Is anyone else besides me a pathetic romantic, and therefore enjoys reading the Missed Connections postings on Craigslist.com?

Admittedly, some posts are ridiculous and crude and sometimes border on the stalkerish or the obscene. I'm sure the bulk of the ads are a fruitless effort.

But many ads seem so sincere and sweet; just random people seeking someone they'd met briefly - or didn't get to meet at all - and who they now can't get off their mind: that person they'd passed on the street earlier that afternoon who'd made them catch their breath, or who they shared a smile or a joke with as they stood in line at the grocery store before the other person disappeared out the door.

I like the notion of serendipitious meetings, and the hopeful, romantic "message-in-a-bottle" quality of the Missed Connections postings. It makes me smile.

And, of course, there's also that secret hope to one day maybe discover a Missed Connection about myself!

http://www.craigslist.com

cborgman said:

aHA! So I'm not the only one!

WillyWonka said:

i LOVE it

Our local alternative weekly, The Stranger, also has something like this (called I Saw U). Great stuff.

cborgman said:

So do I! I check it every day.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I read our local weekly's I Saw You ads religiously, and have been for at least 10 years. I was once convinced that was how I'd meet my future husband.

Now I come to find out he's probably been posting them on Craigslist!

oooh, i posted a missed connections a long time ago - i was playing eye hockey on the train one day with a real cutie - and i got an e-mail from the person really quickly after i posted it....he was like, "please take down your message, my friends read this."

leave it to me to flirt with a closeted guy.

Anx said:

What an ass!!!

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Another admitted reader!

CarrieMpls said:

OH NO!

Get thee to Craigslist! Your future may be waiting (and waiting and waiting!) for you there...

WillyWonka said:

I'm heading there now.

CarrieMpls said:

Yeah, I'da been like, "Deal with it, Nancy. "

Anx said:

That is a sad Craigslist story.

Quick! Tell a successful Craigslist story!

i like reading these, too. sometimes i get tempted to post one but i'm too shy.

I have never been to Craig's list

I read them almost everyday, and my hairdresser was in it!

I told him at my next appointment and he was totally geeked. So was I, just to actually know someone mentioned in it!

so what is this concept? Say I'm driving on the freeway and make eye contact with a hot guy but he takes the offramp and I continue on.....would I then post on this section and say I was driving on the freeway and if you are the hot guy I made eye contact with, email me?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

you might want to include the make and model of your car and his, the date and the time. good luck and have fun.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/mis/

JasmineFire said:

oh this didn't really happen but I think I'll remember it if it ever does

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

and hopefully there will be no cockblocking baby.

JasmineFire said:

The second some dude tries to hand his child off to me I will run very fast

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I've never read these! I'd love to discover a message about me...how romantic!

AnotherLoverToo said:

That's cool! Did he respond to the post about him? What happened?

JasmineFire said:

I do understand about being too shy to post one...but you should try it sometime anyway, just once. Something wonderful may come of it, you never know.

applekisses said:

**wink**

WillyWonka said:

I take it this isn't a thread about missing your layover flight, then...