I would like to meet a woman that is willing to have fun, teach and learn about new things and get to know each other AND a blue-eyed brunette would be great, but...... who the hell am I to get so picky? The truth is, I find all kinds, sizes, shapes, colours or any other descriptors to be attractive. There does have to be a physical attraction, though, but attraction has to go further than that. Trust me, I'd rather you tell me that you're not attracted to me than try to force some kind of chemistry that may never be there. Let's just be honest with each other. It is about the journey, not necessarily the destination, but at some point it would be nice to get there!

As for me, I think I'm a fairly typical guy. I love sports, both watching and participating. I golf as much as I can, I coach a disabled hockey team and Sundays during football season are not days to ask me to go out shoe shopping or something like that. There are 6 other days of the week to go out and do something. If you happen to like football, that's awesome. I listen to Howard Stern when I'm in the car and think the show is hilarious. I may be the guy sitting at a traffic light laughing alone in my car.....that is why. I make no apologies for that, I'm a guy, I find fart jokes and the like funny. I also like to go out with the guys from time to time. It's not all the time but when I do, that's what I do. I would expect any woman I am with to likewise have a group of friends that she likes to go out with and not have me along. If you don't, get some friends.....it's good for you.

I am a very busy man in both business life, volunteer life and just all around personal life. I do a lot of traveling with business and I volunteer as a coach/manager of a local diabled hockey team. I also moved back into a rental property I owned because the people were destroying it and am now trying to build it back up so that takes up a bit of my time. Although I am busy, that doesn't mean I don't have time to date and get to know someone and continue on in a relationship. It's like anything, you fill your day with that which is important to you. If you are important to me, trust me....I'll make the time and then some.

I do like to go out on the town, although I have done a lot of that over my years on this planet, so I prefer quality to quantity when it comes to that sort of thing. I love to cook, especially ethnic and spicy foods, which may seem odd with my very caucasian background (Scottish & French). But as any guy does, I can grill anything......anything. Well, maybe not pudding or something like that, but you get the picture.

I would eventually love to find someone to travel and explore the world with as I would like to continue to do that. If you are adventurous and like to see the world, tell me about it, where you've been, where you'd like to go and what you would do there. Again, the destination is great and we'd all like to get there, but enjoy the journey along the way. If you're like me, sharing both the journey and the destination with someone, even just a friend, makes it more meaningful....and fun.

Although in describing myself, I've described some of what I like in a woman, I'll give you a bit more than that. First, physical attraction. Again, I like all sorts, not sure I have "a type". But, physical attraction is important and must be mutual. If you don't like what I look like, that's not a good thing. Part of a good, loving relationship is the physical part. I can't see a woman wanting to have sex with me if she thinks I'm ugly. And yes, sex is important eventually. That's part of chemistry, showing love, attention, affection, just as much as compliments and hugs and curling up on the couch to watch a movie. I also like an intelligent woman. If I have to explain everything to you, I will get tired of it eventually. That doesn't mean we don't teach each other things, on the contrary. But that is a two-sided affair. It would be nice for you to be emotionally stable. Crying because a loved one is sick is one thing, crying because the peanut butter jar is empty is another. Not everything is a travesty, emergency or worthy of a blowout. I'm a lover, not a fighter. Beyond that, let's just try to enjoy life with someone we care for. If that happens to be you, fantastic.

That being said, I'm not looking to have someone try to change me just as I'm not looking to change someone else. I am me, either you like me or not. That doesn't mean I don't want to achieve personal growth, that is a daily endeavor if you ask me, however personal growth does not include either one of us changing what we do because the other person just simply doesn't like it. Perhaps that's an activity that we don't do together? I believe a couple needs to have personal space as well as together time. Otherwise if you ask me "How was your day today?" my answer would always be "You should know, you were right there!" It's about respect for each other.

I feel I must add this part, although I thought this was basically courtesy but apparently not. If you message me, I'm going to assume you have some sort of interest. Seems reasonable, right? So, if I message back it would seem reasonable that a conversation, back and forth, quid quo pro or something like that would occur. If you plan on messaging me only to not answer back on subsequent messages, please do not. Let's save both of our time from being wasted. Sound like a deal?

If you read this far, don't be a stranger.....

I may be a traditionalist, but I like the first date to be relatively simple, be it a lunch date on a sunny afternoon or dinner and a walk by the river. I think it is paramount that you spend some time getting to know each other through conversation which is tough to do at a movie, unless you want to get into a fight! If conversation dries up quickly then that spark or interest just isn't there and it's time to move on. I think that subsequent dates are great for getting to know each other's interests like dancing, golfing, getting out on the town or a nice quiet dinner at home.