Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 279

"He was really drunk the first time I met him.""I took a shot...

"He was really drunk the first time I met him."
"I took a shot off her boobs."

Seen in Grand Central.

Seen in Grand Central.

“He put me in the hospital when I was pregnant with her. The...

“He put me in the hospital when I was pregnant with her. The next day he started crying, begging for forgiveness. He said: ‘I’m so sorry, I was drunk, I need you so much.’ So I took him back. The next time it happened, he managed to convince me that it was my fault. He said that he wouldn’t have gotten so angry if I had paid more attention to him. So I started thinking that I could be better. Then it happened again. Honestly, I stayed with him so much longer than I should have because I was afraid of becoming the stereotype of a single black mother.”

"I like to think that I’ve contributed to the history of...

"I like to think that I’ve contributed to the history of art. Because I assist a very famous sculptor, and there have been times when I’ve convinced him to change his mind."

"She separated from my dad but they don’t hate each other,...

"She separated from my dad but they don’t hate each other, and all of us still do things together."

"One of my friends came out to me, so I have my first gay friend...

"One of my friends came out to me, so I have my first gay friend now which is pretty exciting."

“We worked at the same yarn factory. Most of the employees were...

“We worked at the same yarn factory. Most of the employees were women, and I could talk to every single one of them. But I never had the guts to talk to her. I kept looking for an opening but I could never find one. Then one day I happened to be walking by her house, and I saw her out in the yard chasing her German Shepherd. So the next day at work I marched right up to her and said: ‘Did you ever catch that dog?’ We got married four months later.”

"I recently found out that a lot of kids at school don’t...

"I recently found out that a lot of kids at school don’t like me."

"We dated for six months in college, while I was on an exchange...

"We dated for six months in college, while I was on an exchange program in Japan. Then we lost touch. For ten years."

Her father had just finished explaining that despite a career as...

Her father had just finished explaining that despite a career as a writer he had never managed to become a Great Writer, only a fair writer. “Remember my father is a man,” she said. “And men are tortured by greatness.”