Hi! I'm trying my luck in romantic endeavors and I'm hoping this will be worthwhile. I'll begin this message by saying that I'm hoping to find a man to develop a meaningful bond with that will evolve into a committed, monogamous relationship.

I'm an introverted, lighthearted and curious person. I want to live a relaxing, childfree lifestyle which includes traveling and experiencing what the world has to offer but also cozying at home on most days. My general interests are landscape photography, technology, video games, true crime documentaries, horror, history, anime and electronic, classic rock, and hip-hop r&b music. I'm politically left-leaning and strongly atheist. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs of any kind. I consider myself to be demisexual (and "vanilla" intimacy-wise.) I'm black American, plus size (but still at least a little bit cute, I promise. Just kidding, I'm fairly average-looking), around 5'6" or 167cm height-wise, I have long hair, dark eyes and I always wear glasses. I currently reside in the southeastern USA (get me out—I long for a change of scenery and political landscape!)

I long for meaningful conversations, silliness and affection, someone to look forward to talking to and spending time with, someone to become an important part of my life and for that to be mutual. What are the odds that I find love from this Reddit post? Presumably low, but never zero.

I'm looking for an introverted, nerdy or nerdy-ish man who's single, childfree (i.e. doesn't have any offspring and don't ever want to reproduce or raise any offspring), monogamous, emotionally available, intentional about developing a committed relationship, politically left-leaning, atheist, financially stable, honest, patient, empathetic, enjoys frequent communication and ideally shares similar interests with me.

I'm not looking for a man who's recently out of a relationship, still pining for a past romantic interest, divorced, anti-m arriage, has an STD, promiscuous (i.e. has casual "relations" whether in-person or online—if he participates in NSFW subreddits, he's NOT who I'm looking for) or casually doesn't know what he's looking for on a dating platform.

Please be within the ages of 25-31, able meet in-person reasonably soon (within a few months) and regularly, and a citizen of the USA, Canada, Europe or New Zealand (as those are the only places I'd consider relocating to.)

Please don't message me to ask if I'd be willing to make an exception for xyz.

If we sound like a match, please send me a "private message" instead of a "chat"—write about yourself and include the phrase "mandolin rain" somewhere in your message to let me know that you've read the entirety of this post.

I won't respond to low-effort or obviously copy/pasted messages and I won't respond to newly created or throwaway accounts.

I look forward to meeting you. ♡