I'm seeking a woman who is open-minded, thoughtful, reasonably intelligent, compassionate and likes to have regular phone calls, to befriend and see if we can develop a connection. I'm not wanting to find someone to have an exclusive relationship with, but it would be nice to find someone who I can show mutual care and support towards.

I suffer from clinical depression, which leaves me withdrawn often. I often play video games when like so, I'm into strategy and RPG games. I consume cannabis regularly, particularly when my mental health plays up as I find it helps stabilise my mood. When I'm not withdrawn I'm usually focused on one of my projects, most of them being beekeeping related. I manage and interact with a number of beehives and I'm always learning more about bees and having various projects that I'm working on.

I enjoy learning about history. I tend to go in phases where I obsess over some period, and watch every movie, documentary, tv-show and lecture that I can find on the period, particularly if I've found a good video game that's set in said period. British dark ages and Roman history are my favourites. I also enjoy cooking, and most especially eating spicy vegetarian food. Currently with music, I'm most interested in experimental music, but in the past I've really been into punk music, partly due to appreciating the nihilistic, anarchist and counter culture themes.

Digital privacy is important to me, and I'm only comfortable with having personal conversations with someone if I feel confident enough that my messages aren't being shared with a third party eavesdropper. Because of so, I won't be using apps like Skype, Kik, Snapchat, WhatsApp or Discord to talk to you. Nowadays, I pretty much just use Telegram and Wire, but I'm open to a few other apps that use end to end encryption for messaging, such as Wickr.

I can feel a bit awkward when messaging someone at first on here, and it helps if you include some information about yourself. I'd like to know your age, where you're from, if you have any hobbies or interests/what you like doing for fun, and what about my ad made you want to contact me.