Have you ever run into someone and have a nice conversation without getting their number or email before saying goodbye? This thing is more common than you might think, to the point that there are numerous websites dedicated to those who want to find these lost connections. If you're looking to find someone you've only met once, there are a number of steps you can take to be successful.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Find a Person on the Internet
Step 1. Type the name of the person you met in a search engine
This is the easiest way to search for someone on the internet. Most people have some online presence, be it through work, school or social media. If you know the name and surname of this person, you can try to search for them through a search engine.
Also type in any information you may have gathered while talking to this person. Did you mention the school you attend? Where he works? Organizations to which you belong? Digital in the search engine along with its name to increase your chances of success
Step 2. Search for this person on social media
Social media is incredibly popular, and there's a good chance the person you're looking for has an account on at least one of the main ones. These accounts may appear during an Internet search, but if this does not happen, try searching directly within the social media themselves.
Try major social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Step 3. Search a personals site
There are dozens of them, along the lines of Craigslist (which is very popular in the United States but not in Italy). Just be careful that this is a serious site: it is very easy to fall into the trap of sites with dubious morality in this area.
Step 4. Use dedicated websites to search for someone
There are websites designed specifically to help people find each other: users post a message and visitors can view it. You can also search within the sites and see if this person is looking for you in turn.
- Try to post on more than one site to increase your chances of success.
- The most popular sites of this type are Happn and Spotted.
Step 5. Repeat your search regularly
The Internet, as you know, is always in turmoil, so your posts on the various sites will be overtaken relatively quickly; it would be better to create new ones from time to time. Plus, people are constantly making new connections on social networks, so just because the person you're looking for doesn't yet have mutual friends to help them narrow down their search, doesn't mean it's never going to happen. Try not to be discouraged and occasionally repeat your search.
Method 2 of 2: Find an Offline Person
Step 1. Go back to the place where you met
If you have met in a certain restaurant, park, bar, or on public transport, there is a chance that this person will return there regularly. Make this place part of your usual tour and you may have a chance to meet this person again.
Try to visit the place at the same time of the day you first met. If this place is part of the normal routine of the person you are looking for, they will probably come back to it at roughly the same time
Step 2. Talk to the staff at the place where you met
If the person you are looking for regularly visits the place in question, it is possible that the staff who work there know who they are. Ask around and see if anyone knows this person; in case of a positive response, ask if he can give you his contact information. Not everyone may be willing to disclose someone else's identity to a stranger; in this case simply ask if they can pass your contact information to the person you are looking for.
Step 3. Try publishing a description of your meeting in the local newspaper
Local newspapers and weeklies often have personal ad sections where exactly this type of information can be posted. If the person you want to find sees your ad, they will have a really easy way to contact you.
As with Internet posts, try to post your ad in as many newspapers as possible. You can't know which newspapers this person reads regularly, so posting more ads will increase your chances
Warnings
- If you suspect based on your meeting that this person is not interested in seeing you again, it is best to abandon the search. If your desire to find her is not reciprocated, any progress you make may be unwelcome.
- If you can, but this person is uncomfortable about your going out of your way to find them, you should respect any desire they have to cut off your contact.
