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MISSED CONNECTION: You’d Been Texting Me About Pumpkin Spice Martinis

Me: still confused You: the elusive chanteuse

Stef —

Jun 10, 2021

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MISSED CONNECTION: I’m Sorry I Went to the Gym Instead of Letting You Fuck Me in My Twin Bed

Maybe I would have been something you’d be good at.

Vanessa —

Jun 4, 2021

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MISSED CONNECTION: You Deleted Your Comment on my Instagram Post

You: Sophomore, bought me a beer the night Obama was re-elected Me: Freshman, about to have my first relationship with somebody else

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 26, 2021

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MISSED CONNECTION: Gay Brunch Apology

You: The two women from my past who I judged too quickly during a chance brunch encounter Me: The dyke who apparently projected her own hangups about middle school onto…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 24, 2021