Wonder-ing if you're out there. I don't have a magic lasso of truth or golden bracelets to deflect BS, but I'm pretty good at it anyway. It should be pretty easy to find your perfect match with all the tools we have available these days, but I still haven't found mine. I'm hoping he's here in the Chicago area and not living in Tierra del Fuego with his 7 sisters and a goat. I know, I know... it's important to think positive, but how much is the plane fare to Tierra del Fuego anyway... just in case?

So here's what I'm looking for: a tall, non-smoking self-respecting, clean cut guy who has his life in order and can appreciate, or at worst tolerate, my progressive outlook, my vegetarian lifestyle and my quirky sense of humor. I've been divorced a while, have one grown son, and am physically, financially and emotionally healthy. But I'm realizing that life is so much more fun with a special person by your side... someone who's got your back and values your presence in his life. I'm retired, but keep busy with volunteer work and my neverending quest for knowledge. I'm looking for someone who's mid-50's or older, who's preferably tall and husky (that's what I've historically been attracted to), and who has the time to devote to a relationship. So if you're out there, maybe you'll get caught in my lasso. However, if you're disrespectful, attached, a smoker, a hunter, or born after 1958, we're probably not a good match. And if you're interested in endless correspondence, I think there's some nice ladies in the state prison who'd be delighted to have you as a "penn" pal.

Ok guys.. pssst! c'mere. I want to tell you a secret. You can stop telling us how passionate you are. We get it. You like sex. Big duh!! Listing sex as one of your interests is just tacky.

I've come to learn that no matter how good someone looks on paper, if you meet and there's no resonance, it's probably not going to take a romantic turn, and that's nobody's fault. I'm looking for that one I can't get out of my mind. Like this guy....

"His eyes looked directly at her, and she felt something jump inside. The eyes, the voice, the face, the silver hair, the easy way he moved his body. Old ways, disturbing ways, ways that draw you in. Ways that whisper to you in the final moment before sleep comes, when the barriers have fallen. Ways that rearrange the molecular space between male and female, regardless of species. The ways are simple. We have made them seem complicated." -- Bridges of Madison County

Now that I've eliminated most the male population here, who's left?

Let's not call it a date. Let's call it a brief introduction. I don't mean meet in the parking lot of Mcdonald's to check each other out as one guy suggested, but a cup of coffee or a drink, or a light lunch is a nice start, preferably in a place that doesn't have crayons on the table.

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