Couples

Drunk boyfriend: Come over here!
JAP girlfriend: Ask nicely!
Drunk boyfriend: Please, bitch, come over here!

–50th & 3rd

Overheard by: REGGIE FACE

Girlfriend: There’s too many roaches in the apartment!
Boyfriend: Look, no matter where you go in New York there’s going to be a lot of roaches.
Girlfriend: Shut up! I’m from the goddamn city! I don’t want roaches crawling on me when I’m pooping!

–Maujer St, Brooklyn

Boyfriend: Yeah, we gotta get some oil.
Girlfriend: No, not oil, K-Y.
Boyfriend: Oil, K-Y — it’s the same thing.
Girlfriend: No, K-Y is a gel. It’s water-based. Oil is not.
Boyfriend: Water and oil are, like, the same thing.

–F train

Overheard by: 2WongFu

Guy: So, when did you guys get married?
Husband: March.
Wife, at same time: May.
Husband: Uh-oh.

–6 train

Boyfriend, about punk girl passersby: Man, whatever happened to fake titties and a tan?
Girlfriend, possessing neither: Hey!
Boyfriend: Oh, sorry.

–Williamsburg

Overheard by: bemused eavesdropper

Teen boy: Shit, man, I can’t believe I got an F on that vocabulary test. I didn’t study, but I’m utterly devastated. See? I know the vocab!
Girlfriend: I like the word ‘utterly’ — it reminds me of cows.
Teen boy: It reminds me of boobs.

–Union Square

Overheard by: CeLia

Girlfriend: What was the name of that girl?
Boyfriend: Who?
Girlfriend: The one that was totally in love with you?
Boyfriend: Yeah, she was awesome.
Girlfriend: Who?
Boyfriend: No idea.

–Bergen & Flatbush, Brooklyn

Hobo: Ahhh.
Girlfriend: Ewww, he peed on me!
Boyfriend: And you’re wearing sandals!

–Q train

Girlfriend: Was that cocaine on your toilet seat this morning?
Boyfriend: No, that was Gold Bond.
Girlfriend: Oh… Because I put some on my teeth just to check.

–42nd St & West Side Hwy

Man: Okay, so here’s what we’re going to do: we’re going to drive to Kim’s downtown. I’m going to pull up outside and give you 20 dollars, and you’re going to go in there and pick out whatever Nazi porn movie your little heart desires.
Chick with Hebrew tattoo: Any one I want? Even SS Experiment Love Camp, or is that one too gruesome?
Man: You pick. Any one you want. Anything my sexy girl wants.
Chick with Hebrew tattoo: Awesome! Thank you!

–112th & Broadway