You being the donkey here. The episode is completely changed if the writers the entire episode are using pole vaulting as a metaphor. No actions by the other characters make any sense specifically Ted. The entire episode he knows there is something real wrong and she wont tell him. He would obviously not keep fishing if she was told she was infertile. Now the last referance as told to the kids MIGHT have been written that way Ill give that one to you but it also makes just as much sense not to be. Seeing as they are his kids, keeping with the way the writers have written in the past, he would have addressed them as them being familiar with her not having kids.

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Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 4/18/13 at 10:10 pm to Adam Banks

You have completely misread what I have been saying. Im not saying that when Robin tells them shes sad because shes not able to be a pole vaulter, that in actuality shes telling them she cant have kids. im not saying at all, im saying the opposite of that. one of the biggest peeves I have right now with this show is that she hasn't told anybody that she cant have kids

What I am saying is that in the same way that Future Ted uses to tell his kids about his pot smoking (through the metaphor of sandwiches). Robin is using the phrase "pole vaulter" which to her means not having kids but to the present day cast they take it literally. But in the future, when Ted would know that she cant and doesn't have kids, he uses the phrase :pole vaulter" because it was used as a metaphor throughout the episode to mean "Robin cant have kids"

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