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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Missed Connection

I love reading the “Missed Connections” listings on Craigslist. It’s a guilty pleasure, but not that guilty.

I had to read this one twice.

HunkyBoy, do you read these? - m4m - 35

It’s been so long since we were together.

I moved to Miami, you continued on in school and the distance got the better of us.

For years, I thought about you on a daily basis. We reconnected briefly, but we both were taken.

I moved to NYC and we emailed each other again, but this time it was different. You told me your BF was upset about us talking the last time. So, without another word, I stopped. I wanted you to be happy, and I think you are.

I started to think about you less and less. It came to the point where you would pop into my head and I would think… hey.. this is the first time in a few weeks that I have thought about him. I was ok with that. But now, I’m moving to Brooklyn. I went through things, trying to pitch stuff I never use and I came across all the love letters you sent me. Now, I can’t stop thinking about you. I’m finding myself looking for you when I’m out, just in case you are here on vacation or something. I don’t know what I’m expecting since you have someone and so do I. I think I just need to get it off my chest and hopefully let you know that I’m still thinking about you after all these years. And… I still firmly believe that you are my soulmate.

That hits a chord within me. Maybe it’s because I see so many relationships that make me think, “Why are you with him? He’s clearly not right for you.”

And also (I admit), I see other relationships and take it a step further: “Why are you with him? He’s clearly not right for you… I am.”

Or maybe it resonates with me because I could see myself writing the same thing in 10 years, but with different locations. And without the phrase “Hunky Boy.”

Posted by Aaron on August 31, 2005 10:45 AM