When husbands or fathers face the possibility of a divorce, they often face this scenario with a bit of a defeatist attitude because they assume that they have no chance at emerging victorious.
When fathers face the possibility of having to fight for custody of their children, many of them only begrudgingly do so because they assume that they have no chance for success based on a perceived advantage that is held by the mothers in these situations.
How I Met Your Mother is an American situational comedy based show started by Craig Thomas and Cartes Bays. The chronicle moves around the main hero of the series Ted, who is telling a story to his daughter and a son about how he actually met their mother. It is narrated by Ted to his children through flashbacks from the future with the voice of Bob Saget.