I'm mostly looking to find a close friend who is available to talk a decent amount each day. Doesn't have to be constant though, obviously, especially during working hours. Basically, I just want someone who puts in some effort. I tend to talk a lot, respond to messages relatively quickly, and importantly if I'm going to be gone for a few hours (or if my responses will be delayed for a while e.g. while playing a game with my family) then I'll let you know. That is surprisingly hard to find for some reason.

However I am not opposed to a relationship down the line, especially if you live within around 4 hours or less driving distance to Cincinnati, OH (I have tried longer distance in the past and it can strain things a lot). The reason I'm not immediately seeking a relationship is because I just got out of one about two months ago, but also I am in a transition period in my life at the moment where I'm not working due to some depression and ADHD stuff, but I am trying to return within the next 2-3 months. So I feel like it would only be fair that I have a stable job before getting into another relationship. Again though, if you want to strictly be friends I am 100% open to that and it's what I'm primarily seeking. Oh, and I work as a software engineer!

Anyway, about myself! I'm very passionate about video games, music, anime, and movies (probably in that order for most interested to "least" interested). I especially really love anything that gets a strong emotional response or can make me cry. I feel like all of my favorite games (at least single-player) and anime have all been emotional stuff. My favorite movie ever is Your Name and if you've seen that you know just how much of an emotional roller-coaster that is, haha. I do like playing multiplayer games though! I play with my siblings sometimes (I have 8 of them) but they aren't available as often these days. So if you want to play co-op FPS games or farming games or anything else really (I'm a Steam player mostly) then that is a plus! Definitely not required though. The game I'm currently into a lot right now is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, but I have loads of suggestions for games to play.

I also have a history with music in that I was a band kid in high school up through college a bit (bari sax mostly). I have since retired from playing sax but I have just started to learn bass guitar! I wanted to try something new and different and I like it because I can play songs I actually listen to, whereas with sax I was mostly playing jazz but I don't really listen to jazz in my free time. Speaking of listening to music, I am into quite a lot of different stuff but just to name some genres: classic rock, 90s alt, ska, pop punk, electronic, j-rock, and vocaloid.

Another aspect of myself that I have learned to appreciate is that I do have a very kind heart, I have been through a lot in my own life and met a lot of people who have been through a lot as well. So I think that has enhanced my empathy and I just generally like to listen to people and offer advice and comfort whenever I can. I also hand out a lot of compliments (even to strangers in-person) so hopefully that's OK!

As far as looks go, I am 6'3", 240 lbs (gained some weight from depression stuff but I am losing weight), thick medium-length brown hair is that is going gray (trying to figure out what style I want to go with, it's usually shorter), glasses, green eyes. I have some ear piercings but no tattoos. Clean shaven. Willing to share a picture after a bit if things go well. Anyway, if I've captured your interest I would love to hear from you!