Wondering whether the Robin/Barney relationship has a future on How I Met Your Mother? Showrunner Craig Thomas weighs in with some interesting bits of information.

Speaking to TV Line, Thomas warns Barney/Robin fans that the pair will see their lives move in different directions this year:

We’re going to see Robin’s career sort of take off in a new way. She was always a career girl, and she’s going to start to [really] go that way… So we’re going to watch [her and Barney] move in different directions for a little while.

However, don’t lose all hope just yet:

Those two characters and those two actors have this huge, crazy chemistry; I can’t say we’re done exploring [it]. They inform each other’s lives in enormous ways. Before the series is done we will have to address that.

Are you hoping that Barney and Robin end up together?