Victoria is teds final open door. he views her as the perfect woman for him and it was written that way because if the show was cancelled in season 1 she was going to be the mother. so now that she cant be it..
I get that, but is she really an open door, that needed to be closed for him to move on...
with Robin, I get that he was still hung up on her, but with Victoria (she was great don't get me wrong) but, she hasn't been part of his life since, he's not constantly comparing the other women he's dated since, to her
until she show up again last season, he's barely ever mentioned her, they had there little moment, an I thought that was the door closing on that chapter
an BTW did anyone else find Robins speech to Ted, about always going after unavailable women, then telling him to call a girl, who as far as he knew was still engaged, if not already married... very ironic
I like to think that he wasn't actually running away with her, when he pasted the church, just going to a hotel, like he jokingly suggested