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 a while
“In college, I got dragged to a barn dance by my friends. Stood around bored for an hour or so, and left. The following week, there was an ad in the local classified section (this was in the 80’s, so that was our “Craigs List ” back then) from a guy describing me to a T. Said “I saw you there and would love to meet you and get to know you better ”
Flattered, I agreed. We decided to meet at a local bar. I got there right on time and looked around. It took me a while to find him because HE SHOWED UP WITH FOUR FRIENDS. He didn’t even talk to me for most of the short time I was there, because he was playing stupid drinking games with his buddies and ignoring me. One of his friends stayed hitting on me and grabbed my -ss. So I left.
He called THREE DAYS LATER and said “You left!” And I was like, “You just noticed?” “
9. Not ready
“I noticed that I’d see the same Ford Focus ST several times a week during my commute. The driver was a total cutie. I caught him staring at me a few times, so one day I waved at him and he waved back. This went on for a few weeks. I posted an ad to see if he was out there, and I got about a dozen responses from guys claiming to be him. I knew immediately who the real one was, because he replied asking if I drove a red WRX.
We exchanged phone numbers. We texted a bit back and forth, but when he sent me this long gushy text about how it was fate and love at first sight, I got cold feet and panicked. I had just gone through a particularly nasty breakup and wasn’t ready for anyone to talk about love at first sight.”
10. Happy ending
“Best friend was crushing on a guy she saw at a bar. Put an ad in Missed Connections. His friend, who’d been with him at the bar that night, pointed it out to him.
They’ve been married about 10 years now. :)”
11. There’s that
“Went to see an oddly specific show. Outside, and then all throughout the evening inside, this very tall, but strikingly beautiful woman kept making prolonged eye contact with me. I was with some friends in a different city, and they wanted to leave the bar right after the show, so I didn’t get a chance to talk to her. That week, back home, I posted a MC in her city, and she responded. It didn’t really go anywhere, but she shared her SuicideGirls profile with me that had some more pics, so there’s that…”
12. Sign girl
“Not an actual missed connection, but I was well known in an area I lived in as the “At&t sign girl”
A guy posted on missed connections looking for me and come to find out, he just wanted to give me free tickets to Busch Gardens that he got because he worked there.
If I hadn’t gotten another job when I did, I could’ve gotten more free tickets from him.”
13. Baby on the way!
“I met my boyfriend almost four years ago at a bar that used to be down the road from where I lived. I would go to play darts with my best friend but I didn’t drink. He was there that night playing in pool league. I went up right when we got there and asked him to take a picture of his shirt to show someone else. We didn’t actually become a couple until October of 2014 but we are still together and I’m 6 days overdue with our baby.”
14. Traffic court
“My step brother posted missed connection for a girl he saw when he was at traffic court. She was there for a speeding ticket just like he was so he thought he had a good meet cute story. She responded to his ad with a polite “thanks but no thanks”.
He did end up meeting his wife on Craigslist a few months later, but just by posting a regular ad though.”
15. Slow reveal
“Randomly my friend saw my name and description mentioned on one of these missed connections and sent it to me. I decided to followed up and went back to the store I originally met her (the girl who posted) and asked her for her phone number. We went on some really nice summer dates. Long walks and talks, drinking beer etc. September rolls around. Then one day we meet up for lunch but she was a little stressed about money and rent.
So I said I would see if i could help her get a job at the place I worked at. Some warning signs started to appear like when I asked her to make a personalized cover letter instead of a generic one and she got upset by that. In any case, she made a new one and submitted it. At work, I put in a good word for her and eventually she was hired. At this point the relationship wasnt past the point of mere dates but that was OK as I was soon going abroad for half a year and didn’t want more. Soon this girls true colors revealed themselves. I noticed early on that it was tricky getting a hold of her at times deducing it to some people being unattached to technology. But realized she had a pattern of selectively getting back to anyone. My Co worker one day tells me that she saw her name on a weekly schedule and didn’t want to work one of the shifts so she just took a pen and scratched her name off.
Without alerting the manager or finding a replacement. As in a grown adult scratching her name off a disposable schedule thinking that that would make everything ok. Anyways long story short: she was a bag of issues and seemed to be stuck in a world that involved bending reality to meet her needs. I wrote her a message on Fb one day telling her how i regretted helping her and then deleted her off my Fb which was like a slap on the face back then. The end.”
I REALLY love stories like this. They make me feel like fate can actually work out sometimes!
Have any stories you’d like to share? Do that in the comments!
Thanks fam!
