Quote from Ted in The End of the Aisle
Robin: Ted, I should be with you. Future Ted: [v.o.] There it was. The words that some deep, dark part of me always wanted to hear. But it's funny. Once you actually hear those words out loud... Ted: I don't want to hear that. Robin: We should get out of here. You and me right now. We'll... We'll move to Chicago. W-We'll start a new life. It'll-it'll be painful at first, but, hell, I can root for the Blackhawks. Ted: Stop! Stop! You're just saying this because you're scared. I am not your future. Barney is. Robin: Shouldn't I be with the guy who finds me my locket? The guy who steals me the blue French horn. I mean, look me in the eye and tell me, why shouldn't I be with that guy? Ted: Because I'm not that guy anymore. Robin: Then why did you work so hard to find me my locket? Ted: It... it was a wedding gift. Robin: Ted, stop it, okay? I know you better than that. This is more than a wedding gift. Ted: Maybe it started out that way. Maybe some part of me thought... Robin: That you still loved me. Ted: Maybe. But the truth is... I don't love you like that anymore. And you don't love me. You love Barney. And if you think I would ever be part of screwing that up, then maybe you don't know me at all, Robin.