Ted continued to get her mail over the next few years until he, Marshall, Lily and Barney met her when they decided to sneak into the swanky Van Smoot party, to which they had gotten an invitation addressed to her, at the historic Alberta Building. Upon arriving there they met Marissa, and after a talk with Ted, he and the rest of the gang were invited in. For the most part, the gang finds her to be overly pretentious, a quality which Ted finds very attractive and calls "Dibs".