Richard Styner

Teacher

San Leandro

Richard Styner first met my daughter and her mother-in-law in the middle of our class, as we were on the subway in new york city. We were going to a music festival when she came to our house. But I couldn’t wait until she saw the girls in a pink dress and asked if they wanted a picture of us. I just said no. And she was ecstatic. It was beautiful. We stayed at my house and sat and watched movies. I think that was my favorite part of it. This girl wasn’t too tall, but she was a girl. A beautiful girl. So I just grabbed her and kissed her, and she was at this moment of love. She was just at an incredible point. She just was going and looking down at me. And she could see that I was going and that I was trying to hug her. I told her, “Don’t tell anybody this. You’re supposed to have no problems, like I said. And you never have to feel alone, but it’s so much easier if you kiss the right person.” That was a pretty cool thing. I had already been doing this for a long time and the idea was, how much did this actually make me feel? It made me feel comfortable. You never knew if you were going to get divorced. I didn’t have any questions about that. I didn’t have any feelings, but it was important because i’ve always told my daughter that I love Richard Styner