Hello! It's your (hopefully) local hopeless romantic looking for love in all the wrong places. Jaded by the rat race of dating apps and busy with work, so I've been struggling to make the kind of connections I want. I don't know if Reddit is the best place for that, but I've had better luck here than I lot of more traditional places.

I think it's important to make my intentions clear from the get go, I'm looking for sex, but I also want some kind of friendship.

I miss having physicality in my life. I miss touching someone, kissing them, I miss intimacy and closeness. Don't get me wrong, nothing beats a hard fuck, but it's more than that for me. I want sex to mean something more than just a one night stand.

I want to learn all the ways you love to be touched, teased. I want to learn the best ways to make you cum. I want to fully experience you, your laugh, the feel of your heartbeat, the softness of your hair, all the ways in which you taste. The usual.

Been a local in Champaign Urbana for about four years, been single for about six months. I'm not sure if I'm at the point where I'm ready to date yet, but that is an important goal of mine. Companionship, whatever that might mean, seems like the easiest way to express my desires.

I'm 26 years old, 5’ 10’, 160 pounds. Overall, average. Been getting into working out, have long term fitness goals. I'm a musician, can't say a very good one, but it's an important part of my life and my identity. I'm the assistant manager at a restaurant, so I love cooking and eating out at great spots. Avid fan of souls like and rogue like games. Huge fan of horror and sci fi movies, books, and manga. I went to art school, so I have a deep love for painting, photography, and performance art.

I drink with moderation, I don't smoke or partake in cannabis. I don't care if you enjoy weed though, it's objectively healthier than alcohol. I am clean and will get tested again before any activities. I also firmly believe in safe sex, so don't feel any guilt for asking for things like a condom.

Focusing on the sex for a bit, that's why I'm making this ad after all, I'd like to consider myself to be fairly diverse in bed. Generally speaking, I enjoy exploring my sexuality with people, trying new things, going for greater pleasure and more sensation. So it's not the most useful to say what I do like, because I like a lot, but I'll mention the few things I don't.

Bathroom play, pet play and feet. Mad respect if that's for you, but I'll content myself with blindfolds, spanking and various forms of teasing.

I am an ass guy, and think anal is hot as fuck. Flip side, I understand this is a thing many women aren't the biggest fan of, which isn't a deal breaker for me. I also love power dynamics. I think these are the important things to mention.

I think that should be the gist of it. Hope to hear from you soon.