Ruchi was so forgettable I forgot her. It's good they showed not everyone gets married

I agree with Raj staying single. But spending an entire season with her only to drop her was a waste of time.

Well, leaving one out, isn't a surprise; it was also done in - yes mentioned once again - "Friends" with Joey.

If Raj's friends hadn't dissuaded him from going for an arranged marriage in the first seasons, he would have already been married before any of them. They even ridiculed him and convinced him to choose true love and never again to try for something like that again.

Later, they changed their mind with Anu, because then they believed that he could fall in love/learn to love afterwards (like his parents), and they were also feeling sorry (guilty) for him that he was still single and alone.

Ruchi always had this look like like something smelled bad. Maybe she smelled bad. Raunchy Ruuchi

I think I wanted to see one last shot of her and him saying goodbye. Unless they did and I forgot about it. She takes off. He stays. Boring.

They should have just shown him doing more with his career

@Treebark said:

Ruchi always had this look like like something smelled bad. Maybe she smelled bad. Raunchy Ruuchi

Didn't Ruchi go take a shower once and ask Raj to join her. That would have freshened her up.

I am sure Raj went off too play, I mean work, with his telescope 🔭. Then play his clarinet that rhymed with Bernadette

Re: All the above...

Anu not Ruchi.

(Ruchi was that scheming Sheat Bernie’s company who caused a rivalry between Raj and Stuart...and who tried to take Bernie’s job.)

Oops sorry Anu.

@znexyish said:

Oops sorry Anu.

Did Anu even care if Raj joined her. I doubt it.

@znexyish said:

Did Anu even care if Raj joined her. I doubt it.

Probably not much. She would have had plenty of opportunities in London.

Also the idea that Raj should wait for "true love" sounds good, even admirable. But for Raj, what "true love" means is actually more like some stalker from Criminal Minds (TV show) or something. So dissuading HIM from looking for "true love" could actually save a life somewhere. If only his own.

Shorter version: if anyone really needed to "settle" it wasn't Penny, it was Raj.

Raj did have the opportunities. He was just always on the search for a better one.

@znexyish said:

Raj did have the opportunities. He was just always on the search for a better one.

...or his friends disapproved of his choice.

Raj had opportunities until he screwed up in some particularly extreme way - or until she figured out how he really was - and she dumped him.

I can't remember Raj ever being the dumper, he was always the dump-ee. I guess it could be claimed that he "dumped" Anu but that was just because she hadn't quite gotten fed up with him yet.