Hope everyone has a great day today, and best of luck in your search for love!

I guess I'm looking for courtship as opposed to regular dating. Marriage is an important goal of mine but it's not just to check a box. It's not about status but finding deep love and committing to walking life together with someone. I'm not looking to rush nor settle, but I am looking for a man who's also marriage minded.

It doesn't matter to me if we agree on music/tv/hobbies. What sustains love is shared values and goals and some shared interests.

So if you identify with the following, do drop me a letter (no chats please):

-belief in God/some spiritual practice. Doesn't matter what religion or path, but I want spirituality to be part of our relationship.

-don't want any kids/any more kids. I'd rather be the cool Aunt and Uncle who take our friends' kids to Six Flags.

-progressive politics, and preferably someone who wants to be involved in the community. Could be volunteering, advocacy, organizing, etc. I want us to put our values into practice.

-likes city living and wants an eco-friendly house someday. Wouldn't it be cool to rehab an old Victorian with solar panels and a gray water system?

-is interested in unpacking all the bullshit messages society tells us about what it means to be a man or a woman. Our relationship can be a safe space where we support each other's healing.

-likes to dance or at least willing to take lessons with me.

-doesn't hate glitter. I don't wear it every day, but you have to tell me I look pretty when I do.

-30 to 45 age range and local to Philly

About me: I'm a passionate, deep, weird lady. I could do finger painting while we discuss political ecology. I keep that childlike sense of joy alive, yet I'm always worrying about the state of the world. I like sewing and doing crafts, museums, any and all forms of art, learning science stuff, arcades and board games. My current project is the Sleeping Beauty dress which I'll wear grocery shopping. Someday I'll buy a mermaid tail.

I'm sweet, sentimental, throw great dinner parties and like spoiling my friends. I'm the one my friends call when they're sick or having an existential crisis at 3am. I am a terrible dancer and never heard a dad joke I didn't like.

Fun fact of the day: scientists have mapped the genome of Neanderthals. How cool is that?!?!