Ever post an ad, feel like you gd nailed it with class and eloquence, then read it back the next morning and ask yourself what stuffy, frigid asshole wrote this shit? Man, I love that feeling.

This is supposed to be fun. Yes, I want serious intellectual and emotional connection, but if we're not making each other cackle with dark, cutting humor, I don't want it. I can dish out and take playful jabs with the best of them, while never making you question the sincere, compassionate, and affectionate human I am at my core. I'm hoping to match with a similarly sensitive soul buffered by a thick coat of sarcasm and irony. Intellect, wit, empathy, and self-awareness to me are all intertwined, so to truly possess any of these is to possess them all.

I'm in an LTR. I love my SO and am committed to her, but I am finding some of my emotional and intimacy needs being unmet. Ideally you are in a comparable situation. I have made peace with the selfishness and deceit that comes with the adultery territory, and hopefully you are honest with yourself about the reality as well. I'm a creative seeking another creative, whether your talent is in visual art, music, writing, etc. Let's connect over our tastes in the arts, film, and literature; and our thoughts on social issues, history, anthropology, the nature of existence, and survival mechanisms under the crushing demands of the late-stage capitalist hellhole that is modern civilization ;-) Right now I only have the capacity for something online, but I am open to something more if circumstances allow in the future. I'm on the west coast of the US, but I love connecting with people from all over the world.

All of that being said, physical attraction is an important part of this too. I'm 5'11" and keep in above average shape by eating healthy the majority of the time and going to the gym regularly. I know attraction is subjective, but I am confident in my looks and have plenty of self-esteem to weather any potential (inevitable?) rejection. I find all different types of women attractive, and my only expectation is that you take care of yourself similarly to the same standard I hold myself to.

I look forward to hearing from anyone this resonates with!