Yesterday evening I was a part of a fashion show and while waiting for the show to start my girlfriends and I were sharing recent stories. I was telling them a story about how earlier that day I was hanging out at the off leash dog park with my pup and stroked up some conversation with a man sitting next to me. It's normal for dog owners to chit chat with other dog owners while they wait for their dog to run around and burn off some energy but I sensed some flirting on both parts. We spoke for a while and discovered  that we live on the same street, we discussed what we do for a living, traveling etc.  Anyway, this blog isn't about me, this story isn't about the cute boy I met at the park yesterday, it's about missed connections. So as I was telling my girlfriend my "dog park" story she gasped and started telling me about this thing online called missed connections. She continues to explain exactly what a missed connection is and what website it is a part of and how I had a missed connection with this guy at the park....

Basically a missed connection is when you meet someone and hit it off but never get a chance to get each others contact information. Or when you see a gorgeous man at a coffee shop,smile at each, have a moment but no conversation. A missed connection is when you meet someone in a nightclub or bar but loose them in a crowd, when you walk away wondering.... could that have been something. Everyone has these missed connections and it really does suck to be wondering about someone you met, or didn't meet, wanting to connect with your misconnection but have no way to contact them. Worry not my fellow romantics , craigslist has a section for everything you could possibly imagine and has just  taken creeping to an entire other level. Missed connections is a section under the personal's category on craigslist.ca. You post in the missed connections section saying things like " I met you at Ultra on saturday night, you  were wearing a blue dress and you have long blonde hair, we spoke for a moment but then lost each other in the crowd. Contact me if you felt what I felt". You post hoping that the person will reply to your posting and will be thinking the same thing you are. 

I myself have never actually posted in this section so I'm not sure of the results but I do think it is a very cool idea. Even though I think it could be somewhat romantic I also do think it is taking away from fate, destiny and the mystery in our lives. We need mystery, we need to wonder who that girl was and what planet she dropped from with legs like those. But that being said this thing could be a major move and has potential to really blow up the web. I hate having missed connections, but I'm not sure that I would ever want to change it.

I'm sure everyone will have mixed opinions about it but either way check it out, maybe someone posted a missed connection about you!

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/mis/