Boyfriend: How are you doing?
Girlfriend: Gooood.
Boyfriend: Gooood?
Girlfriend: Same shit, different color.
–Nostrand St, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Boyfriend: How are you doing?
Girlfriend: Gooood.
Boyfriend: Gooood?
Girlfriend: Same shit, different color.
–Nostrand St, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Man leaving Dunkin Donuts: She tried to sell me donuts!
Wife: Are you sure?
–86th & Lexington
Overheard by: soph
Girl to boyfriend, on the 4th of July: I love it here, *this* is America!
Woman passing by: No, honey, this is New York.
–Outside Grand Central
Overheard by: Lee
40-ish woman: I’m probably just being overly sensitive, but I feel like people are looking at us when we’re together and wondering why I’m so much older…
20-ish guy: You shouldn’t let it get to you. Look, you’re not an egg salad sandwich — you’re not going to go bad after a certain date.
40-ish woman: That’s a beautiful thing to say.
20-ish guy: Yes, I’m quite a catch! You should be enjoying it more and worrying less!
–Barnes & Noble, Astor Pl
Girlfriend to boyfriend walking out of movie theater: That was kinda lame… I totally saw that ending coming.
Boyfriend: I don't know, I kind of liked it.
Girlfriend, raising voice: What do you mean you liked it?
Boyfriend: It was entertaining.
Girlfriend: Oh, so now you're gonna tell me that you liked it more than Sherlock Holmes?
Boyfriend: Actually, yeah…
Girlfriend, angry and yelling: What the fuck? What is wrong with you? I can't believe this!
–Outside Chelsea Clearview Cinema
Overheard by: J Wing
Young man with wife: Excuse me, miss, do you mind moving over one so we can sit together?
Angry black woman: No, no, no, no. I paid to be here, I can sit wherever I damn well please!
Man overhearing conversation: What is your problem, lady?
Angry black woman: Shut up! I can do whatever I want! I paid to be here!
Young man: I curse you, lady!
Angry black woman: What? You curse me? You can't curse me! You ain't god! You ain't nothin'! Well guess what, I reverse the curse on you, fool!
–Loews Theatre, 42nd St
Wishful, wistful husband: C'mon, I'll buy you a beer.
Wife: I don't want a beer. Why would I want a beer? We're out riding bikes. I don't drink beer on regular days.
–West Side Highway Bike Path
Overheard by: Chuckell
Guy: Hey, they have some with a vibrating cock ring!
Girl: Our sex life is complicated enough already.
Guy: But you know how I love little electronic gadgets.
Girl: I’ll buy you an iPod.
–Duane Reade, 7th Street & 6th Avenue
Overheard by: Calliope
Man to girlfriend: You know, I was never going to tell you this, but I really dislike your mother.
–M08 Bus
20-something girl on cell: Mmm-hmm. Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry he's such a jerk. (pause) Mmm-hmm. (pause, suddenly very angrily) Well, ain't no man allowed to say your mom isn't special!
–207th St & Broadway
Slob college kid: Why would I be staring at your mom's fifty-five-year-old ass, Rachel? No, wait, my mom's fifty-five… Why would I be staring at your mom's fifty-yea-old ass?
–LIRR
Teen girl setting up voicemail on phone: Hey! This is Katy. If you're not my mother, please leave a message.
–Metro-North Rail
Nanny to little boy sticking head under her top: No, no sweetie. See, this is something I would have to tell mommy about.
–42nd St & Lexington
Overheard by: Carolyn
Lesbian #1: I love you.
Lesbian #2: Do you love me even when we’re like Bert and Ernie?
Lesbian #1: Of course! Wait, who’s Bert?
Lesbian #2: Me. I’ve been so uptight.
Lesbian #1: Great. So you’re the tall, thin, uptight one and I’m the short, fat, stupid one.
–Union Square
