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RoxyRedhead is offline RoxyRedhead Post #1  November 18,2009, 8:34pm

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One of my gfs who I volunteer and sometimes hang out with asked me tonight how my "Missed Connection" date with the Craigs List guy went.

Seems a couple of weeks ago, when we went to a bourbon tasting seminar at a local brewery, someone noticed me and posted in CL asking me to contact him.

I don't read CL except when I need yard work help or want to sell something and didn't even know about a missed connection thing...and now, apparently, the posting is gone.

And I don't even know what I would have done even if I'd read it on time...having, in the past, perused the oh so attractive men looking for dates there.

Is this sort of...oh I don't know...icky? Or is it common way to meet people you find attractive? I only been dating for a a while and this situation is new to me.
 
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One of my gfs who I volunteer and sometimes hang out with asked me tonight how my "Missed Connection" date with the Craigs List guy went.

Seems a couple of weeks ago, when we went to a bourbon tasting seminar at a local brewery, someone noticed me and posted in CL asking me to contact him.

I don't read CL except when I need yard work help or want to sell something and didn't even know about a missed connection thing...and now, apparently, the posting is gone.

And I don't even know what I would have done even if I'd read it on time...having, in the past, perused the oh so attractive men looking for dates there.

Is this sort of...oh I don't know...icky? Or is it common way to meet people you find attractive? I only been dating for a a while and this situation is new to me.
Such a small town you live in, I'm almost certain if you keep going to that local brewery (especially if the guy is a regular), you're bound to cross path again.
 
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I think Craigslist can be a very scary place! I'll be interested to see if anyone has actually found it a reasonable place to meet dates as missed connections.

I did "meet" my softball team through there though.
 
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@PY..Kennedy School isn't THAT local and it was a special occasion.
but thanks
 
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@PY..Kennedy School isn't THAT local and it was a special occasion.
but thanks
LOL well, you DID say Local...

Just tryin' to help
 
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RoxyRedhead wrote :
One of my gfs who I volunteer and sometimes hang out with asked me tonight how my "Missed Connection" date with the Craigs List guy went.

Seems a couple of weeks ago, when we went to a bourbon tasting seminar at a local brewery, someone noticed me and posted in CL asking me to contact him.

I don't read CL except when I need yard work help or want to sell something and didn't even know about a missed connection thing...and now, apparently, the posting is gone.

And I don't even know what I would have done even if I'd read it on time...having, in the past, perused the oh so attractive men looking for dates there.

Is this sort of...oh I don't know...icky? Or is it common way to meet people you find attractive? I only been dating for a a while and this situation is new to me.
My 2 cents here and of course -- safety is always of the utmost concern so take all precautions -- but when I read missed connections in the past (for fun out of boredom) I found them pretty romantic.

You could always post an ad yourself....about missing the missed connection.

But I agree, if you live in a smallish town and go to the same places your paths are bound to cross again.

And because it cannot be stressed enough, be careful if you ever do meet anyone via Craigslist.
 
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I've got a somewhat twisted enjoyment of reading strange classified ads, generally the London Review of Book personals and lost and found ads for pets with strange names like Latex (it happened before, honest). So yeah, I started going on Craig's List for just this reason, I think the idea of "Missed Connections" is so absurd. I mean, maybe if in the course of conversation it comes up that you hang out on CL it might be different, but what are the chances that of two people actually going on there for the same reason? It just seems unrealistically hope-filled.

Okay, so now for the confessional. I tried dating via CL last month. Man, what a mess. Then a couple weeks ago I actually went in there wondering if a certain someone I came across actually posted there by chance. It was at that moment I realized that if I don't start taking advantage of the opportunities in front of me then I am probably not going to get my second chance.
 
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