<P> The Mother was born on September 19, 1984 . </P> <P> The Mother, joined by her roommate Kelly awaits the arrival of her boyfriend Max only to receive a call informing her of his death . After the funeral service, she returns to the apartment to open Max's last gift to her--a ukulele . The Mother spends the next few years grieving the passing of the man she believes was her one true love . </P> <P> In "Wait for It", it is revealed that the short story of how they met involved her yellow umbrella . In "No Tomorrow", Ted finds the umbrella at a club and takes it home after attending a St. Patrick's Day party which she also attended, as it had been two and a half years since the death of Max, her late boyfriend . She is still grieving, but her roommate Kelly encourages her to go out and date again, bringing her to the same bar where Ted and Barney are celebrating . The two women run into Mitch, her old orchestra instructor; The Mother offers to give Mitch her cello for his work at a school and they head to her apartment . After they start talking, Mitch encourages her to pursue her dreams . The Mother expresses her desire to end poverty by taking up economics in college . </P> <P> On his first day of teaching as Professor Mosby, as seen in the season 4 finale "The Leap", he is seen in front of the classroom of students, one of which Future Ted says is the titular mother . But in the first episode of season 5, "Definitions", it is revealed that he was actually in the wrong classroom--Economics instead of Architecture . At the same time in "How Your Mother Met Me", the Mother sits her first session in Economics 305 and meets another graduate student named Cindy (Rachel Bilson), whom she offers to move in with her as her roommate . They see Ted enter the room, but when he announces the subject, The Mother thinks she is in the wrong room and runs off . She heads back to the room after seeing Ted scramble to his actual classroom . </P>

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