Hi,

God I've responded to so many of these posts that I figured I'd just stop and try my own... As the post says, I'm looking for genuine friendship. Over the last few years I've cut out a lot of my toxic relationships and I'm really only left with a few (that's sad), and I'm old and busy so it's not like I'm meeting people to hang out with all the time haha!!

About me:

Graduate student at a top 10 university (I've had no one to celebrate this with), I also work as a logistics manager (in the process of making a career switch)

I love deep and real discussions, obviously, we have to get to know each other first!

My hobbies: Reading (just finished Night by Elie Wiesel), Writing (I've written a novel already, and I've posted some poetry and short stories that I'd love to share!), I'm decent at guitar but just a hobbyist. Gamer but I'm tapering off, playing some WoW, BO6, Disco Elysium... been thinking about buying Stellaris and reinstalling the Halo series on steam and playing through the campaign (I think I'm on 3??).

I'm incredibly open-minded and that's really my only boundary. If you're really closed minded - if you're going to attempt to chastise me for not being vegan - or... really whatever - I'm just not interested. We all live our lives and make the best decisions possible. "Be curious and not judgemental" - Ted Lasso. Would love to meet someone who appreciates Alan Watts, Ram Dass, and Carl Jung like I do!

I'm a practicing Buddhist who meditates daily, it doesn't mean I'm perfect or hold (or claim to know) some spooky knowledge about the world lol. The one thing that may turn you off about me is I only rely on direct experience. I don't speculate or believe in anything outside of my direct (or cognitive/rational) experience. With that said - I 100% do not judge anyone for beliefs, or will try to change or debunk yours. But if you want to talk about something, I'm 100% interested!

I love film and cinematography - I love art in general - specifically, the literary themes that can be parsed out and applied to our own lives and psyche.

Just want to connect with like-minded, loving compassionate people. I will say, while I'm not looking for a partner, I've typically gotten along with females rather than males, but I'm willing to be friends with anyone!

Love to workout! Just finished a half-marathon working on getting up to a full!!

Musts:

Be willing to put in actual effort - I'm tired of always being the one driving the conversations

Eventually, be open and willing to verify who you are. I'm not interested in just chatting with a screenname and some anime picture. No - I'm not going to beg for pictures everyday lmao. But if we can't reasonably verify our identify I fail to see how a genuine friendship can happen. Like I want to be FB friends eventually/etc. Legit, friends. I do not care what you look like - trust me - I'm not looking for a partner.

Add me on discord: m1ss1ngxn0 or just message me on here!

And even if you don't message me - be easy on your beautiful self! Rest your weary soul <3