Community Corner

Finding Love in the DWI Awareness Class

A man is trying to connect with a woman he met at a drunken driving class at the Eisenhower Community Center.

It had all the hallmarks of a great romance: She caught his eye as soon as she came into the room. He was surprised when she sat down at his table. They got to know each other while sharing stories — and learning about drunken driving.

Wait, what?

In a “missed connections” ad posted Tuesday on Craiglist, a man tries to reconnect with a single mother of two he met March 16 during “a long ass DWI Awareness class” at Hopkins’ Eisenhower Community Center.

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He describes sitting at the same table as a beautiful single mother of two who had a beautiful smile.

“It made me smile to see you smile, and I'd like to have the opportunity to see that great smile again,” he wrote.

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They chatted together in the hall afterward but he “wimped out” and didn’t get her number because he felt it was such an awkward place to meet someone. He’s been thinking of her since then.

Click here to check out the ad and see if you might be able to help the man give love a shot.


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