easier . Remember when Leonard dated Priya ? The two were always last head - to - head , make Sheldon ’s life miserable , which then makes Leonard ’s life miserable . Thankfully , Sheldon trusts Penny and considers her a friend . For Leonard , having his girlfriend also be friends with his roommate makes everyone ’s lives easier .

TOXIC: LEONARD WAS UNFAITHFUL

sports fan were divide when they found out   Leonard cheat on Penny . Some were n’t surprised due to Leonard ’s lack of confidence in himself and his relationship but others were furious . For so many old age , Leonard bombarded Penny about being friend with her exes or when she hung out with attractive men . But out of all the times Penny hung out with these man , never once was she treasonable or lie to Leonard .

Sadly , Leonard conk out a deep good sense of trust with Penny when he admitted to reach out with a lady friend while away at sea . To make matter worse , he recount her this when they were on their way to the chapel to get married . Was his admission out of honesty and esteem or was he weaken the relationship ?

PERFECT: THEY DEFY THE ODDS

Through it all — despite some theories on theirrelationship — these two made it work . They truly defied all the betting odds . Their relationship made it clear that " hot girls " can indeed date intelligent men and that they , in routine , can land women who may seem out of their conference . The stereotype had been broken . Whatever it is that these two saw in each other was enough to make them tie and later get fraught . Love genuinely prevail .

TOXIC: DID THEY SETTLE FOR EACH OTHER OUT OF COMFORTABILITY?

The joke about Penny settling for Leonard is amusing at the moment , but if they really took a second to think about how many times people have said this , it can be quite troubling . How can the issue of settling not be questioned when stranger and friends likewise bring it up fourth dimension and time again ? What if they really did settle ?

perchance Penny was stock of the dating game and get laid a life with Leonard would institute her surety and long - lasting friendship . On the flip side , maybe Leonard knew he would never come up a woman as beautiful as Penny and subside for her — despite their differences — would give him a prize wife for life . Perhaps they were simply comfortable in each other ’s presence and that was enough .

PERFECT: PENNY WON OVER LEONARD’S MOTHER

It ’s been made absolved since Season   1 that Leonard ’s female parent is arduous to manage . She was n’t the best mama to Leonard , and he love she would never approve of Penny as a daughter - in - constabulary . But after a few shots of   booze and in the raw honesty on Penny ’s part , these two buzz off along famously ( even though Leonard ’s mummy is n’t as expectant a hugger   as Penny would like ) . The fact that Beverly care Penny at all was a godsend . And on the other deal , Penny ’s dad was thrilled that Penny was dating someone with a brain . It ’s not always easy to wed into a double-dyed family , but these Leonard and Penny made it work .

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