The missed connection becomes a real shot at love

When else but today can you spot a potential boyfriend from afar and still manage to go out with him even though you weren't able to make contact the first time you laid eyes on him? The Internet is helping real relationships come to life by providing more than countless dating sites, but by providing a place for people to try to find someone they've seen before, but didn't have the chance or the nerve to ask out, something that's now known as a missed connection. Craigslist in particular has quite a lot of missed-connection ads, and thanks to these, a lot of relationships have bloomed, although some have admittedly fizzled out. Still, it's nice to know that people can get a second shot at someone whom they thought they would never see again. This interesting CNN article takes a pretty good look at this new type of personal ad. Kind of makes you wonder if you've ever been someone's missed connection.