Casual Encounters Was Our Thing

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/cas/261301393.html

When I was in college, I dated a girl. She and I always rented the same video from the video store and watched it together. It was our thing. After we broke up, I went to the video store to select my own evening entertainment and I discovered our video was checked out. I felt sad because I knew she had it. She was watching it without me. Sure, it was just a piece of hard plastic and magnetic tape, but it was signifigant to us. It was the only physical thing that I associate with a relationship between two people, a bond that no longer exists.

Out on Long Island, a man is going through what I went through. Except, instead of Blockbuster Video's copy of Brain Donors, this man shared something even more special with his girlfriend: that site on the internet with all the sex ads.

Frankly, if CL was what you had with your girlfriend, I'm surprised you were surprised by anything in that relationship. How did you expect your relationship to end? If she's a CL regular, you should have seen that threesome with transsexuals coming miles away. Sorry, it's just how it is.

The author misses the hot sex. He's quite the sweet talker, I must say. I especially like how you refer to your lovemaking with your girlfriend as "encounters." It sounds as intimate as meeting a stranger off of a text-based anonymous sex website. You guys must have really been into CL.

But time heals all wounds. A callous man would suggest you use CL to replace her instead of talking to her. But I know the truth: you can't find someone new from CL. CL was your thing.

Pretty Girl - m4w - 32

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Reply to: pers-261301393@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-11, 9:38PM EST


You know who you are if your reading this. I just want to say how this is not the way I expected our relationship to end. Frankly, never wanted it to end. I realize you have moved on and I'm happy for you but also sad and hurt that you would look so soon. You must know that you have no reason to be fearful of me. I only want the best for you in life. I miss the hot sex we had, Do you? What I wouldn't give to have one more encounter with you. It breaks my heart knowing someone else will now be inside you. I will always love you.

They're all cries for help

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/cas/260821955.html

This post is basically saying more concisely what every other post on casual encounters is saying.

someone please do me now - m4w

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Reply to: pers-260821955@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-10, 11:57PM EST


its a cry for help.

xoxoxo

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cas/258341800.html

The author of this ad is an 18 year old boy who wants to finally rid himself of his virgenity, so he can finally fit in with his friends and be a "real man."

It's hard being a virgen. If you do anything for another person this year, don't give money for humanitarian relief in Darfur. Don't contribute money for cancer research. And please, for the love of God, don't volunteer to help elderly shut-ins. And please please please don't teach this 18 year old E.B. White a single lesson on English grammar or spelling.

Instead, take it (his virgenity) awyw from him. He will give u wat eva u want. Unless you want a woman, because if he could get one of those, he'd have gotten it for himself presumably. But I'm sure this high school senior is totally hooked up and able to get you anything your heart desires.

He ends his ad with "xoxoxo." This was how my mom used to end her notes to me that were tucked into my lunches in kindergarten. Somehow it seemed less profoundly awkward coming from her, and there's very little more profoundly awkward than notes from your mom tucked into your lunch.

help me an will give u wat eva u need - m4w - 18

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Reply to: pers-258341800@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-05, 11:13PM EST


im a virgen if take it awyw from me I will give u wat eva u want any age race please send a pic & contect info please help me thanx xoxoxo

Letter to a Fellow Cowpoke

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/251956740.html

Howdy fellow Cowpoke.

My name is Cowboy Will and I want to tell you that it's so incredibly obvious that you are the most depressed man in New York.

Few people who aren't in tears write "[After 20 years of marriage my wife just left me] - LOL!" Maybe LOL! meant something different in 1951, but in 2006 it means you're a sixteen year old girl. A few examples:

OK use of LOL!: Remember the show Even Stevens? It was like the mature Thats So Raven. LOL!

Not OK use of LOL!: Now that my wife left me, I'm middle aged, divorced, and looking for sex on the internet. LOL!

At the very least, have some standards in a new woman. Believe it or not, some attractive young ladies are into the whole successful older man thing. Act like you have options.

"But I thought maybe you've got a party going I can get into." By party, do you mean vagina? Real cowboys use the term "girlin' hole." It's more authentic, as befits our Western lifestyle. I think it may also be a Native American term that we adopted. I'm unsure.

I know it's a long and lonely trail, but worst comes to worst, take a tip from me: the buffalo can't sue you for harassment.

Later pilgrim,

Cowboy Will

Back in the saddle again - m4w - 55 (Midtown)

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Reply to: pers-251956740@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-12-21, 9:19AM EST


So 20+ years later she says the party's over - LOL! But I thought maybe you've got a party going I can get into.

Successful, generous executive with humor, intelligence, sophistication and confidence. Fit, muscular, obsessively athletic, youthful in appearance. Vigorous, virile, long-long lasting and back for still more. Dominant, in a non-fetish, safe and loving way. Creative, wicked and ravenously oral, too!

You: uninhibited and sensual.

Riders up!

All kinds of denial

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cas/249290757.html

The author of this ad is "intentionally single." Sure, he knows that it is tough being single in a time of stress. And sure, he is so sexually desperate and in need of even the most basic forms of human contact that he's posting on the internet looking for cuddling. But he's not "horny man who is eliciting sex on the Internet." Oh no no.

"This is all so innocent," he lies to himself. Why? Well, it's only "light" making out. That entirely made-up term makes all the difference in the world.

Why is he single? "I am so busy and need to focus on work." Sure you do. Sure you do. You're not so busy that you can't go on casual encounters at 6:13 in the morning. And I'm sure reading CL won't distract you from your focus.

I actually feel bad for a woman who is about to respond to this ad and sees the requirement of smelling good. Damn, this unfortunate smelly woman would say. So close.

Seeking a cuddling/kissing partner - m4w

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Reply to: pers-249290757@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-12-15, 6:13AM EST


It is tough being single in a time of stress. Currently, I am busy with a demanding full time job. To make things clear, I don't want to come across as a horny man who is eliciting sex on the Internet. I am seeking someone to cuddle with and do some "light" making out. Our clothes stay on. This is all so innocent. It is like a friend with a little benefit. I used to have one but she is now in an exclusive relationship. Sounds strange but this would really help me relieve stress. I am intentionally single at this time since I am so busy and need to focus on work. But I miss those times of just cuddling with a cute friendly woman. So if this sounds like a good idea to you, please tell me about yourself. Please be sane, sweet, a good kisser, and smell good. I promise that I am pleasing and easy on the eyes...and have great lips!

There's so much more, little girl

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/247424748.html

This is one of the saddest ads I've read thus far. Its author is unsure of her own age, at first admitting she's 42 and then trying to pretend to be 41. She's scared.

Her big fantasy, her idea of trying something new, is having sex with another guy. She wants to see what it feels like. I don't have the heart to tell her that it'll probably be very much the same. Sure, people vary from person to person, some are better, some are just different. But it's not like nothing is more exciting than a different penis inside of her.

There's so much more! Making out on top of the Empire State Building, going to a swinger's party, anal, making love to a woman. There are so many more things.

If you're dying to see what's out there, don't talk online. Don't post ads. Go out to a bar or a party and talk to a stranger. I can tell you're desperate, eager to have sex as soon as a guy IMs you. It's okay, we all feel like that sometime. But in your 42/41 years and over the course of your marriage, haven't you learned that deep down, what makes life exciting isn't just replacing what you once had but instead discovering truly new joys?

When I was a kid, I went to a high school dance and met this really great girl. We dated for two years. After we broke up, I kept returning to high school dances eager to find a girl just like her. Dance after dance, I was heartbroken as the magic that happened the first time didn't happen again. But you know what? You find redemption somewhere else. And between you and me, you can do a lot better than Craigslist Casual Encounters to find it.

So, go outside! Live! Talk to strangers at the museum! Go to a hotel bar and meet midwesterners! Go to a concert! Or at least dream bigger than finding a "strange cock". There's so much more to life.

Ever want to try something new? - w4m - 42

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Reply to: pers-247424748@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-12-11, 3:10PM EST


Here is your chance, I'm a divorced 41 y/o, who is willing to try anything. I am new to this sort of things, but I'm sure I'll catch on. i want some excitement in my life, nothing more exciting that some strange cock in my pussy. I want to see what it feels like. Its been so long, I'm shy, but maybe if we talk online, we can get right down to having sex as soon as we meet, and am dying to see what is out there.

When I say hide the twinkie, I mean an actual twinkie

http://newyork.craigslist.org/stn/cas/238039704.html

The author of this post knows her fantasy is a little weird, so I'll cut her some slack.

She's a larger woman searching for extramarital sex. And by the way, if your 400lb wife cheats on you, I'd start picking which daytime talk show you want to appear on now or else she'll end up doing it for you.

She wants to play hide the twinkie, which I had at first guessed was some sort of euphamism for sex (hiding your penis, which looks like a twinkie, inside of her). But no, she meant an actual twinkie. That's just sad.

It's even sadder that her body is big enough that it can actually hide a twinkie and that you may have difficulty finding it. It's even sadder still that she wants to play the game several times, suggesting that there are several different hiding places on her body.

Oh, and as an aside, by the way... if you want to poop on her... yeah, she "may" be okay with that. She's naturally shy about the idea. It's not something normal, something she can be up front about. Like hide the twinkie.

bbw seeking some weird fun - w4m - 30

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Reply to: pers-238039704@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-11-21, 11:19AM EST


I am 5'2",400lbs, and have a weird sense of humor. I am married, and cannot do this with my husband. You may find this weird, but I accept my wieght, and want to have some fun with it. I want to go out, have some drinks, go to a motel, or your place cause im married. Then I want to play hide the twinkie. I will hide it on my body, and you have to find it with your mouth, no hands. We will do this a few times, and then if you turn me on enough, I will be more than willing to sleep with you. I know this sounds weird, or degrading, but hey, its my fantasy, if you are not interested, dont respond. If you are into defecation, I may be too.