In a busy part of town NPR’s Alex Chadwick sets up a card table, two mics, a camera and a sign that reads “Interviews 50 ยข.” It’s not entirely clear if Chadwick pays them or they pay him, but nonetheless passers-by are willing to sit down a spare a few moments to tell him, and us, something of their story. In the four minute video below we meet Walter.
Walter, a fifty year old contractor interviewed in Baltimore, thinks he knows a thing or two about women. A veteran of five failed marriages he espouses his wisdom at the fifty cent interview table. “Women don’t like us, and don’t trust us.” By ‘us’ he of course means men in general. But according to Walter you can get – and keep – a woman by giving her the one thing they all want… security. He sums this up by explaining “If you give them security they’ll blow in your ear and follow you anywhere.”
Five marriages does seem like an awful lot of wedding cake, but Walter is a man of morals. “I believe in the sanctity of marriage,” He tells us. “I believe in that you don’t just sleep around. If you’re going to go to bed with a woman you’d better give her your heart and soul or don’t do it at all.” He goes on to reveal that as well as giving these women his heart and soul, they also get the house and car in the divorce.
At the time of the interview Walter was already planning to marry his sixth wife.
Wrote the following comment on Jan 17, 2008 at 7:18 am
Simon – you should be the next one that Mr. Chadwick interviews for NPR. That would be interesting and entertaining. How do you think you would come across?
Wrote the following comment on Jan 17, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Oh my word, me?! I guess maybe if Mr Chadwick asked the right questions I might sound like an interesting person… if not, well then I might sound rather dull. Thats the same with us all I guess. But hey, thanks for the vote of confidence Anthony, I’m gonna take that as a compliment today :-)
Wrote the following comment on Jan 18, 2008 at 4:29 am
thats really cool.. id sit down and talk with someone with a video camera.. just to have someone listen to crap and post it somewhere
Wrote the following comment on Jan 18, 2008 at 4:49 am
yeah my gpa (the live one) has been married 5 times and i just dont understand how anyone could do that. To give your heart so deeply to 5 different people and then be hurt and have to recover 5 different times….ahhh what a roller coaster.
as far as walter goes, I like that he believes in the sanctity of marriage. I mean, he’s not doing too great a job of it, but i like that’s he’s trying. Now i dont know the back stories to all of these situations he gets himself into, but i think he could simply be a man with poor judgement trying to keep to some grade of his morals. Maybe he just doesnt know how to pick women! Not unheard of. I have to also say that I’m impressed because He seems to blow it but just keep going and that i find amazing cause he just keeps going when he blows it. When i blow it, i get a little stunned. TO be able to move on ahead as he does is beyond me.. but then maybe he needs a little stunning in his life to get some perspective? hmmm… I dont know.
Wrote the following comment on Jan 18, 2008 at 6:32 pm
HAHA! RYC, A burb babe, how funny. Ya know when Tim and I settled on the house…we both looked at each other and said, “we sold out” We will now be apart of a (gulp) home owner’s association and won’t be woken up by sirens in the middle of the night. =)
Wrote the following comment on Jan 18, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Ooooh Walter is cute! Is he ready for no. 7 yet??? LOL
Wrote the following comment on Feb 15, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Maybe he should be interviewed by Dr. Phill and figure out why he’s choosing women that may not be right for him? Or, he can figure out why he can’t stay committed? Five is 4 too many. I’m blessed to have found a great guy the first time around.