missed connections

nicolette wrote me a few nights ago to inform me that someone had miss-connected with me. and a few days later, another person stepped forward into the light and confessed that they too had miss-connected. and while it seems like this is something i might have been very excited about in the past, for some reason it did very little for me. it was a party, and i was among friends, and it is unsettling to me why two people might feel a connection of sorts and not say anything in person. moments like those, where someone unexpectedly and boldly reveals themselve is far better than a distant message written to no one but space. and so i didn't reply. not because i was offended or creeped out. but because i'd rather them just tap me on the back and introduce themselves, and if it was any sort of connection, that would be enough.