The navel gazing that's required one of these personal ads kills me. I mean, I'm generally very introspective, I just hate how mostly everyone is saying the same thing, looking for the idealized version of a new romance that will hopefully lead to "something deeper". Yet, here I am, in the fray, writing another goddamn personal ad that's essentially the same as all the others.

About me. I'm a man living in denial. I think I'm cooler than I am, fitter than I am, hipper than I am - I think this is probably what it means to be a dad in his 40s in the 2020s. I rattle around Reddit all day while I work from home, follow the trends, try to understand the memes and lurk in the conversations of people half my age and tell myself I'm still socially relevant while I queue up Pandora and check my Hotmail account. Have I mentioned how much I miss my Zune?

I'm 48, I like to think I look younger but I'm a terrible judge. I have blue eyes, short/well kept beard, short graying hair, and I’m a good looking white guy. I have a master's degree. Insofar as interests go, I have a penchant for the weird (podcasts, fiction, movies, TV shows) and anything weird adjacent (supernatural, horror, genre fiction in general). I pursue a few hobbies in my spare time - mostly the creative type that frustrate me more than they satisfy. I like to go the gym several times a week, but it's as much about getting out of the house as it is about getting yoked. I'd describe my physique as "fit for someone who works in IT."

I'm hoping to meet someone who isn’t looking to commiserate about our marriages/desires gone awry and is instead interested in forging new territory, friendship and more. I'm looking for conversations that are hard to describe, ranging from heady and intellectual to low brow and ridiculous and punctuated with pics and videos, Reddit and whatever else. I enjoy the idea of meeting up at some point, but I realize the logistics of travel and complexities of family life (yours and mine) may not allow it. Age is not an issue so long as we can keep the conversation going. However, attraction is important to me and I'd prefer to exchange pics sooner than later - sorry, I prefer HWP.

For some reason my ads tend to speak to women in the EST, which really cramps my MST style. We can try to work around it, but ignore this factoid at your own peril. Time zones fuck shit up.

Also, know that I’m a libtard soyboy woke socialist or whatever.