Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?
It’s the stuff Hollywood romance flicks are made of.
You see someone in passing (maybe on a train, maybe at the laundromat), you post a “missed connection” on Craigslist…and you actually find that person!
What are the odds? Well, it happened to these people, and they tell us what happened next.
1. The classic subway tale
“My friend was carrying her groceries on a busy subway from Manhattan to Queens and this guy gave up his seat for her. They didn’t chat, but locked eyes a few times and as the guy got off, my friend said they smiled and laughed at each other. After she got home her roommate told her to post on missed connections, but when she went on the guy had already posted about her! They dated for a short while, but he then got back together with an ex he’d met through AA.”
2. Well that was nice
“I used to browse Missed Connections. I saw one that said something like, “I see you walking your dog on [street] every day. You’re cute and I’d like to talk to you.” That was my street, and I’d seen lots of girls walking dogs there, so I figured I’d help a bro out.
I sent back something like, “There are quite a few cute girls who walk dogs on [street], you may want to update your post with a description of the girl and the dog. I’m the average looking blonde with the scruffy white dog.”
He emailed back saying that I was the one he was referring to! WHAT. So I thanked him, and told him (truthfully) that I was a single mom going through a hard time and wasn’t ready to even think about dating.
I got a friendly email back, wishing me the best, and that was that.”
3. Quite a story
“I had just moved to a new area and hadn’t met many people, yet, so to entertain myself (I had yet to hear about Reddit) I would post clear jokes (I was not subtle) missed connections. The post he responded to was me looking for Waldo. He responded to me jokingly, as Waldo, saying he was in search of his love Carmen SanDiego. We chatted for a while and we hit it off. Met a few weeks later. Got married a few years later. Getting divorced a few years after that.”
4. Friends
“I met someone from a missed connection. Once we met, I realized that I didn’t have any romantic interest in this person, and he didn’t have any in me. But, we became pretty good friends! We were even roommates one year when I was in university. Even now when we both have our own SO’s, we still like to get coffee and catch up. He’s a really awesome person!”
5. Married!
“I have a good friend that met this guy at a bus stop, I believe. They chatted casually for a few minutes and that was the end of it. Later, my friend was kicking himself for not asking the guy out for coffee or something and posted a missed connection about it.
About a week later, bus stop guy’s boss was browsing missed connections and recognized the description of the guy’s hat so he sent him the posting.
And now, several years later, my friend and bus stop guy are married.
My friend still has a screenshot of the missed connections post saved in his phone.”
6. Dating!
“I saw this girl at Starbucks that was just gorgeous. Looked like she was distracted going through some stuff on the phone so I didn’t say anything. (don’t wanna be that guy who can’t read social clues)
Left and kicked myself over it later so next day I posted in missed connections. (although I was positive nothing would come of it, just felt good putting it out there).
Around 3 days later get a response. Not from her, but from another girl who read it and liked the sincerity in it. We ended up talking and exchanging numbers and have been dating since. (about 6 months now ).”
7. No thanks
“I found one about me written by a long-gone ex. I let it be.”
8. That took…
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