*Possible Spoilers*

So DH and I watched HIMYM last night, and when the Mother talked about how "No mother would miss her daughter's wedding" and then Ted started to cry I knew something was up, but didn't put it together until I read this article with the theory that the Mother is dead!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/04/how_i_met_your_mother_theories_is_the_mother_dead.html

"Last night, one of the more seemingly outlandish theories may have been confirmed: The show’s titular mother is dying or perhaps has already died by the time Ted starts telling this story to his kids."

And the article talks about three other convincing reasons:

"First, the shows’ creators have always maintained that they knew how the series would end and never changed their mind about that. (The mother being dead is an easy thing to keep in place while constantly changing the various other plotlines building up to it.)"

"Second, an episode in Season 8, “The Time Travelers,” has Ted imagining running to his future wife’s apartment to tell her that he wants to start his life with her 45 days earlier—something that can be read as merely an expression of his deep love for her, but, can also be read as wanting more time together than they have."

"Third, and perhaps most convincing (to me, anyway), the mother has never been referred to in the present tense. She has never been seen in the show’s flash-forwards. (In one flash-forward, Ted, high on a “sandwich”—the show’s euphemism for pot—asks, “Where’s my wife?” No one answers.)"

What do you think?