The thing about Valentine's Day isn't that there's somehow more love on a particular day in February than there is on every other day of the year, it's that the holiday gets people thinking about love so the feelings become more intense. It's sort of like concentrating on the fact that you have a headache. So, when this time of year rolls around, I can't help but linger on the thought of unrequited love, the only kind that actually exists on the Internet. Thankfully, craigslist lives up to its reputation as a site that has everything by maintaining an entire section devoted to woefully one-sided romances. That place is Missed Connections. Today, I'm here to give hope to all those hopeless romantics who post in MC.

You wore all black today at work - m4w - 29

Working with you is difficult enough for me on a daily basis, but today you wore all black with those boots, and I'm just about beside myself. I keep telling myself that you might not be out of my league...

Don't get all bent out of shape, champ. The truth is, she is most definitely out of your league, and not just a little bit. She's the majors and you're not even bush-league. No, you're that Over 40 league that gets together for a few games every year down at the local rec center then inevitably falls apart when some guy pulls a hamstring and half the basemen sink into a depression about their divorces. That doesn't mean you need to get all down in the dumps, though. She was wearing all black because she had just gotten back from her husband's funeral and now she's totally damaged goods. You're better off without her.

jjb, still thinking of you

why have you disappeared? come out!

Now, look here. Coming out is a very difficult, very personal process and you have no right to push this person into something they're not ready to do, jjb. If you're so hot in the biscuit for someone of your own gender, craigslist already has a section for that.

Sleeping In Another Mans Bed Thinking About You - w4m

In August I Wamted To Wish You A Happy Bithday. When I Listen To The Music You Would Normally Play Sometimes It Plays Unwilling In My Head, From Time To Time. Tonight I Want To Be With You. But Tonight I'm With Him. I Won't Have Another Night With You, Even When I'm Here With Him I'm Still Alone... Without You In My Life..

The next time my mother calls me for her weekly "why haven't you found a nice, Jewish girl yet?" tirade I'll finally have a good excuse. I'll tell her, "Look, mom, there are plenty of girls out there, but I'm not gonna settle for just any young woman. After all, if I'm not careful I could end up with some idiot who capitalizes every word in a sentence and thinks there's nothing more romantic than to describe being in bed with another man."

You're tall, and hot! - w4m - 21  

why are you up so late?
come over and smoke

He's up so late because the last time he hung out with you're good-for-nothing stoner ass he got a contact high from your scuzzy jacket and couldn't finish his extremely demanding architecture project on time. Architecture is a very difficult program and he was lucky to have even been accepted to the school. Now go back to your liberal arts buddies, toke up and write an uninspired paper about Chaucer or something.