has anyone ever made a missed connection? - Page 2

gmku · 02.10.2009, 09:06 PM

I have a problem with the grammar here. You can't MAKE a MISSED connection. That's a contradiction. You can make a connection or you can miss a connection. If you MAKE a MISSED connection, you're making a connection.

Kloriel · 02.10.2009, 09:13 PM

I think that is the point, grammar or not. It is trying to emphasize the missed connection and then give that broken punched in the stomach feeling of abject regret and self loathing a potentially dangerous, somewhat delusional, second birthing.

gmku · 02.10.2009, 09:26 PM

Yeah, but...

uhler · 02.10.2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

I have a problem with the grammar here. You can't MAKE a MISSED connection. That's a contradiction. You can make a connection or you can miss a connection. If you MAKE a MISSED connection, you're making a connection.

there's no such thing as grammar when it comes to craigslist.

!@#$%! · 02.10.2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

I have a problem with the grammar here. You can't MAKE a MISSED connection. That's a contradiction. You can make a connection or you can miss a connection. If you MAKE a MISSED connection, you're making a connection.

but of course you can MAKE A MISSED CONNECTION. it means you met her but didn't have the balls to grab her ass on the spot, then posted an ad on the paper to beg her to please show up in your life again, and then for some demented reason (alcohol, likely, or she thought you were loaded) she deigned contacting you back.

vulva · 02.10.2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

so i made another one. she comes into my work at least once a week with her friends for brunch and i think she's so cute, but i'm too shy to ask her out or even talk to her. here it is:
short haired red headed girl at sat. brunch at life cafe. - m4w - 26 (bushwick) you were with three other girls sitting at the big table in the corner. you had on a purple cap and a dress, i think. i just wanted to say that i think you're one of the cutest girls i have seen.

she responded with a nice little email, but i don't think i'm going to respond to her back. i don't want her to know that it was me. oh, and her cap is actually blue. she made it a point to point that out.

sac up and email back. I'm shy as shit as well, but just go for it man.

!@#$%! · 02.10.2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vulva

sac up

oh, that's a good variation. good use of language there. applause.

Better_Than_You · 02.10.2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

or someone made one for you?

no but i just made a fake listing on w4m on craigslist.

vulva · 02.10.2009, 10:48 PM

I made a fake w4m posting in the casual encounters page on craigslist saying I was a 19 year old asian girl who wanted to sex that weekend and play video games.

50 responses in 20 minutes.

ZEROpumpkins · 02.10.2009, 10:57 PM

Hot girl on New Year's Eve:
rock_god_marty@hotmail.com
Let's do it again.

ploesj · 02.11.2009, 01:15 AM

most people don't really notice me anyway.

seriously, i had a lot of those, all due to shyness. ah well. if i feel really good around someone, i'm not shy anymore, so i don't think it's a big deal.

pbradley · 02.11.2009, 01:16 AM

I was going to hit on a particular friend of a friend but then my lease end and I had to leave San Francisco.

phoenix · 02.11.2009, 05:37 AM

I can't help but think that anyone scanning craigslist for missed connections that feature them, is a little.... odd.

so, in order to find your missed connection notice, she needs to be a little sad and lonely to begin with and so if she answers, its kind of an easy score, is it not?

They have this kind of thing in the daily trashy free newspaper here. Its really really daft.

sorry uhler. you seem like a really decent guy, you should really work up the courage to start and ask girls out. Instead of aiming for spazzys that search craigslist for mention of them.

_slavo_ · 02.11.2009, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ploesj

most people don't really notice me anyway.

I don't believe this sentence.

lechaoscestmoi · 02.11.2009, 08:10 AM

one year and a half ago, during my summer vacation i met one of the cutest girls i've ever seen. we were talking for like an hour and later her friend came and asked me what i think about her, which i thought was a hint. the morning after, she had to leave before i could say goodbye, and i had never seen this girl again - until a couple of weeks ago while i was walking down the street and suddenly bumped into her. i looked into her eyes and she didn't even seem to recognize me, so i just kept walking away. later i found her on facebook and added her as a friend, which she declined. since then i've bumped into her even a couple more times (turns out she moved to my school), but i still don't have the guts to tell her who i am.

Better_Than_You · 02.11.2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lechaoscestmoi

one year and a half ago, during my summer vacation i met one of the cutest girls i've ever seen. we were talking for like an hour and later her friend came and asked me what i think about her, which i thought was a hint. the morning after, she had to leave before i could say goodbye, and i had never seen this girl again - until a couple of weeks ago while i was walking down the street and suddenly bumped into her. i looked into her eyes and she didn't even seem to recognize me, so i just kept walking away. later i found her on facebook and added her as a friend, which she declined. since then i've bumped into her even a couple more times (turns out she moved to my school), but i still don't have the guts to tell her who i am.

do it.
you have to.
i'm a hopeless romantic and thats screaming fate.

floatingslowly · 02.11.2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

I suffer from this delusion. If an attractive female acts at all friendly towards me I immediately think they fancy me. This usually leads to me falling head-over-heels in love with them, only to later discover that they really did just want change for the cigarette machine.

right now, I'm winking at you and saying "fuck me fuck me fuck me".

please keep yr pants on, it's only the Tourettes.

demonrail666 · 02.11.2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lechaoscestmoi

one year and a half ago, during my summer vacation i met one of the cutest girls i've ever seen. we were talking for like an hour and later her friend came and asked me what i think about her, which i thought was a hint. the morning after, she had to leave before i could say goodbye, and i had never seen this girl again - until a couple of weeks ago while i was walking down the street and suddenly bumped into her. i looked into her eyes and she didn't even seem to recognize me, so i just kept walking away. later i found her on facebook and added her as a friend, which she declined. since then i've bumped into her even a couple more times (turns out she moved to my school), but i still don't have the guts to tell her who i am.

Drop everything, find her, and if it turns out that she's not as interested in you as you hoped, kill her.

ploesj · 02.11.2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

I don't believe this sentence.

i'm serious... if i walk the street on a busy day, i have to zigzag all the time because people bump into me, let the door fall shut behind them, never step aside...

when i arrive somewhere i always have to go and tap people on the shoulder, or wave like an idiot, before anyone sees i arrived. it's quite tiring sometimes.

!@#$%! · 02.11.2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ploesj

i'm serious... if i walk the street on a busy day, i have to zigzag all the time because people bump into me, let the door fall shut behind them, never step aside...

when i arrive somewhere i always have to go and tap people on the shoulder, or wave like an idiot, before anyone sees i arrived. it's quite tiring sometimes.

oh, please-- yeah, you may be shy and quiet, but you're absolutely adorable, and i'm sure you have quite the fan club. ok, when you're 19 is hard to compete with the noisy "popular" set and, but give your contemporaries a couple of years to grow out of their silliness and you'll see.

02.10.2009, 09:06 PM	#21
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I have a problem with the grammar here. You can't MAKE a MISSED connection. That's a contradiction. You can make a connection or you can miss a connection. If you MAKE a MISSED connection, you're making a connection. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.10.2009, 09:13 PM	#22
Kloriel expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,554	I think that is the point, grammar or not. It is trying to emphasize the missed connection and then give that broken punched in the stomach feeling of abject regret and self loathing a potentially dangerous, somewhat delusional, second birthing.
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02.10.2009, 09:26 PM	#23
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, but... __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.10.2009, 10:48 PM	#29
vulva the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041	I made a fake w4m posting in the casual encounters page on craigslist saying I was a 19 year old asian girl who wanted to sex that weekend and play video games. 50 responses in 20 minutes.
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02.10.2009, 10:57 PM	#30
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Hot girl on New Year's Eve: rock_god_marty@hotmail.com Let's do it again. __________________
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02.11.2009, 01:15 AM	#31
ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	most people don't really notice me anyway. seriously, i had a lot of those, all due to shyness. ah well. if i feel really good around someone, i'm not shy anymore, so i don't think it's a big deal. __________________ blog flickr
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02.11.2009, 01:16 AM	#32
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I was going to hit on a particular friend of a friend but then my lease end and I had to leave San Francisco.
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02.11.2009, 05:37 AM	#33
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I can't help but think that anyone scanning craigslist for missed connections that feature them, is a little.... odd. so, in order to find your missed connection notice, she needs to be a little sad and lonely to begin with and so if she answers, its kind of an easy score, is it not? They have this kind of thing in the daily trashy free newspaper here. Its really really daft. sorry uhler. you seem like a really decent guy, you should really work up the courage to start and ask girls out. Instead of aiming for spazzys that search craigslist for mention of them. __________________ tiny and lost.
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02.11.2009, 08:10 AM	#35
lechaoscestmoi the destroyed room Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 589	one year and a half ago, during my summer vacation i met one of the cutest girls i've ever seen. we were talking for like an hour and later her friend came and asked me what i think about her, which i thought was a hint. the morning after, she had to leave before i could say goodbye, and i had never seen this girl again - until a couple of weeks ago while i was walking down the street and suddenly bumped into her. i looked into her eyes and she didn't even seem to recognize me, so i just kept walking away. later i found her on facebook and added her as a friend, which she declined. since then i've bumped into her even a couple more times (turns out she moved to my school), but i still don't have the guts to tell her who i am.
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