Chick on cell: I always end up dating people whose names aren’t actually their names.
–Harlem
Overheard by: Ladle
Woman on cell: There’s this guy I think is really hot. He’s gained some weight and lost his hair… but in a graceful way. No, no, nothing like that. He’s really nice and he’s so smart… Well, he drinks a lot.
–Strand Bookstore
Overheard by: MHY
Woman to friend: 2006 was a terrible year, but 2007 is gonna be better… No men in my life! But there’s this man at my job, and I’m trying to stay away from him, but I just can’t. From the moment I saw him… Whew! One day he said to me, ‘Girl, put your hand in my pocket, I got some lunch money in there for you.’ And I did it, and… Whew! I said, ‘I know what that is… That’s no lunch money… Let me feel it again.’
–F train
Overheard by: liza
Man on cell: If I can’t get an American Jewish woman to go out with me… then there must be something wrong with American Jewish women!
–45th & 8th
Overheard by: Melanie
British chick to guy: I’m not breaking up with you in that sense…
–49th St, between 9th & 10th Ave
Overheard by: nyamelia
Hipster chick: … And I’m like, ‘I love you.’ And he’s like, ‘Get away from me.’ I think he’s just afraid of commitment.
–7th Ave
Overheard by: Regina Deorum
Woman to friends: Who needs a boyfriend when you’ve got a dog who farts?
–Max Brenner, Broadway, between 13th & 14th