Talk:The Gorilla Dissolution/@comment-142.196.16.134-20140503171437/@comment-146.200.85.41-20140504114821

Leonard: You know I want to marry you. But you're just doing this because you got fired and you're feeling sorry for yourself. Penny: (standing up) I know it seems that way, but getting fired is the best thing that could happen to me. I realized I don't need fame or a successful career. There's only one thing I need Leonard: What's that? Penny: You, you strawberry poptart!
 * No I think you are wrong, take it from someone that has been married for a long time, Leonard and Penny have effectively been 'married' for some time now, just didn't have the bit of paper. Penny is about five years younger than Leonard and was in pursuit of a dream, so it just took her a little longer to realise what the important things in life were.
 * Remember this from The Closure Alternative:
 * Penny: So I was thinking about how excited you get about stuff like Buffy or science or which TV remote you and Sheldon should buy.
 * Leonard: The Hominy one was fine. We didn't need to upgrade to the 1100 which he knows is too big for my hand.
 * Penny: You see that’s the kind of passion I didn't think I had. But then I realized I’m passionate about you.
 * And then when it came to it, in the Gorilla Dissolution:
 * Penny: You see that’s the kind of passion I didn't think I had. But then I realized I’m passionate about you.
 * And then when it came to it, in the Gorilla Dissolution:
 * And then when it came to it, in the Gorilla Dissolution:
 * And then when it came to it, in the Gorilla Dissolution:

The point where it really was confirmed to me was in The Workplace Proximity, where Penny and Leonard are under a blanket together watching television. This shows how they are really 'comfortable' with each other, this would normally only happen after a time of being married.

No, as she said, Penny realised that all she really needed was Leonard.