Single? Finally shaken off the pounding headache you’ve had all morning thanks to the vicious hangover you earned after drowning your sorrows last night with fellow lonely hearts? Consider checking out kizmeet.com, a new Web site devoted entirely to romantic “missed connections”, like the kind you already guiltily read on Craigslist and in the CityPaper. It’s free, anonymous, and specific categories allow you to hone in on the encounter you’re looking for. Whether you’re posting a listing or simply browsing, you can narrow your search by keyword, neighborhood, gender, date, and type of location (ie. coffee shop, gym, college campus, etc…).

We appreciate the local emphasis, with sections as specific as the C&O Canal bike path, Magruder’s grocery store, and Froggy Bottom Pub. The main downside of the site is that people who use it seem to actually be serious about finding their missed connection, meaning that they are trying not to creep anyone out, so the listings are far less entertaining than the gems on Craigslist.

“Missed connections” have often mystified us. They’re premised on the idea that the meaningful glance you exchanged with someone in the dairy aisle was actually meaningful to the other person, and that said other person is going to troll the Internet hoping to reconnect with you. Sure, they’re fun as hell to read, but mostly because you’re sort of embarrassed for the people who wrote them — or are we the only ones who feel that way?

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