Reveal That Ted’s Kids Are Adopted
A popular theory in some circles is that Ted never ends up getting married, and his kids are actually adopted. All his talk about the mother is simply him fondly remembering the friend he adopted the kids from. I get that she’s never walked into the room while Ted is talking, and he seems to always refer to her as “your mother,” but come on. This would be yet another twist that would absolutely ruin the show.
For Ted’s kids to be adopted wouldn’t be horrible in concept, but it just wouldn’t fit at all with his delivery so far. In case you can’t tell yet, I’m opposed to any twist that doesn’t follow suit with the way the mother has been talked about since the start of the show. It’s supposed to be something special when we finally see Ted meet the mother. We’ve listened to him build her up for the last eight years. If the creators decide to do anything with season 9 that diminishes that wait, it’ll be a crime. That’s why I was so opposed to the way season 8 ended. I wanted to see the mother when Ted saw the mother. To first meet her at the same moment as I got to watch him lay his eyes on the woman who would later be his wife. That was diminished by the end of season 8, and it would be further diminished if she’s not actually the love of Ted’s life, but rather is just the mother of his adopted children.
I think this one is the most unlikely of this list, but then again, HIMYM has surprised us many times before.