After nine long years, How I Met Your Mother is coming to an end in just four weeks, finally concluding Ted's hilarious and sometimes frustrating long story of how he met his wife. It is exciting to be in the home stretch after so long. It is also strange, despite how much viewers already know regarding the ending of the story, such as who The Mother is and where and when they actually meet, how many questions there are still left to answer. One question which has grown significantly in the last few years has regarded the fate of The Mother. Several theories have been floating around about why exactly Ted is telling this story to his children, pointing to various supposed clues as to what happens in the future. The latest episode, 'Vesuvius', dropped a potentially major hint about where The Mother is while Ted is telling this story to his kids. Could it be a legitimate hint or, as Carter Bays and Craig Thomas love to do, a red herring to draw viewers away from what will really happen? Here are four possible outcomes to How I Met Your Mother's grand finale in just a few short weeks.