"You know that, Buffy. I haven't quite managed the three years of it. Besides, I don't quite think that being sent to hell with LA qualifies as 'better'."

That was perhaps what grinded him the most. That Buffy could be so absolutely sure that nothing could ever be. It was not a mutual decision of them both realizing it was a bad idea. That's how it had been before. He had wanted it, but they both could see what was wrong with it. But that wasn't the case here. She had an absolute knowledge from experience that he didn't have. And now that she had Captain Jack Sparrow, he'd never have it. He'd just have to deal.