Family ties

17-year-old mom: And she thought that you were my mom!
18-year-old friend, gesturing to baby: Wait… so is this your sister or my grandchild?

Northampton, Massachusetts

Grandma: She doesn't need those…she's getting too big for baby clothes.
Mom: I know, but I don't want her to be too big for baby clothes! I just want her to stay little and not start talking…or moving.

Shop
Buffalo, New York

Man: She’s my soul mate. I just wish she was 20 years older and not my daughter.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/04/sir_youre_under_arrest.html

Overheard by: that’s kinda creepy

Professor: So Hamlet basically just called Claudius a mother-copulator. See, I can say that. Mother-copulator.

Memorial University
Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Mel

Barista #1: So, I had this totally fucked up dream last night. I was, like, having sexual relations with my brother…
Barista #2, totally serious: That’s not weird.
Barista #1: I know, but the weird thing was everyone around me was really uncomfortable with it.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: I’m uncomfortable even hearing it

Teenage girl to friends: They don't let the kids wear makeup at my sister's school! What if you're emo and you can't wear makeup? Then what?

National Ballet
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia

Teenage daughter: Mom, I have a plan for my future.
Mother: And what's that?
Teenage daughter: Save someone's life so they are indebted to me and will buy me the complete Twilight Zone boxed set.
Mother: Between this and your brother who I haven't seen in four days, I don't think I screwed up at all.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Overheard by: Julia

Loud woman: But she said it wasn't a Target! It was a Wal-Mart. And then the grandmother didn't die. And she's still alive today!

Panda East
Amherst, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Rachel

Mother to son: I’m not sure, but I think grandma was high.

Union Station
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Seska

Mother: Why do people like you?
Teen daughter: What?!
Mother: I mean, why do people like to talk to you and be your friend? I just don’t get it.

Fairfax, California