UPDATE: I have thrown in with a startup venture capital company. What that means is either I'll be buying that 2,000 acre ranch in 5 years I've always wanted, or will retire as a Walmart greeter. Gonna be interesting, either way.... Oh, and my bottom dweller fish choice? With a name like that, how could I resist!?!?

ABOUT HER

Please read carefully. I know you are out there, somewhere. I know what I want, I know you exist. But I'm not sure where you are. Or even if you would be on a dating site. I've tried them all. Pay sites, free sites, and here. I've looked for you everywhere, on-line and off-line, that I could imagine. I'm not a bar person, or into the social elite, so that limits my field. If the following describes you, by all means, contact me!!!

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I like strong women. That is, women of good character and fortitude, not the tractor lifting kind of strength (although that would be so WAY cool!!! Save time when changing car tires!). The woman who is self-confident and loves being a woman. A woman who loves the earth; has that spiritual connection with it. Gardening and all that. Knows what it's like to run barefoot through freshly turned soil. Don't have to be a fanatic about it though (but it would be a plus!) :)


She must be:
- very spiritual (but not dogmatic) woman
- used to money, been around money (you were probably raised, made or married money)
- graceful by nature (klutzy in reality is fine... maybe even preferred... LOL)
- great sense of humor
- great TRUE romantic
- attractive, classy and well carried
- slender -- means you take care of yourself!
- can love and be loved unconditionally (yes, I know what I am asking and giving here)
- seeking the romance of their lifetime
- understands and embraces solace at times
- open minded, tolerant and embraces differences in people and cultures
- high standards, high goals, high class
- knows how to have fun
- understands true magical times
- truly understands the intricate bonds between love, making love and spirituality.
- wants not to be put on a pedestal but longs to be an equal.
- has your own hobbies, interests and friends and like that time to share with them.
- be divorced for a few years. Rebound relationships bite, big time!


There's so much more, but if you are the one, you know what the "more" is already.

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ABOUT ME
I love the outdoors. Ranching. Horses and cows. Hunt and fish . Love animals. Working towards building a ranch in the near future!

I love the early morning! Love to sit out on the porch sipping coffee, sitting by the chimnea, listening to the song birds singing.

6'2", around 200 lbs (maybe 210 after the holidays!)

I'm a single parent of 2 wonderful daughters, 17 & 19. That means they live with me.

I'm very spiritual, but not very traditional. Nah, I don't wave chicken bones and dance around in me birthday suit singing "Dem bones, dem bones". (Although it sounds really fun!) I stick to my native roots for spirituality. I have a very strong faith in God. But I am not a church-going type. If you feel you need someone for that, sorry, but it's not me. I will respect your beliefs as you respect mine (and others).

I changed jobs Dec 2008. I am an investment banker, and so far just love it! But, the first company I worked at was closed by the SEC. How's that for an introduction to a new career! I am in the process of rebuilding financially, cuz kids are expensive.

I was married for 14 years, but have been divorced since July 2001. I have been married twice (widower the first one), and yes, waited to get married later than usual.

I am well educated, well read and very intelligent. I was in the US Marines, and proud of it. I am also well traveled, having been to every continent except Africa and Antartica (will make plans some day to visit both). I have lived in many countries in the first part of my life and visited more since then. Would love to show you around the world!

While I have lots of fun, and have a bit of a wild side at times, I have a strong set of morals and ethics. I'm a man of honor, integrity and honesty, I believe you are what you do.

I have lived a life that most people can only dream of. (Yeah, dangling... but this ain't no English quiz). I feel I have been truly blessed in my life, and appreciate it while trying to live life to it's fullest, without forgetting my roots or who I am.

Kids? Did I mention I love kids? But yours should be about 14 or older (negotiable). And if yours are already grown, PLEASE be absolutely sure you can handle this stage of life again. I went through that heartbreak once before and absolutely do not need it again. And animals. You don't like dogs (or birds or gerbils or fish or gawd-knows-what-it-will-be-next-month), then we're probably not gonna match.

And finally, I love to build things, fix things, and blow up things (which, I must say, I haven't done unintentionally in MANY MANY years! Okay okay.. make that just MANY years... or maybe just 1/2 a MANY... alright you win... a couple of months ago.)

Oh yeah. SCUBA. Ocean. Mountains. Vanilla Pepsi. And I make the best dang hamburgers and BBQ ribs whut ever been made. Fer real!

I love cooking. It's fun and wonderful and I'm a great cook. Love the share the sensuality of cooking with someone!

Besides being described by my sisters as a giant teddybear, I am a complex, simple person. :) I do not believe in fighting or yelling. I have an extreme amount of patience and believe all things can be worked out civilly. A real suburban cowboy (having lived both lives), I do long to return to the ranching life. I miss the days of riding the fences, and taking 100 mile trips on horseback up into Canada. Loved being a cattleman (okay, cattleBOY at the time..) Especially when we made corn squeezin's that one year and one of our prize bulls broke into the silage. Ahhhh.. you haven't seen anything until you've seen a thousand pounds of drunken beef.

Um... I'm okay as far as looks go. It's been quite a while since a cat tried to bury me. And parents don't cover their children's faces when I walk by.. (well, we'll just not count that one lady with the stroller in Ruidoso...)

Probably just a nice little meeting, coffee or something. Or mountain climbing in Nepal. Beach combing in Fiji. Chanting with the Buddhist priests in Kyoto. Singing with the choir at a Holiness church. Riding bulls at the Mequite Rodeo. Someone had "Stupid Human Tricks" on their first date. I actually kinda like that idea.... I'm good at stupid!!