Missed Connections

I am not sure when someone else will actually read this blog, but on the off chance anyone stumbles upon it, I will admit freely that I love Craigslist and I read their Missed Connections section everyday. More than once a day in fact. Religiously. I don't know about anyone else, but I check each listing carefully to see if somehow, the love of my life may have passed me like a ship in the night. And yes, even though I am gay, I check the missed W4M connections as well. Although it certainly wouldn't be a love match, I would take a W4M MC as a compliment.

Do you know how many missed connections I have had in the one-year plus I have been looking? ZERO. Now, I have no data to confirm how many people actually "connect" with their missed connections off of Craigslist, however, I have a friend who has had at least half a dozen online missed connection posts, several which have led to dates. He is tall, well-built and shaves his head, which may be why he can find his "MCs" so easily online. Being bald really is a distinctive feature which I lack. Maybe I need to only wear fuschia colored shirts (which I would never do with my complexion) in order to get noticed. Even so, I am not discouraged. I know one day my MC ship will come in.

I have, however, posted two missed connections to guys with whom I thought I shared a moment: neither merited a response.

Lesson Number Three: A Missed Connection has to go both ways in order to be a connection in the first place. That stare you are getting from a certain someone may only be because your outfit is more mismatched than even you thought after dressing in the dark.