Missed connections happen every day. You see someone in passing (maybe on a train, maybe at the laundromat), you post a “missed connection” on Craigslist and 99% of the time, nothing comes of it. But once in a blue moon… you actually find that person!

What are the odds? Well, it happened to these people, and they tell us what happened next.

1. Dating!

“I saw this girl at Starbucks that was just gorgeous. Looked like she was distracted going through some stuff on the phone so I didn’t say anything. (don’t wanna be that guy who can’t read social clues)

Left and kicked myself over it later so next day I posted in missed connections. (although I was positive nothing would come of it, just felt good putting it out there).

Around 3 days later get a response. Not from her, but from another girl who read it and liked the sincerity in it. We ended up talking and exchanging numbers and have been dating since. (about 6 months now ).”

2. Well that was nice

“I used to browse Missed Connections. I saw one that said something like, “I see you walking your dog on [street] every day. You’re cute and I’d like to talk to you.” That was my street, and I’d seen lots of girls walking dogs there, so I figured I’d help a bro out.

I sent back something like, “There are quite a few cute girls who walk dogs on [street], you may want to update your post with a description of the girl and the dog. I’m the average looking blonde with the scruffy white dog.”

He emailed back saying that I was the one he was referring to! WHAT. So I thanked him, and told him (truthfully) that I was a single mom going through a hard time and wasn’t ready to even think about dating.

I got a friendly email back, wishing me the best, and that was that.”

3. Quite a story

“I had just moved to a new area and hadn’t met many people, yet, so to entertain myself (I had yet to hear about Reddit) I would post clear jokes (I was not subtle) missed connections. The post he responded to was me looking for Waldo. He responded to me jokingly, as Waldo, saying he was in search of his love Carmen SanDiego. We chatted for a while and we hit it off. Met a few weeks later. Got married a few years later. Getting divorced a few years after that.”

4. Friends

“I met someone from a missed connection. Once we met, I realized that I didn’t have any romantic interest in this person, and he didn’t have any in me. But, we became pretty good friends! We were even roommates one year when I was in university. Even now when we both have our own SO’s, we still like to get coffee and catch up. He’s a really awesome person!”

5. Married!

“I have a good friend that met this guy at a bus stop, I believe. They chatted casually for a few minutes and that was the end of it. Later, my friend was kicking himself for not asking the guy out for coffee or something and posted a missed connection about it.

About a week later, bus stop guy’s boss was browsing missed connections and recognized the description of the guy’s hat so he sent him the posting.

And now, several years later, my friend and bus stop guy are married.

My friend still has a screenshot of the missed connections post saved in his phone.”

6. The classic subway tale

“My friend was carrying her groceries on a busy subway from Manhattan to Queens and this guy gave up his seat for her. They didn’t chat, but locked eyes a few times and as the guy got off, my friend said they smiled and laughed at each other. After she got home her roommate told her to post on missed connections, but when she went on the guy had already posted about her! They dated for a short while, but he then got back together with an ex he’d met through AA.”

7. No thanks

“I found one about me written by a long-gone ex. I let it be.”

8. That took a while

“In college, I got dragged to a barn dance by my friends. Stood around bored for an hour or so, and left. The following week, there was an ad in the local classified section (this was in the 80’s, so that was our “Craigs List ” back then) from a guy describing me to a T. Said “I saw you there and would love to meet you and get to know you better ”

Flattered, I agreed. We decided to meet at a local bar. I got there right on time and looked around. It took me a while to find him because HE SHOWED UP WITH FOUR FRIENDS. He didn’t even talk to me for most of the short time I was there, because he was playing stupid drinking games with his buddies and ignoring me. One of his friends stayed hitting on me and grabbed my -ss. So I left.

He called THREE DAYS LATER and said “You left!” And I was like, “You just noticed?” “

9. Not ready

“I noticed that I’d see the same Ford Focus ST several times a week during my commute. The driver was a total cutie. I caught him staring at me a few times, so one day I waved at him and he waved back. This went on for a few weeks. I posted an ad to see if he was out there, and I got about a dozen responses from guys claiming to be him. I knew immediately who the real one was, because he replied asking if I drove a red WRX.

We exchanged phone numbers. We texted a bit back and forth, but when he sent me this long gushy text about how it was fate and love at first sight, I got cold feet and panicked. I had just gone through a particularly nasty breakup and wasn’t ready for anyone to talk about love at first sight.”

10. Baby on the way!

“I met my boyfriend almost four years ago at a bar that used to be down the road from where I lived. I would go to play darts with my best friend but I didn’t drink. He was there that night playing in pool league. I went up right when we got there and asked him to take a picture of his shirt to show someone else. We didn’t actually become a couple until October of 2014 but we are still together and I’m 6 days overdue with our baby.”

11. There’s that

“Went to see an oddly specific show. Outside, and then all throughout the evening inside, this very tall, but strikingly beautiful woman kept making prolonged eye contact with me. I was with some friends in a different city, and they wanted to leave the bar right after the show, so I didn’t get a chance to talk to her. That week, back home, I posted a MC in her city, and she responded. It didn’t really go anywhere, but she shared her SuicideGirls profile with me that had some more pics, so there’s that…”

12. Sign girl

“Not an actual missed connection, but I was well known in an area I lived in as the “At&t sign girl”

A guy posted on missed connections looking for me and come to find out, he just wanted to give me free tickets to Busch Gardens that he got because he worked there.

If I hadn’t gotten another job when I did, I could’ve gotten more free tickets from him.”

13. Happy ending

“Best friend was crushing on a guy she saw at a bar. Put an ad in Missed Connections. His friend, who’d been with him at the bar that night, pointed it out to him.

They’ve been married about 10 years now. :)”

14. Traffic court

“My step brother posted missed connection for a girl he saw when he was at traffic court. She was there for a speeding ticket just like he was so he thought he had a good meet cute story. She responded to his ad with a polite “thanks but no thanks”.

He did end up meeting his wife on Craigslist a few months later, but just by posting a regular ad though.”

15. A long one

“Randomly my friend saw my name and description mentioned on one of these missed connections and sent it to me. I decided to followed up and went back to the store I originally met her (the girl who posted) and asked her for her phone number. We went on some really nice summer dates. Long walks and talks, drinking beer etc. September rolls around. Then one day we meet up for lunch but she was a little stressed about money and rent.

So I said I would see if i could help her get a job at the place I worked at. Some warning signs started to appear like when I asked her to make a personalized cover letter instead of a generic one and she got upset by that. In any case, she made a new one and submitted it. At work, I put in a good word for her and eventually she was hired. At this point the relationship wasnt past the point of mere dates but that was OK as I was soon going abroad for half a year and didn’t want more. Soon this girls true colors revealed themselves. I noticed early on that it was tricky getting a hold of her at times deducing it to some people being unattached to technology. But realized she had a pattern of selectively getting back to anyone. My Co worker one day tells me that she saw her name on a weekly schedule and didn’t want to work one of the shifts so she just took a pen and scratched her name off.

Without alerting the manager or finding a replacement. As in a grown adult scratching her name off a disposable schedule thinking that that would make everything ok. Anyways long story short: she was a bag of issues and seemed to be stuck in a world that involved bending reality to meet her needs. I wrote her a message on Fb one day telling her how i regretted helping her and then deleted her off my Fb which was like a slap on the face back then. The end.”

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911 is a call we all hope we never have to make.

But these people did. And they shared their stories. Some are pretty tragic, so be prepared.

1. Drunk driver

“Nothing all that dramatic, it was for what I suspect was a drunk driver. She had her blinker on for miles, was varying her speed between 30mph and 80, weaving a bit. Literally had a hard time getting past her as when we would speed up, so would she (this was on a 2 lane highway). Called 911, only time I ever have on a motorist, and gave the license plate number. They said they had a cop a couple miles up the highway and would pull her over and give her a sobriety test.

I like to think the call saved someones life that night, but who knows.”

2. Crash

“I live on the corner of a busy intersection. Every once in a while I’ll get woken up at night by a loud car crash.

Usually I go to my window and if no one immediately gets out of their cars I call 911, in case they can’t.”

3. Horrible

“Last week. Driving home and come across an accident that had just occurred. No FD or PD on scene yet. I get out of my car and dial 911 to let them know location. As I am getting out of my car I notice a girl, maybe 8-9 years old, laying on the ground covered in blood. People are around her, her mother is screaming and crying, and everyone is trying to do what they can. I stay on the phone with 911 until the FD arrives maybe 60 seconds later. They loaded her up in an ambulance and sped her off to the hospital.

I received a call about 5 days after that accident from a detective with the PD. They needed my statement as the little girl didnt make it. It was a very sad sight to see and an image that will stay with me.

Stay cautious on the roads and always wear your seat belts.”

4. Wedding emergency

“I was at a wedding. An older gentleman passed out and one of his relatives screamed. The groom called out to his best man, who wasn’t there. I looked around real quick to see if anyone was calling 911. I saw a couple people with their phones out and almost put my phone away due to the bystander effect, but I remembered people on reddit talking about how no one does anything expecting someone else to do something, so I stayed on the phone. Turns out there was only one other person on the phone with 911. I stayed on the phone until paramedics showed up. The other person on the phone was the older gentleman’s daughter, I think.”

5. Creepy

“Got woken up at 2 in the morning by my roommates girlfriend. She asked to use my phone to call for a ride home. So I turned on the light to find my phone and noticed she was upset. I asked her what happened and she said my roommate was super drunk and got mad and attacked her. So I went to confront my roommate about it while she called a ride. When I walk into his room his just standing there with a dead look in his eyes breathing heavy. I ask him what was wrong with him and he pointed a pistol at me and told me to get on the floor. I hopped the hell out of the room, slammed the door, and slid the dining room table in front of it. Then I ran to my room, grabbed his girlfriend, and ran outside.

I called 911 and told them the situation and they had at least 5 squad cars there in less than 5 minutes. They charged into the house and arrested him. He ended up only being charged with domestic violence. After he got released the next day he told me it was pretty crappy for me to call the cops on him. I told him it was crappy to hit his girlfriend and pull a gun on me. After that I packed my stuff and moved in with another friend until I could transfer jobs to another city. I didn’t want anything to do with him. It’s been like 7 years since that happened and I haven’t talked to him since. I know him and the girlfriend dated for another few months before they broke up and that he ended up marrying his baby momma but idk if they’re still together or not. That night was the scariest night of my life, I hope to never have someone point a gun at me ever again.”

6. Body

“I was playing frisbee with my dog in this camping area and found a dead body. Guy was half buried in the snow and the dog kept sniffing around.

I took the dog back to my truck and then called my wife first, which I immediately realized would seem weird, but she always complains that “all the exciting stuff happens to me.” So I call her and she’s all “I’m on my way!”

So then I tried googling for the non emergency dispatch number, because this guy had obviously been dead for a while, but the search was slow so I just dialed 911. The guy picks up, asks what my emergency is, and it was like that Dave Chappelle sketch.

“Hi, hello, how are you?”

“What’s your emergency sir?”

“Yeah so I’m out here at Missile Park, and I’m preeeeettty sure I found a dead body.”

And then I realize that I got connected to a new dispatcher, because he covers the headset and I hear him whisper to someone, “he says he found a body!” “

7. Gunshots

“I live in an area where the game “gunshots or fireworks?” isn’t really a joke. People set off fireworks all the time and I’ve definitely heard gunshots on several occasions, but there’s never really a way to be sure unless it’s close enough

We were playing DnD in my kitchen one night and we heard 5 successive shots that could only have come from a gun like right across the street. I called the police and my friend called our campus security while we all sat under the table. The cops showed up and asked a couple questions and told us that we weren’t the only ones to call, but I don’t know what came of it. We then resumed our DnD session.”

8. Sucker punch

“I was a dog walker for a while. One day I was walking this tiny little toy Yorkie and was standing on the curb looking down at him while he peed. This guy was walking by and, completely out of nowhere and totally unprovoked, sucker punched me and then just kept casually walking. I stood there stunned, looked around, saw a girl across the street and asked if she saw that. She said yes but then walked away into a building like she wanted nothing to do with it.

I picked up the dog and started following the guy while trying to dial 911. I say try because in the state of shock that I was in, I suddenly forgot how to operate my phone. I unlock my phone dozens of times a day but in that moment, I might as well have been solving a Rubik’s cube. Eventually I get 911 on the line and tell them what happened and that I’m following the guy. He turns around and sees me and starts walking toward me saying he’s going to beat me for following him. This is when I realized that I have my phone in one hand and the dog in the other so I was pretty much defenseless. I start running away to keep my distance but still keep him in my sight so I can direct the cops to him whenever they arrived.

They finally show up and he still kept walking toward me with no regard for the 3 or 4 cop cars surrounding us. They run to apprehend him and the first thing he says? He says that I punched him. They didn’t buy it and they told me they’ve arrested him before. He has mental issues and was most likely off his meds. I kept up with his arrest online and turns out, he ended up punching someone else while in custody that day.

I think the biggest thing I learned from this is that I can take a punch.”

9. Ugh

“Four years ago. I went to see my dad and found him on the floor beside his bed clearly dehydrated with the lamp on top of him.

They took him to the hospital where they determined he’d had a stroke. Looked like he was getting better for a few days. My big sister was looking at facilities as we expected a recovery of some sort; maybe not a full recovery but definitely something.

Then he got way worse until I stood there and watched as his heart stopped.

I didn’t particularly care for my dad… but that sucked a lot.”

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