How I Met Your Robin

I'll be honest and to the point here.

Robin needs to be the woman Ted marries. This isn't even up for debate anymore. Now that the whole "Barny/Robin" thing is done with, the writers are dangerously close to having me strike on their collective lawns for this to happen.

First of all let me just disregard their little "well we said this so you wouldn't think it was Robin" shinanigans.

1. The kids can be adopted.

2. Robin could just as easily take a college class if her reporter dreams don't pan out.

I'm not spoiling the methodology behind these reasons, only because I don't want to spoil the show for those who are just getting into it, but pretty much every hint the writers have given are just lame reasons to not think that he winds up with her.

Connection wise; they are perfect. I know that she doesn't want to settle down and that he's a diehard romantic, but opposites do attract. How often have you run into an elderly couple where they are polar opposites and still have stayed together throughout 40-50 years. Furthermore, dating someone the exact same as you can be extremely boring.

I watched the first episode again last night for any clues, and I'd like to also point out that Ted's perfect girl checklist includes everything that Robin has. The problem is that we've gotten so fixed on what was said in the first episode that we've ignored the true signs that we should be looking at.

Ted was able to actually conduct a class on every little ounce of who Robin is as a person. He knows her better than anyone. He understands her.

Also there's the little fact that there is absolutely nobody Ted could meet right now that would satisfy the audience of Rabid fans who want to know who the mother is. The only possible exception would be Bakery girl Rachel from the first season and she went off to Germany. So there is that.

One of the reasons I love this show so much is the constant possibility that on any given episode, we will be treated with a hint, or a morsel of when Ted is going to meet his wife. The writers do deserve a medal for delaying the inevitable this long. But come hell or high water, Robin will be his wife.