...You hope you’re doing it right, you feel the gurgle in your stomach while you try, and the rest of the time, your ass is nervously puckered up to the point of generating intense heat. You could light a cigar off that leather cheerio. No kidding, it looks like Rocky’s right eye after his first fight with Apollo Creed. No need to provide additional descriptors, including the finish...the description is really not the point. Dating just hasn’t been as fun as I had hoped…

But I am stubborn and continue to try. Some of the interactions have been interesting:

“How tall are you?” There are so many height supremacists out there.
“I’m 5’11.”
“Oh OK, that means you are only 5’9, because men lie. Doesn’t matter anyway...I only date men over 6 feet.”
I felt bad. I felt like I had to come up with something.
“Well I’m growing as a person, does that count?”
It doesn’t apparently.

Recently I’ve been pondering what kind of thing I want, and I’ve decided I want to try something a little different. When an airline recently announced their unlimited fly pass deal, it was hard for me to pass up, as I love to travel. Combine that with the ability to work remotely, and I can go wherever I want at this point, domestically. So I’m opening this up to not only the area around me that we can Where’s Waldo down to in conversation, but anywhere. I’m an adventurer and risk taker...maybe there’s someone out there that wants to give long distance a shot? It takes work, but it has it’s perks. Sharing your world around you with someone unfamiliar to it, and them doing the same...just seems appealing to me. The world is as small as you wanna make it, and things can work if you both make an effort...if it’s worth it. The free time, building that want for the next time we’re together, making the best of the time we do have, having time for independence...what’s not to like there? We can still be clingy. We can still work in extra time. I wanna give this a shot. Nothing will probably come of it, but hey, only live once, right? No need to worry about big stuff down the line...let’s try it and just enjoy the moments and if we click beyond those initial phases, we’ll worry about the big stuff later. Are you game?

I don’t have a lot of hardcore requirements as to the person I’m looking for. I’m simple. I just want a girl I can feed tacos to, and tell her she’s pretty, as the saying goes. Someone who is simple as well. Kind. Fun, and adventurous (I don’t mean jumping off a skyscraper). A girl that when she says something, she means it, whether that feeling originates from and is shared from the center of the heart, soul, or the mind...it’s real. Someone to laugh with, learn from, share with and give to. Non-confused, emotionally available, and doesn’t make habits of leading people on, lying, or hurting them. Basically, I’m looking for a fun, honest, real, mature, adult. Bonus for being completely unpetty.

Some of me:

First, and most importantly...I’m the parent of a young child (50% custody), so it would be preferable that you like kids. Or at least mine. She doesn’t need a mom, she’s got a great one, and we co-parent well together. No drama. Part of getting to know me is somewhere down the line, knowing my crazy child. I’m not going to hide her and while separation of the birthed and date may be OK for a while, it’s not something I want to continue long term. I expect I lose some people here...