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| Location: | Minneapolis Minnesota |
| Zip Code: | 55437 |
| Age: | 46, Pisces |
| Height: | 6 ft. 0 in. |
| Hair, Eyes: | Blonde, Hazel |
| Body Type: | Athletic |
| Ethnicity: | White |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Politics: | Didn't Say |
| Education: | Associate's Degree |
| Income: | $75,000 - $125,000 |
| Job: | Computers, Hardware |
| Drink: | Drink Socially |
| Smoke: | Smoke Occasionally |
| Status: | Single |
| Have Kids: | Yes, living with me |
| Want More: | Didn't Say |
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| Personality |
If I could change my profile name, I would change it to: "Something's Missing". Jon Mayer's song parallels the seasons of the year with a relationship. One verse's lyrics goes like so:
When Autumn comes, it doesn't ask.
It just walks in, where it left you last.
You never know, when it starts.
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart.
Those of you who have met me, know I am not here; as one female's profile stated, "to add another notch to my bedpost". I am truly stepping out of my comfort zone for now, because I have been in a couple of committed relationships for 95% of my adult life.
I have been dating a beautiful woman for a little over a year. The good has outweighed the bad, but the bad hasn't improved in spite of sharing my innermost feelings with her. The leaves are turning color.
Before getting on this system, I told her I plan to start dating other women because I was spending too much free time alone. (Among other reasons I wouldn't post) Brutal honesty, but I believe this is the only way to do it. I am not a cheater.
I don't have my children every other weekend and on Wednesdays. I chose to go to school on Wednesday evenings. "Schooools, out, for, summer!" When l I feel comfortable enough with you to have around my children, more of my time will be available. They are old enough to stay home alone, but this has been a rocky transition that we are taking in stride.
My original profile:
If you stop reading this half way through, please read the last paragraph and provide me with your opinion.
I decided to add some of the fishing pictures from last summer so I could make an accurate analogy. Internet dating is like fishing on Mille Lacs with a 20 to 28 inch protective slot limit. Due to the slot limit, we had to throw all of the fish in the pictures back. I came into this system because I don't have a lot of spare time to meet people. I hope to find a trophy (life-long partner) by meeting different people more efficiently. If you, or I, do not match up as life-long partner-material with one another, maybe we can just be friends and go out and have fun until one of us realizes our goal. Isn't this what we are all doing here?
Incidentally, five out of six fishing trips last summer were phenomenal. The last trip, we got skunked. I hope my internet dating experience exceeds our fishing trips, in that I find the one I long to find. If that you might be you, please don't be the one that got away.
I am a single custodial parent of well-behaved 12 and 14 year old daughters. Four years of parenting class, respecting them as individuals, and respecting their relationship with their mother, have contributed to raising good children. I hope they are well-prepared in dealing with the difficult peer-pressure situations that lie ahead of them. As parents, we all dread these upcoming, challenging, years.
I won't ask for something that I cannot provide in a relationship. I am honest, respectful, affectionate, caring, driven, and I like to continuously improve the areas of my life that mean the most to me. I try to make decisions based on solid principles, because principles have stood up to the test of time. Principle-based decisions are more powerful, even if the people you are dealing with have more power. I should emphasize, at least they are more powerful in the long run.
These areas of life that mean the most to me include; Parenting skills/family, relationship, professional life, education, my spirituality, and hobbies that we may share, or hobbies I enjoy while we are apart.
I am looking for someone with similar values as me. Someone who knows where they are going, but are not afraid to sample a detour once in a while. And if you are still with me, you qualify for the next trait. Someone who has patience. (No, not because you need patience to be with me. Impatience is simply a major turn-off to me. I dated an impatient woman for seven years. it just isn't an attractive characteristic, to say the least).
I have two, two year degrees, and have exceeded in approximately 60 credits of difficult Cont. Ed. courses) My company has sent me to school a few times for repairing lasers. I have been with my employer for more than 16 years.
Now that you know me better, I would like to know more about you. As part of my continuous improvement process, I would like to understand what you liked and disliked about my profile. My profile ultimately paints a picture of what is important to me. Feedback from you, positive or constructive negative feedback, might help me shape my existing values during my final 45-plus years of life. (if I am as fortunate to live as long as many of my relatives).
No games. (Unless it is a board game or a game of cards).
Remember, if you find Mr. Right, set the hook, but don't play him until he is tired.
Very respectfully,
Steve
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| Personality Type: | Outgoing |
| Want To Find: | A woman ages 35 to 49 to date |
| I Party: | Couple times a month |
Interests:
I Like: | anything outdoors, Boating, BWCA, camping, communicating, cooking at home, dancing, doing stuff you like, down hill skiing, enjoy time on my 40 (up north), fishing, hiking, movies & theater, open to try new things, playing board games, playing cards, pool, rollerblading, school, skating, sliding, snowmobiling, swimming, tennis, travelling, tubing |
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