I was always told that it was the smoothness of the ride that counted… I guess that was a lie?

Not to tune my own horn, but I'm a little seasoned in this regard and it's definitely overly dramatized in TV shows. I mean, speaking as a guy there are three types of I love you/Love you. First, the sex "I Love You," as with other stuff you say during a passionate moment, it's not serious, it's something that it's…

Not to come off as an asshole here, but they are crazy skinny. I mean, they are obviously beautiful, but I like my women with some meat. You know, like Cece. I would put some curry powder in her pot if you catch my drift ;).

I'd say I love the smell of misogyny in the morning, but I don't. We get it, you hate women.

I think it was both. The thing I knew, like literally knew, is that Barney had hooked up with one of the mother's friends. It's perfect.

Yeah, but didn't he dip from Ted's room after finishing the bottle?

BOO-YA! Lawyered? Grammared? We'll think of something.

Well, I don't know, Ted has been shown to be perfectly fine with the idea of getting with someone else despite Robin (Stella, Victoria).

Also, goddamit Barndoor, why you gotta leave Ro-Ro one day before the wedding? Trouble for Swarkles and Lily and Marshall? Come on show, why do you want to hurt me?

So what you're saying is that you want a handjob? Did I get that right? No? Damn it. I'll show myself out.

With the two different pronunciations, too. Bee-hind, ba-hind

And I loved how they toyed with this conundrum with Barney's dialogue, "countless moral reasons… could apply; but this is payback for stealing my girlfriend."

Mother is alive. Mentioned in the flashforward to the college reunion. Future Ted's various "To this day…" statements. Kids have shown disinterest in the story which would be weird if they had never met their mother.

While Barney has shown some misogynistic tendencies, I think in this case "stolen" is a common phrase that refers to the guy stealing her commitment to him.

She shouldn't have gone. Ted confronted her about it. She lives in New York, the mecca of art, but she left for the other side of the country, WEEKS before their wedding. That's why there was an ultimatum.

They will reveal she's having an affair with Scoots and you won't feel bad then. =)

Ask him what's the Mother's name.

And when she failed she came back to Marshall like he was some sort of, um… consolation prize? I think you might be onto something.

I hope they reveal that The Mother dropped that penny…

WHY ARE YOU YELLING, PATRICE?