I can even imagine a joke along the lines of,
“And why do I have Bob Saget’s voice?”

THEODORE

but

what if…Ted is in fact gay and ends up marrying Robin’s ex-boyfriend Simon? I know that ur probably saying to yourself “How would he even think of something like that?” But, Simon is a bass player AND he works at a water park (just plain awesome if u ask me)

so, all in all, although it has taken them 5 series and ongoing, i can see an end coming in the revelation of cindy’s room mate…

…although if thats not enough for the people who still want to believe that robin is the mum, you could alsways think that the kids mum is not their birth mother, but a mother in law, and this is the way hes telling his kids… in no way does future ted refer to robin in a present of future tense, which could lead you to think robin is now dead… meaning she could be the kids biological mother, and ted remarried. afterall, robin had admited in one episode that she would have teds babies (although the conversation did end up with robin and ted breaking up, saying that theyre “all talk”)

so anyone who wants to believe the show is progressing towards the revelation that is, the kids mother, then point two is a clear cut out

anyone who still wants to think that the writers are playing mind games, then point 2 is some food for thought, enjoy =’]

I also disagree with the whole plot in which Robin isn’t the mother but will end up with Ted anyway because Ted is already divorced or widowed. I don’t think Ted is the type to get divorced. He’s a head over heels romantic and we know that he’s into it for the long run. Although, I think Robin and Ted have great chemistry, I don’t think they’ll be perfect for each other.

I enjoy the show and I watch it in its most obvious sense. For me, that’s really how I could enjoy it. I think the mother is someone who Ted hasn’t met yet but will soon.

Also, the Wedding Bride isn’t about Ted meeting his wife and marrying her. It’s about how Ted and Stella was supposed to get married but didn’t.

“Right Place, Right Time” Ted mentions Tony’s movie “the Wedding Bride” which is set for May 2010. He then goes on to famously say “but more on that later.”

as far as I can see, Tony AND Stella will be back, this spring, only bringing everything closer to figuring it all out

He has a belief in love. He believes that there is someone out there who is the love of his life and the mother of his children. It’s going to be forever. And it’s not Robin.

Also, I think that people forget that the show isn’t Who Is Your Mother but How I Met Your Mother and as Ted points out he is telling the kids about the paths he took and decisions he made that lead him to become the man he did so that he could find that love.

As for the comments about the mother now being dead – we saw in the Stella episode how she popped her head in in the future scene. People don’t have to be dead to be discussed…

Against all odds, it would make HIMYM the biggest twist on television.

Fans can always argue on points on who the mother is, but the fact remains, this show is abundant with misdirections.

Fingers crossed!

So where am I going with all this? The writers have tried so hard to convince us that it can’t possibly be Robin, and have even given us hard evidence….or have they? Lets use the St. Patricks day episode as an example. Ted says to his future kids that their mother was at the St. Patricks day party but he didn’t know it. Well hold on a darn second, Robin was with Marshall and Lily all night!…or at least of what we saw of it. It was also set up in that episode that Ted’s phone had been dialing Marshall several times that day. Marshall says something along the lines of “that’s the 4th time Ted’s butt has called me today”. We also see Ted get punched in the face in that episode and fall on his butt. Who would be in his contact list that may get called upon falling on said butt? Perhaps Robin. So then why would Robin not say something the next day. Because the writers know that would blow the surprise.

I could go on and on with little nuances like this but lets close with one final piece that theorists can’t seem to get over. Future Ted refers to Robin as “Aunt Robin”. That could possibly be the best misdirection play of all. Just because he refers to her as Aunt Robin, doesn’t mean that is not the mother. He could simply be playing a trick on his kids, or trying to see if they could pinpoint from his stories that “Aunt Robin” is actually their mom. Further, people will be quick to jump at that Robin’s character has been set up as afraid of marriage and kids, although those issues have been addressed in various episodes.

Basically it comes down to this. As a writer you don’t set something up without payoff. Thus setting up Robin and Ted as an item right from the get go was no fluke. Showing Ted and Robin with other partners is done for nothing more than to make you think the mystery is headed another direction, when in actuality the answer was in front of you right from the first episode…

Nonetheless, someone pointed out an interesting clue in that episode Ted was dating the purse designer who he met online. He couldn’t remember her name and referred to her as Blah Blah.

She got upset upon learning Ted used to date Robin. At one point, she says something along the lines of Ted likely to forget her name the moment he gets back with Robin.

And sure enough, he did forget her name.

Anyways, I think that the mother could be the girl from Love Solutions but I’m not really sure. I also kind of believe in the Tracy theory but I also think that Ted will disguise the mother’s name when he tells about how he meets her so that he can get into more of the story before his kids know for certain that he is talking about their mother. Even if her name is Tracy I don’t think they will cast her as a character named Tracy.

Maybe the viewer will never see who she is. It would seem to be a bad joke of the producers but it’s possible and maybe not the worst end. No matter what, the show is called “HOW i met your mother” not “WHO your mother is”. The Kids probably already know.

I think the Robin’s Sister theory is wrong as well. She was 16 when they met in First Time In New York and Ted was 29. Meaning she shouldn’t even be able to get into a bar here in Canada until 2010 let alone a bar in the States before 2012 (assuming she was carded). Plus I doubt a 13 year age gap between Ted and the Mother. I’m expecting a 0-5 year gap since that tends to be the cultural norm.

@Missy: Possible, but the St Patty’s Day party wasn’t at MacLaren’s so why would she look there?

Well, I personally believe that Brad could bring a different perspective to the show, might as well another well-establsihed fan base.

i was thinking she could have been looking for her umbrella or something..