+++ First off, let's not waste each others' time. Not really interested in someone who doesn't return calls or texts for 5 days at a time or talking to each other 6 weeks before meeting lol +++

I approach my profile like a resume, lol, or maybe even a blog, so it's in sections and has my thoughts on each. This is long, so get eye drops and coffee. What a dork :)

------------------------------------------------------------------BASICS------------------------------------------------------------
As for me, Arizona native, Bachelor's in business with Masters on the way. Sometimes I think I should be back in 1940 with my values; opening doors, leaving little notes, holding hands, etc. I love playing all sports, going out, indoor stuff (movies, games, etc), outdoor stuff including jet skiing, quadding/atv'ing/ hiking, camping, rollerblading, mountainbiking. I have played classical piano for 30 years and rock/metal guitar for 10. I like reading, TV, board games, cooking, baking, traveling, I can go on and on. I'm silly, caring, sensitive and I can talk talk talk. When repeating a story, I give DETAILS, ladies. Yes, details.

--------------------------------------------------------------WHY I'M HERE ------------------------------------------------------
Do I really need to explain the bar scene? I think not. Someone outside the bar before they become 'not themselves'? Maybe. After 3 tonics? No. I mean hey I like a good drink myself but no one's in the right frame of mind there to really find someone seriously nor am I interested if all you want to do every weekend is go have drinks.
p.s. Since a lot of guys are jerks on this whole online thing, the apprehension I get from girls, I'm NOT just trying to get in your pants, ok? It'd be way easier and faster to go to a bar if I was all about that. I would think the online thing would be for patient people that are looking for the real deal like I am. That whole paragraph sounded kinda funny lol

--------------------------------------------------------BEHAVIOR AND SOCIETY-----------------------------------------------
Here's where I go off, strap yourselves in! All of this below will sound strong, especially coming from me who is friendly and bubbly, but I know what I'm looking for unlike most men. I hate it to sound like a checklist or to sound angry or bitter, which I'm not, but I'm looking for someone who can put their cell phone down while in a drive thru or grocery store checkout. In the store is fine...not while checking out! lol You can talk to your friends anytime, be courteous to the clerk! Hehe. Seems like today I can't go through a 4-way stop sign without someone getting upset. Let it go people, ha! Also, I cuss but not f this and f that loudly in public everywhere I go... Outspoken is okay, but there's appropriate and inappropriate times for everything. That and people who are always saying what celebrity they think is hot and drool over...tell it to your friends, just not around me. What am I then, chop liver? It seems like general manners and 'ladylikeness' (I made it up) are a thing of the past. Seems like most girls now are just dolled up men. I would like someone who doesn't mind getting dirty to hit the lake or go camping. Someone who is family oriented (my parents have been married an almost unheard-of 45 years), intellectual, and caring. I hear too much about "I hate my dad, what an ahole" kinda stuff. Not that it's someone's fault that they're born into that situation, but it's just not gonna work out with me if you have issues. If you are stronger because of it and over it and a better person, then kudos. I want someone who likes dogs! This is a must...not just someone that can 'tolerate' them and sort of ignore them. Please don't be someone who texts me 87 times while I'm not near my phone and haven't had a chance to even return the last one, or a drama queen.

---------------------------------------------SUPERFICIALITY, MATERIALISM AND MONEY----------------------------------
"Keeping up with the Joneses", or the $30,000 a year millionaires in this place we call Phoenix. I make very good money, but you don't see me with 4000 square feet and a Corvette and having no savings, debt, and poor credit because of it. I live very well withing my means. So to my point, I hear a lot of people saying "I need my man to be financially stable". Really, seriously? Have you seen the news lately about the economy? Does that mean the moment he gets laid off (which is very likely today) that you'll dump him? I've been laid off 3 times and have always been current on all of my bills and credit, and still enough to take her out on the town! So does stable mean he has prepared himself with tools that open doors for him when things go badly,or are you gold digging? I'd prefer to ask if someone is financially "responsible", not stable. No one's ever stable in today's world. But you can be responsible and not blow it all on 4,000 square feet and Corvettes with no budgeting or future planning. I mean sure, I splurge on things sometimes, but not constantly to where it buries me. There's my two cents, no pun.

---------------------------------------------------------PHYSICAL ATTRACTION------------------------------------------------
Oh boy here we go. This is where I appear to be Prince Charming so far, and then, whattya know, as down to Earth as I am, I am also human. We are all shallow to a point, so I must say it now. I have an extremely wide tolerance compared to most of what I look for physically in someone. These stupid magazines put ridiculous expectations in people's minds. Most men freak out if their girl puts on 5 pounds. Quit that, jerks! I am a sucker for brunnettes with curves. No 12 year old boy hips. Dirty blonde or even regular 'tastefully done' blonde okay, but if it is the super ultra platinum blonde that's whiter than my teeth and you're so orangey tan that I can use furniture polish from my coffee table to blend in areas on your body, you'll be leathery in 10 years. No thanks. Again, I don't mind some meat but if you don't have a regular regiment to take care of yourself with exercise then we have a whole other problem with health later. The other turnoff is if because of these magazines, a girl is so insecure with her looks that it affects intimacy, then that's just as bad as women not liking a confident man. We're even.

----------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY----------------------------------------------------------
And so I ramble on...if you made it this far, to bottom line it...I'm looking for someone who can act accordingly to the situation....not a free for all as it seems with a lot of people now. Someone who picks their battles, doesn't sweat the small stuff, and will drop everything to help me out if something bad happens, as I would for her. Someone who has the 'put yourself in their s

Dang, ran out of room from above lol

shoes of how you want to be treated' attitude. Someone who is touchy feely too. What ever happened to massaging a girl and not always expecting something in return, guys? To do it for the sake of doing it because you care for them? And to that point, do any girls do affectionate things like rub a guy's arm for more than 35 seconds? I can do it for hours. Geesh.

=========Who I am:==========
Told I look better than my pictures...weird lol
Romantic
Cuddly and very sensual. I'm a good goose-bump giver ;)
Live by values and ethics
Non confrontational, I don't raise my voice or jump down someone's throat
Dependable
A good communicator

=======Who I am not:==========
Adulterer
Drunk
Abuser
Someone who doesn't ask you how your day went
Someone who lets video games and sports dominate my weekends
The type that puts an abs picture from my bathroom mirror on here
Perfect

Wow, I really, really had fun writing this. Maybe I see a career change in the works! Maybe I should write a book. Entitled: People are Stupid. Did my profile have to be this long and broken down? No, if you have any common sense and are normal. Heh, what an oxymoron, common sense isn't common anymore. If you're 9 out of 10 people I run into that do all the stupid things I ranted about above yes, it did have to be this long. That way these things aren't discovered on the phone or in person and we just wasted each other's time. Now that you've made it to the end, you're either exhausted, confused, gave up early, hate me now, or want to elope immediately, or all of the above. Maybe if you hate me now I can fix anything on a house, car, or computer, that'll help ;)


FIRST DATE!

Coffee shop...something simple. The fancy expensive stuff comes later if we hit it off and I know someone's not just trying to get a free ticket.