Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 528

"We’re coming up on a year of marriage.""Tell me your...

"We’re coming up on a year of marriage."
"Tell me your favorite thing about each other."

"Her ability to intuit my moods."
"Her living room choreography of every song that comes on the radio."

Haters gonna hate.

Haters gonna hate.

"My father died two days ago.""Was there closure between...

"My father died two days ago."
"Was there closure between you?" 
"No."
"Why not?"
"He made a lot of choices he shouldn’t have made, but it wasn’t his fault."
"How did those choices affect you?"
"Because now I’m making the same choices."

"Follow your heart.""And where has that taken you?""Exotic...

"Follow your heart."
"And where has that taken you?"
"Exotic climates."
"Such as?"
"Well I leave in three days to return to Kabul, where I’m currently stationed. Before that, it was Iraq for three years. Then Burundi. Then South Africa, where I was Nelson Mandela’s legal advisor."

"Go to Brazil. Women all nude."

"Go to Brazil. Women all nude."

"I worked at a factory until I was 40. Then one day I asked my...

"I worked at a factory until I was 40. Then one day I asked my boss for more vacation, and he said ‘no.’ So I went home and told my husband: ‘That man is getting on my nerves! I’m going to college tomorrow!’ I was the oldest person there, but I made it through and got a good job with The City. Then a few months ago, somebody walked up to my desk, and said: ‘Why are you still working? You’re 75 years old!’ So I walked over to my boss, and said ‘I’m retiring tomorrow!’"

"We just graduated.""So what’s the craziest thing you...

"We just graduated."
"So what’s the craziest thing you learned in high school?"

"Choose your friends wisely."
"Mind your own business."
"Trig." 

"My daughter dumped the nicest guy in the world, and married an...

"My daughter dumped the nicest guy in the world, and married an asshole! The guy is driving me nuts."

"What are you reading?""It’s about the universe. Actually,...

"What are you reading?"
"It’s about the universe. Actually, that’s an oversimplification. It’s about the concept of a multiverse."

"We’ve been married 31 years.""How’d you meet?""I...

"We’ve been married 31 years."
"How’d you meet?"
"I saw her on a bus, put my watch in my pocket, sat down next to her, and asked her for the time."