I'm at the Far End Of the Gay Continuum

Obviously gay guy: I mean, I'm not surprised at all that people think I'm gay. I've got this high voice, I'm bitchy, and I like to wear dresses.
Friend: (nods in approval)

Dining Hall
UNC Chapel Hill

Posted on June 13, 2016
Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Friends, Queers, Sexuality

Well, I'm Sorry I Made You Kiss Her Feet…

New Yorker, on cell to fiancée: Honey, all set here for our wedding, when you coming over? I got both of our rings, in nine-carat gold! (appalled silence in carriage) Yeah, your finger's gonna go green and fall off or something? What the hell's wrong with nine-carat gold? Hey! Of course I love you more than I love my mom! Come on! What is this about?

Train
Dublin
Ireland

Posted on June 12, 2016
Compare and contrast, Couples, Feelings, Foreigners, Hands, Health & Hygiene, Ireland, Money, On the phone, Questions, Relationships, Train

But Don’t You Think Toddlers Deserve to Work in Coal Mines?

Student: That’s terrible!
Professor: I agree, I’m a horrible person.

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Posted on April 16, 2016
Character, Class, Default, Feelings, New York, Students, Teachers, Weirdness

Judging by the Pampered, Fat-Faced Look Of You

College tour guide, passing crying student: College is hard. You will cry.

Willamette University
Salem, Oregon

Posted on April 9, 2016
Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Fears, Feelings, Girls, Oregon, Students

Translation: He's Been Too Happy Lately

Son: Mommy, why are you going through daddy's phone?
Mother: Because I love him!

Panera
Howell, New Jersey

Posted on March 27, 2016
Cell phones, Family ties, Feelings, Infidelity, Kids, Moms, New Jersey, Questions

That's What You Said When You Gave Him Syphilis

Girl on phone: He says that we can't be together because it bothers him that we're cousins, and we were intimate. I think it's because doctors are more sensitive to that kind of thing than the rest of us.

Train, New Jersey

Overheard by: NoNoK

Posted on March 13, 2016
Default, Family ties, Feelings, Girls, New Jersey, On the phone, Sexuality, Train

My Dad Wants to See Me ASAP

30-something druggie girl: I know my dad's looking down at me, helping me and shit. That's how I got my handbag back.
30-something druggie guy: Yeah? For fuckin serious?
30-something druggie girl: Yeah! I feel like he's telling me shit sometimes. Sometimes I reckon he wants me to stop taking the pills and the smack, but then I'm like, “Nah, that's just the drugs talking.”

Train
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: XPIOTOS

Posted on March 13, 2016
Australia, Default, Druggies, Drugs, Family ties, Feelings, Girls, Guys, Poop, Questions, Train

Luckily So Many Other Things Taste Like Them

College girl: Just think about all the chickens that get killed every day, like just by McDonald’s.
Friend: Yeah, but you know… I don’t really care.
College girl: Oh no, I don’t care about them either, I’m just scared they’re gonna run out of chickens.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Curlee

Posted on March 11, 2016
Animals, Fears, Feelings, Food, Friends, Massachusetts, Sorority types

Isn't Tennessee Enough?

American girl: I get really emotional when I'm in church. I feel like I don't deserve to be there.
Brazilian girl: That's because you deserve to be in prison.

Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on March 9, 2016
Compare and contrast, Crimes, Feelings, Girls, Religion, Tennessee

But It Was Actually the Four Horsemen and Their Nasty, Old Apocalypse

Professor: I thought it was an “Oh my god, ponies!” moment.

Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia

Overheard by: It had to be…

Posted on March 6, 2016
Animals, Colleges & Universities, Default, Feelings, Names, Teachers, Virginia, Words

Feelings