Why is dating in your 30s so hard? I sometimes feel like I'm rolling up to the train station with my roll-around suitcase, super eager to go on the vacation of a lifetime, only to find out the train has already left. Six years ago I had a medical scare with my vision that "took me off the market," and while everything is mostly sorted now it just feels like I missed out on the best years for meeting my Princess Charming. Tinder and Bumble can do everything in their power to beat me down and try to defeat my hope, but I'm not going to stop fighting. I'm a romantic at heart and deep down I know you're out there. Just please, let's find each other before we turn 50.

I am retired. What a weird way to start a paragraph, but I want to put it all out there. It all ties back to the aforementioned medical scare. Odin gave his eye for knowledge, I gave half of an eye for early retirement. It is a service connected autoimmune disease I got when I was Pakistan 14 years ago. I just figure it's going to come up eventually, so better to do it sooner than later.

Now on to the fun stuff. I love stories. The canvas on which they are provided doesn't matter to me. Movies, TV shows, books, manga, video games, smoke signals, whatever. I go to the movie theater 2-3 times a month. I think I enjoy the critiquing more than the actual watching. What would I have done differently? What did I like or dislike? Why did I enjoy this character more than that one? Same with books. Although, lately I'm more hung up on how authors have a tendency to rush out the ending. It's like once they solve the overarching conflict their mind isn't in the closing. That and it's interesting to read multiple books from the same author and see how they grow as a writer. Fantasy is more my jam but I'm trying to branch out for curiosity's sake. I'd like to one day write my own book, not necessarily to be published, just more so for myself.

I do play video games, which seems to be the deal breaker / maker on reddit. Currently I'm bouncing between Fallout 4 and FFXIV. FF scratches my social itch. I'm totally down to try anything co-op, just as long as it isn't a MOBA.

Lastly, I'll end with the physical stuff. Here is a pic of me. I'm 6'1", 170lbs and I would like my partner to be of a similar fitness. I would very much appreciate a picture in return. My intent is to find a lasting relationship, so if you just want a flirty chat that leads to you ghosting me two days from now let's just go ahead and skip to the ghosting part now.