Ok...Kids first...I am a father first and foremost...if you don't like kids...you won't like me...I do not have issues with my ex...we are attached by our kids and nothing else...I have 2 stepdaughters from my marriage...they are grown but remain a part of my life...and they always will...I helped raise them for the last 18 years

A bit about me...if you look at my profile...I'm no Brad Pitt...but I'm no Shrek either (though Shrek really is kinda cute...right?)

I'm well educated...well read...I look blue collar...and am in many ways...but live and work in the white collar world.

Some days you can find me dressed in a tailored suit...and on others (like any day the 49ers play) I'm in jeans or shorts and a tee-shirt...

I can drink hooch and BS with good ol' boys...or drink fine wine and sip well aged single malt scotch with govt officials from other countries (which I have done).

I have traveled all over the world...and look forward to continuing that journey with someone special

I am**** (not arrogant) and confident...but I can also be vulnerable...I'm human

I'm honest to a fault...and that sometimes leads to hurt feelings...but it's the way I am...

If you want details of my triumphs...or my failures...just ask

Oh...and I happen to be a surprisingly good listener

And if you look at the pics in my profile...you will see that one of my pets (I have 2 dogs) is a teacup chihuahua...Paris Hilton's dogs wish they were as spoiled...she is my baby...and no...I'm not kidding

I always let the women decide the outcome. I like to start with coffee. It's a little less intimate than drinks...and usually quieter...so you can talk a bit...if there is a spark...and she wants to move ahead...we would go to a nice quiet dinner...if that goes really well...she decides how the evening ends.