Am I the only person on here sick of all the ads featuring gross yellow teeth? Makes me really want to come on here and check my mail. Jeez..

This is like coming up with a monologue and not knowing who the audience is. I guess I have some ideas about what I would like in a guy, but why set parameters this early on, haha. Well, maybe I should mention some. I am looking for someone around my age, living in my area and I am not looking to date anyone with children right now. I would describe myself as a low-maintenance, laid-back, very eclectic old-school person. I have a pretty upbeat attitude on life, when life hands me lemons I just deal with it. Am pretty resourceful, like coming up with clever ways to fix things or figure something out. I have a good sense of humor, I love to laugh. Can usually always see the silly in the serious. I am pretty mellow, but that doesn't mean I don't get excited over things in life. I like doing a lot of different activities, I am usually up for anything. Enjoy both going out and hanging out at home. Just want to have a good time :) My position on dating, both in-person and online, "Once and awhile you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."

*Update*
The Mea Culpa Disclaimer
When I mentioned above that I didn’t want to date someone with kids, I meant no kids. I am just not at that point in my life right now. E-mails telling me to “keep and open mind” or "lots of people have kids now" only make me think you don’t know how to comprehend what you read. I am looking for a guy with responsibility. By that I mean a job, hopefully not living with your folks (unless you take care of them due to illness, or you are trying to save some cash during these crazy economic times, that’s cool) and a reliable mode of personal transportation. Not a little person that you have every other weekend.

Location, location, location. I really am looking for someone in the Syracuse area. I have done the long distance thing before and it’s kind of a depressing scene, only seeing each other on the weekends. I’m sure if I found the right person I would try it again, but in all honesty I'm not really looking for that right now. It would be nice to have the ability to make a spur of the moment plan and see the person in twenty minutes instead of an hour and a half or something.

Recently, I quit smoking cigarettes. So now I am not really that interested in dating any smokers. Probably kind of like how before I quit non-smokers were not interested in dating me. It's like a reverse Catch-22. Only on my part this is more because I don’t want to be tempted to cheat and light up again. This might change in the future, but right now I don’t think I can do it. It's probably going to be hard enough when I go off the patch soon.

Feel free to message me, I will write/talk to just about anyone. But please, do not give the impression that you are giving me a sales pitch about yourself or making me fill out a questionnaire. I think a free-flowing conversation about random things makes it easier to figure out if we should meet at all, not just listing our likes and dislikes and what we like to do to see if we are compatible. Just because people have similar interests doesn’t mean they are going to hit it off.

I don’t know if saying these things puts me in a bad light, but to be honest I really don’t care. I only care to be honest about what I am thinking. This is how I feel and maybe saying it will separate the men from the boys. If it prevents me from having some first dates with guys that probably couldn't handle me anyway, am I any worse off? I do dance to my own beat, but it would be nice to have a partner sometimes.

Man, I've had some first dates that have started in some seriously unexpected places. So whatever. I'm sure we will figure something out. I always like grabbing a coffee and walking around downtown if the weather is nice.

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