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By: Cardiogirl: 19% body fat 100% fun » Blog Archive » I don’t think there would be as many missed connections at Craigslist if people paid attention to grammar

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:43:04 +0000

[...] know we’ve already talked about your experiences with Craigslist’s Missed Connections ads. But I continue to be fascinated by [...]

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:25:01 +0000

Thanks Angelika — you’re too good to me!

By: Angelika

Angelika — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:40:22 +0000

You have a High Five from me HERE! :-)

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:34:29 +0000

It doesn’t sound like a fairy tale, well it does but in a good way, not sappy. That’s so interesting to me that the chemistry was there through writing alone. As you probably know a huge percent of communication is non-verbal.

It is nice to see that the flame still burns even though the mundane can get in the way.

By: Soonerchick

Soonerchick — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:26:22 +0000

We actually sent photos to each other very early on, like in the first couple of emails, so we had a pretty good idea of looks. And it wasn’t really that weird dating him after writing all those months; I think we both knew pretty early on during the writing that we had something going.

That first date was a long one; we went to a football game together during the afternoon and then met up again a couple of hours afterward for dinner. Neither one of us wanted to leave, so we drove around after dinner until after midnight, just talking.

We both knew by the end of that evening that we were each other’s perfect match. I know it sounds fairy-tale-ish to speak of things like soul mates and such, and I never actually believed any of that hogwash until I met him, and discovered that it’s true; when you know, you just know.

It hasn’t all been a fairy tale; we’ve had plenty of (metaphorical) knock-down, drag-out fights and silent treatments and disagreements about kids and money, but I still firmly believe that he is the only one for me. I believe with the utmost conviction that I could never love or be devoted to anyone else as much as I am to him.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:06:34 +0000

Oh Natural. You really are too good to me.

By: Natural

Natural — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:02:05 +0000

It was almost like, leave the money at the curb and I’ll leave the bike a block down.

ROFL.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:02:31 +0000

Get out of here! Really? Did you two swap photos because sadly I can see becoming emotionally invested via writing and then being put off once you saw each other. Clearly that didn’t happen and I am a shallow wench, but I’m curious.

Also, was it weird to date in person after writing all that time? Did you immediately feel a connection?

It’s still a cool story and I like that your screen name is a variation of his.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:03 +0000

I know! I must admit I’ve wondered if anyone would ever actually want to meet me after seeing me somewhere. Like you, it never happened, to the best of my knowledge.

I love that your fantasy man was intimidated.

I actually bought my kid’s bike off Craigslist and both of us were totally freaked out during the transition. The woman I bought it from was really guarded and so was I. It was almost like, leave the money at the curb and I’ll leave the bike a block down.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:57:58 +0000

Oh Angelika, I thought you knew not to feed the animals over here. You’re just going to encourage this behavior.

Thank you, you’re too good to me.