Boyfriends

Boyfriend: Wha– what?
Girlfriend: Weren’t you listening?
Boyfriend: I’m really excited to see Social D tonight. I haven’t been paying attention for the last hour.

–LIRR

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Girlfriend: I don’t know, wouldn’t that be sort of… unethical?
Boyfriend: No, it’s not! We just need to adjust our standards.

–Central Park

Boyfriend to angry girlfriend: I’s just sayin’!
Girlfriend, apologetically hugging him: Aw, you didn’t say you was jus’ sayin’!

–Jamaica Station

Overheard by: Danial

Girlfriend: What would you do if I just suddenly grew a penis?
Boyfriend: Well, first I’d scream. Then, I’d probably jack you off.

–7 train station, Main St

Girl: Do you remember what you promised me before you left?
Guy: What? No.
Girl: You don’t remember what you promised me?
Guy: I promise you things all the time. I never remember any of them.

–Coffee house, East Village

Boyfriend: Y’know, you can tell she was really pretty… What?

–Bodies exhibit, Fulton St

Overheard by: also stared

Girl: Am I ugly?
Boy: Animal-human hybrids should be slaughtered.
Girl: What?
Boy: Nothing, sweetie.
Girl: Oh. For a second I thought you were being mean or something.

–Roxy cafe, John St

Girl #1: So it’s my beer pong table, right? If we ever break up, I get the table?
Guy: Well, half of it.
Girl #1: Noo! If you’re going to cut it in half, you can have it. I don’t want to see the table ruined. I care about beer pong that much.
Girl #2: Wow, it’s like the Judgment of Solomon.

–1 train

Overheard by: djlindee

Guy #1: Dude, where’s your woman tonight?
Chick: Yeah, where is she?
Guy #2: She’s back in Ohio breaking up with her boyfriend.

–112th & Amsterdam

Girlfriend: It’s just that I give you pristine vagina and you give me used books.
Boyfriend: Your gratitude is staggering.

–D train