The Robin
Step one: admit to yourself that you still have feelings for this girl.
Step two: choose the completely wrong moment to make a drunken move after hanging out at a strip club and get shot down on purpose
Step three: agree that you two don't work, locking the door on any future you can have together. Which will drive Robin nuts.
Step four: Robin goes nuts.
Step five: find the person who annoys Robin most in the world and ask for her help. Explain everything to Patrice and hope she agrees to help. Patrice:"Yay! I love Robin. Of course I'll help!"
Step six: Check with your doctor about possible broken ribs.
Step seven: Pretend to be dating Patrice.
Step eight: Wait until Robin inevitably breaks into your place to find the playbook and show it to Patrice which you'll monitor via the hidden cameras you have in your apartment.
Step nine: After Patrice "finds" the playbook, have your first big fight.
Step ten: Show your loyalty to Patrice by burning the Playbook, and actually burning it.You don't need it anymore.
Step eleven: Because your friends have no boundaries, they'll inevitably have an intervention for Robin, which you'll monitor via the hidden cameras you have in Lily and Marshall's apartment
Step twelve: tell only Ted about your plan to propose to Patrice.
Step thirteen: Wait and see if Ted tells Robin, and if he does... it means that your best bro in the world has let go of Robin and has given you his blessing.
Step fourteen: Robin arrives at her favorite spot in the city and finds the final secret page of the Playbook, the last play you'll ever run.
Step fifteen: Robin realizes she's standing underneath mistletoe
Step sixteen: Hope she says yes.
