Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 440

"I thought I was raising independent children, but they’re...

"I thought I was raising independent children, but they’re 18 and 21 and I’m having trouble getting them to leave the nest. So I set a fall deadline. It’ll be tough but I’m going to stand firm: college, job corp, army, anything. I’m hoping that even if they fail, they’ll at least find out what they want to do. I want to help them. But I want to be their counselor, not their provider."

"He’s got three dance moves."

"He’s got three dance moves."

"My dad was just a working class Irish dude. He drank himself to...

"My dad was just a working class Irish dude. He drank himself to death when I was fifteen, but he was a good dad when he was sober. I remember him taking me to a gay wedding on Christopher Street to teach me tolerance. And that was back in 1971."

"When I was young, I thought I’d be in a rocking chair by...

"When I was young, I thought I’d be in a rocking chair by now. But it’s not nearly as bad as I feared. My bones kind of ache on rainy days, but other than that, I like being 82."

"I hate fractions."

"I hate fractions."

"My wife is in the hospital right now with double pneumonia. Her...

"My wife is in the hospital right now with double pneumonia. Her kidneys failed on Wednesday, and she can’t talk anymore. But I know she can hear me. I go in every day and talk into her ear."
"How did you meet her?"
"I was sitting on the stoop just like this. It was 1960. I was fourteen and just sitting on the stoop of my house, and this bodacious girl came up. Big legs, big thighs, and jeans so tight that I didn’t know how she was walking down the road. She came right up and sat on my lap and didn’t leave until the sun went down. A few years later we had a kid. And I stayed with her. It wasn’t always great but I stayed with her.”

"Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?""When I found...

"Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?"
"When I found out I was wrong about my religious beliefs."

"Paige passed me the puck and I scored a goal!"

"Paige passed me the puck and I scored a goal!"

"Is that a case of beer and an electronic baby...

"Is that a case of beer and an electronic baby Jesus?"

“Yep.”

“How do those things go together?”

“Well, we drank a bunch of these. And we found this.”

"I left my third wife by putting a note on her pillow saying:...

"I left my third wife by putting a note on her pillow saying: ‘Gone to the store to get cigarettes. Be back in 5 minutes.’ That was twelve years ago and I haven’t been back yet. I don’t even smoke."