The 1880

Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride

To the cutie walking across the street ;)

I started reading missed connections on craigslist out of curiosity after a friend greeted me with their ecstatic screaming of “I WAS MISS CONNECTED.” After said friend explained to me that missed connections is a section on craigslist.org that allows people to post a description of the pretty girl they saw walking down the street who they were too shy to talk to. They then cross their fingers hoping that this person will see it and reply. Love will then ideally blossom. Before this I only knew that craigslist was home to the junk that people are trying to give away and the apartments people need to sublet. So later that day I found myself browsing missed connections.

Since my first time at the site I have found myself addicted to reading the listings on a fairly regular basis, mostly for entertainment value. It’s usually the subject lines that draw me to click on the listing, “we danced, we drank, we kissed, you puked, I love you…” or, “Your Hair…awesome reminds me of a hotrod I had.” But as I frequent the site more I find myself seeing the subject line such as, “Tall brunette on green line at 11:00” and clicking on it because I am tall, have brown hair, and was on the green line at approximately 11:00. I come to find out that the tall brunette was wearing a green jacket, has long luscious locks, and it was the B line, not the D. Nothing is applicable. The disappointment of another day of being sans a missed connection passes relatively quickly.

I wonder how many missed connections are responded to and how many are correctly responded to. I for one probably wouldn’t respond. So, despite the creepy factor of missed connections, if for nothing better, it is a good way to let the hottie on the T know that you noticed them. A little self-esteem boost always does a person good.