Don't let the distance deter you, my r4r game is strong!

If you're of a particular age, you will remember the days of MySpace and before, when long lists of 100 questions would circulate with stuff like "Last thing you ate", "Vanilla or chocolate", and "Favourite sound". I am one of the weirdos who LOVED those. Rather than rushing through it, I pondered each question and gave a full and comprehensive response. Those are what seem to have triggered a love for getting to know people, and also sharing with others. I love insights into people's personalities, be it trivial things or the more meaningful.

So, if you'd like to connect, let's start with a little modern reinvention of that game.

1. If your personality could be felt through a song, what song would it be?
2. Favourite place to eat in your city? Send me a link to the menu, and/or tell me what you always order.
3. What is the most important quality that you want to share with someone?

I'm hoping to find

I'd love to meet people around my age ( /- 5 years or so) who enjoy conversation and have significant capacity for it. Preferably single with no kids as that's my life circumstance too which means we will have similar things to talk about. I'm happy to share photos. Humour means a lot to me, and I have a very irreverent and inappropriate sense of humour (Cards Against Humanity style). I am not a particularly sensitive person so am at ease discussing all sorts of topics.

I want to make genuine friends with the means and capability to travel so hopefully one day in the future we can host each other. Reddit chat or message me, but I can also do other platforms if we get along. Be prepared to be open and transparent about where you live and where you're from. If we don't truly click, the conversation will die, and that's okay.

Some tidbits about me

• You can tell from my profile that I love to cook. You'll be getting lots of food/bread photos, so prepare yourself. I'd love to meet someone who wants to talk cooking.
• I am highly engaged by deep conversation, particularly around our understanding of ourselves, how we relate to others, and sociocultural topics.
• I love travel and road trips. I've been to the US many times and have many places on the bucket list, but I love travelling around Australia.
• Not religious or political, and I don't smoke or do drugs or associate with people who do.
• More savage than woke. I am a highly values driven person (respect, loyalty, kindness, courage).
• I lift weights, though it's not an identity. I'm generally into strength and the benefits of weight training.
• Other interests include art/craft, whisky (I drink and collect), music, movies, culture, communication and psychology, and animals (as in, I really like zoos and pets).
• Just to give you an idea of my lifestyle, I am a professional with a great job, I live with my two dogs in my house in Adelaide, I wake up and go to bed late, I start every day with coffee, I take care of my wellbeing as a priority, I have an abundance of close friends, but I am confident going to events by myself and do so often.
• I am a weird mix of both incredibly serious and incredibly silly - if you are too, you'll know what I mean by that. Sometimes I feel so happy with my life, I could burst. I genuinely never experience boredom. I smile and laugh a lot.

I'm not here to burden you with mental health issues, lies, a need for attention and validation, or anything else of the sort, and I am not interested in yours. Just real conversation, real friendship, real connection.

If you read to the end, you must be one of the serious ones, so here is a pic.