I'm intelligent, fun and very active. Also into watching movies and arguing about them over a great dinner that I cooked (I'm a chef).

I can make you laugh (I bet you a loonie that I could make you laugh in 2 minutes). I'm romantic and usually fall in love much too quickly. I want to be myself because I like myself. Insecure people are very dangerous don't you think.

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Standard Dating Web Site Stuff (SDWSS): Hi ... I like long walks in the park holding my loved ones hand ... good movies ... snuggling ... dogs ... sunsets ... Someone to cuddle with on winter nights ... honesty ... reliability ... enjoy traveling ... gazing into my mates eyes ... I'm a one woman man ... I save lives for a living ... I found the cure for cancer ... I make $ 150,000 a year but I give most of it to starving animals and the obese. Ok ... Maybe I could try ... I have something that you are craving at this very minute ... hint ... It rhymes with cucumber ... how about ... I am the man of your dreams ... your knight in shining amour that has been true to you before I even met you ... YES girls I'm a virgin waiting for my true love that I will awaken with a kiss ... just try on this glass slipper.

Hold on. Where is the REAL honesty on this great web site? Where are the true authentic people? The ones who drink too much once in a while. The ones who really did screw up the last relationship by being too controlling, too anal, too whatever ... but have learned and are willing to try again ... we've all done that right. But if I read your bios ... you are all perfect ... wow ... a whole web site full of tens of thousands of perfect people without any warts ... wanting the perfect relationship ... I want this, I want that kind of bull****. For example ... under smoking ... all answers read never or occasional. WTF ... You smoke ... yes or no ... I occasionally smoke every hour. LOL If you are all so perfect ... dare I say it ... why are you TRYING TO MEET SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET!!!!

Non-Standard Dating Web Site Stuff (NSDWSS): Hi ... I'm Bruce .. nice to meet you ... My last relationship, which lasted 11 years, ended because both of us couldn't deal with our inner child's fears and tantrums. We loved each other but we just couldn't make it work because we couldn't control our stupid egos and truly love, adore and respect each other the way we should have. End of story. Actually the end of THAT story. Learn, remember and then move on. Sigh .... It is so hard sometimes.

Let me paint you a verbal picture: I am riding my mountain bike through one of Toronto's amazing parks and trails at 6 am on an incredible spring May day a few years ago. I stumble upon an image that I can't get out of mind. There is a picnic table beside the creek. There are two mountain bikes. There is a white (linen I think) table cloth on the picnic table. There is fine china. There is OJ. There is coffee. There are steaming baskets full of muffins and who know what else. There is a flower in the middle of the table. Last but not least there is a couple, in their eighties (if I'm not mistaken), sitting, talking, enjoying each other's company. THIS is what I want!!! How about you? The romantic in me believes they have been married for over 50 years and still love and adore each other. But some of you (shame) probably think that they met on the internet yesterday. THIS is what I want! Romance in our eighties. Love and adore the person you are with, warts and all. Because this is the ultimate .... A relationship without judgment, control, expectations (don't get me going on that one), ego. A relationship based on trust, respect, lust and awe. A relationship based on, dare I say it, what's best for the other person. Wow what a concept. Wanting what's best for your mate. You mean I have to suck my ego in and maybe let them explore worlds that you will never enter??? I have to maybe be alone for a while? I have to be secure enough to let my mate fly? YES ... YES ... YES ...

I know I'm being very verbose (if you don't know what verbose means ... maybe you should leave right now). That wasn't nice but I think that whoever is reading the rest of this might, just possibly be, someone who could drive this guy crazy. Someone who could fall in love with me for who I truly am ... who won't try to change me later ... you all know what I mean. Someone who I would die for. Someone whose voice I would hear above any others. There is a song ... Woman in Red ... by Chris DeBurgh ... That's the woman I dream of .. Room full of people and I can't take my eyes off of her. Oh ... Oh ... I'm being romantic with strangers ... acronym time ... RWS ...

Ok I've painted a real verbal picture ... let me paint you an imaginary one ... we get up at 5:00 am some morning in March ... we drive to Hamilton and run the 30 k Around the Bay Road Race ... we drive home full of endorphins ... we are tired, sore and full of life. We turn on the Food channel and veg out. A few hours later I feel the urge for a 6 course dinner. I tell you to relax, take a bath and chill. I start prepping like crazy. First course ... shrimps in love ... next ... Butternut Ginger Soup ... Next Grand Camembert Cheese in Phyllo Pastry topped with caramelized walnuts ... Next Creole Chicken nestled in a bed cool melons with Cranberry Vinaigrette dress

I hope it is my last date!!!!