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The Red, White and Blue Connection
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- November 30, 2008
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Something truly magical, truly inspirational happened on the evening of November 4 that will forever change the streets of New York. That's right, the pages of Craigslist's Missed Connections exploded with lust at first sight, election night parties becoming the playground for young love and the desire to speak one's mind and express emotions becoming even more impassioned than any previous dry spell has made it. Yes yes, Obama was elected president (hooray!), but amidst all of the insanity and excitement over the future of the country, don't forget the future of New Yorkers' hearts.
What are Missed Connections, you ask?
They are the best part of Craiglist’s bizarre “Personals” section! They are also a bit sad, often pitiful, and sometimes downright pathetic, but occasionally a handful are inspiring, with titles like, Stunning Girl on the F Train this morning, Pumping Gas in the Rain and We all die. Let’s live till then. More often than not (I’ve done my research, people!), missed connections are penned by men, but I don’t have solid stats on this as of yet. Wait, yes I do: 738 M4W, 410 W4M, 401 M4M, 73 W4W. Pick up the pace, ladies!
To put it simply, a missed connection can happen when you are eyeing someone amorously from afar, at a restaurant, on your morning run, on the rush hour commute; when you actually got the nerve to talk to the guy or gal, but didn’t have time to do the digit exchange; when you lost her adorable Moo card or email address scribbled on the back of her Whole Foods receipt (she eats tofu pups? What?!?).
The connection was missed, but not lost! Craigslist is here to save the day, and quite possibly your heart’s desire and your FUTURE LOVE LIFE. And boy were those hearts pumping on election night…
There IS a light at the end of the tunnel...
It’s called the internet!
*Men For Women*
Or M4W as the in-the-know internet lingo goes. Yep, we gals are ogled at by dudes and sought after later via craigslist post. What has the world come to…do you really want to tell your children that you met on the internet? I kid. It’s all good! Although all four categories exist, I will be sticking to the M4W one exclusively because there is where I look when wondering if I’m ever the subject of a missed connection. One can hope…
Here are some prime examples of lovestruck New York males on that fateful first Tuesday in November.
Love in the digital age
L train on election day-prettiest girl ever, wearing a 'vote' necklace
An adorably sweet balance of political fervor and Cupid’s arrow doing its duty. But when the dude writes, “I was wearing a brown vintage sweater, and wear plastic frame eyeglasses,”…well, you’re not screaming “cool” there! L train to Brooklyn…a likely story…he’s a hipster!
coming home on the F train election night-you had a little flag
Maybe it’s because I’m a girl who likes “little” everything (vases, containers, pictures, etc.), but there’s something really cute about “you had a little flag.” But wait, it gets better! It’s all about the locking of eyes on Missed Connections:
“you had a little American flag in your hand, I had a gray sweater and blue jacket, said something to my friend about last night being more fun than Halloween and got off at Bergen. I looked back a couple times and we locked eyes. write me!”
Bergen Street F Train Stop
88 Bergen Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
Change is in the air...as is loooooove!
CNN Wall election night 11/4 my birthday
Whoa, hello details about the particular date. A bit scarily, there are pictures of the girl desired! “You were so lively cheerful and sexy thanks.”
Oooookay, but you haven’t reached out and showed interest! You formed some opinions, but where’s the longing? Who knew the CNN wall in Times Square would be so romantic!
we got kicked out of cab for making out on election night
“and then for some reason went separate ways. we should have a do-over.”
This ones hits me right HERE (points to heart). Obama wins, somehow two strangers (presumably) decided to share a cab, and in an ecstatic state celebrated the night with a little lip-locking. Where did they go when they got kicked out? Did they talk about anything? Was it pure animal passion? Does this guy just want to make out in cabs, or does he want something more?
Did she look like this?
Just a little disturbing…
I was the guy dancing in the streets, I kissed you on the cheek
How satisfying to read the words, “We were celebrating Obama’s victory in the streets of Harlem last night.” A kiss on the cheek and then lost in the crowd! Even after his Michael Jackson moves as he calls them, he let her get away. ;)
*Break Time*
What I would like to know is just how many of these missed connection ads get answered, and of those, which are answered a) seriously and b) by the object of the ad. Further, who actually dates successfully?
I’m afraid of the statistics, but remember Patrick Moberg’s story? The New York Girl of his Dreams? I’m pretty sure it didn’t pan out, but I bet he has no regrets about publicly pursuing a missed-connections worthy gal. If there’s anything worth pursuing in life, it’s a crush.
The ultimate "missed connection"
…is when you purchase a url, illustrate the situation and go after your love interest by blogging about it.
MORE Men for MORE Women...
You played accordion at the ralley
Well, right off the bat you lose 5 points for spelling “rally” incorrectly. But you say “accordionists are rad,” and I have to hand it to ya dude, picking out the woman at an Obama rally playing an accordion? Yeah, she’s gotta be cool!
The key to really getting a response from a missed connection on the off chance your object of desire is perusing CL is being SPECIFIC. None of this cute girl locked eyes on the subway blue shirt messenger bag black boots stuff. Accordion. Now we’re getting somewhere!
I imagine her looking like this…
Union Square
33 East 17th Street New York, NY 10003
You told me "Don't you dare frown, b--ch!" on N.7th and Bedford
Now that’s what I call blooming romance. A command and a curse word! The poor fellow who finds the lass “bloody cute” claims “I wasn’t bummed out, I was just taking it all in.”
Poor guy! He’s got a total crush on you and you call him a b—ch! I dunno, kids, I’m not sure it’s in the cards for you. And ladies, when did we start calling guys that b-word?
Where a missed connection was perhaps meant to be missed
North 7th Street and Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211
L train around 12:00 blowing bubbles
Oh my, the ole blonde blowing bubbles trick! I have seen it a thousand times and used it myself! Er, kidding.
“some guy to the right of me said it filled him with whimsy.” Now, wouldn’t it be great if more guys used the word “whimsy” to describe the actions of girls? There are many other words that come to mind when seeing a blonde blowing bubbles, I bet, so Kudos to this other dude.
But then you lost my sympathy: “Wish I had talked to you, but I figure that’s sort of frowned upon when trying to catch a train…”
=LAME! Frowned upon? It’s called flirting! Chatting! Talking! Make some moves and don’t rely the dead end that is usually Missed Connections.
I’m assuming he met this kind of bubbles and not the gum variety? More whimsy in the former.
Do YOU have a Missed Connection story?
It doesn’t have to be from election night! And it doesn’t have to be a success story either. Have you ever perused the listings and seen something you thought was meant for you?Or did you write a post yourself??? This is a safe space. Nothing leaves these walls…of Guidespot. Feel free to preface your story with “a friend of mine”, but regardless, do tell!!!
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This is a really fun idea! I love reading the missed connections.
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