女：You were telling us how you met mom

儿：and that excruciating detail.

T: Right. So back in 2005 when I was 27, my two best friends got engaged. And that got me thinking. Maybe I should get married. And then I saw Robin. She was incredible. I just knew I had to meet her. That's where your uncle Barney came in.

B: I suggest we play a little game I'd like to call 'have you met Ted?'

T: No, we are not playing 'have you met Ted.'

B: Hi. Have you met Ted?

T: So I asked her out. And I know that sounds crazy but just after one date, I was in love with her, which made me say something stupid.

   -I think I'm in love with you.

R: What?

女：Oh, dad!

儿：So then, what happened?

T: Nothing. I mean, I'd made a complete fool of myself. So a week went by, and I decided not to call her.

M: So you're not going to call her? You went from "I think I'm in love with you" to "I'm not going to call her?"

T: I wasn't in love with her, OK? I was briefly in love with the abstract concept of getting married. That's absolutely nothing to do with Robin.

   -Robin?

R: Hey. 

 

T:好，我们说到哪儿了。

女：你在跟我们说你怎么认识我们妈妈的，而且真是折磨人的细节。

T：没错，要回溯到2005年，我还是27岁的时候，我最好的两个朋友订婚了，这触动了我，也许我该结婚了。这时我看见了Robin,她真是太美了。我打心里想要认识她，于是你们的Barney叔叔出现了。

B：我提议玩一个游戏，我愿意称之为……“你见过Ted没有”

T：什么，不，我们不玩这游戏。

B：嗨，你见过Ted没有？

T：接着我们约会了，我知道这听起来有点疯狂……但只经过了一次约会，我就爱上她了。也让我说了一句不该说的话…… 我想我爱上你了。

R：什么？

女：哦，老爸……

儿：然后怎么样了？

T：什么也没发生。我是说，我那一次实在太笨了。所以那次之后，我决定不再给她打电话了。

M：这么说你不打算给她打电话了？你从“我想我爱上你了”转变成“我不会给她打电话了”？

T：我没有爱上她好吗？我只是爱上了“结婚”这个抽象概念。这跟Robin没关系。

   -Robin?

R：嘿