Online dating is like holding a hot horse shoe, you can only hang on so long then you have to put it down!

Greetings: I am Bound for Texas! Arrived! Just getting settled in the Austin area (Temple for now). Relocating and expanding my all natural dog treat manufacturing business into Austin, Dallas, Houston then New York. The large market and family makes Texas a good place to relocate.

Lots to do and see in the area. I do enjoy road trips, discovering new cafes and odd bars.

By the way, if I do write to you please understand I have taken time to compose a true and sincere note to you. Not a cut and paste so take the time to read my letter.

A few of my OMG dating moments:
The lady who sent me her daughters photo as her own and they look nothing alike. I still cant figure that one out. I am not blind, stupid maybe.
The lady who, after a month of dating, admitting she was married and living at home with husband and kids. Even women cheat.
The lady who suggested our first date be at my place. Who could say no, I should have.
The lady who listed athletic in her profile but was so large she could not have jogged around her refrigerator.

Ladies consider this, I WILL notice these rather large and glaring inaccuracies in your profile. Your dazzling and wonderful personality will NOT carry the day and offset lies. I will be annoyed. (Nor will offering sex carry the day but you should offer anyway!)

I know my profile and photo may seem stern and serious, I actually have a really good sense of humor. Like, why did the chicken cross the road... (just kidding)

Words in a woman's profile that cause me concern:
"Soul Mate"
"Not seeking Mr. Perfect but Perfect for me".
"Looking for someone to sweep me off my feet".

My "plan" is to find that final relationship: a warm, loving woman with an element of style and grace. I am attracted to sophisticated, intelligent women. If you don't know the difference between Washington DC and Washington state we are not a good match.

I am better educated, traveled and sophisticated than my photo would lead one to believe with a good sense of humor. I tend to be a bit old fashion (open doors, ladies first, pull chairs, etc) but I am not old acting.

I've read Aspen each summer has a wine festival, I've thought it would be a fun event to attend.

My kids are now grown and off to college, they are wonderful young people. I am very blessed! I am also on good terms with their mother, my ex-wife. My siblings and I get along very well, they are great people!

I am seeking a long-term relationship for I have no interest in playing around. I’ve been single/divorced for over ten years, educated, work for myself, and have had the good fortune to travel many places.

I am 6’1, 230, blue eyes, broad shouldered, slow to aggravate, open doors, avoid animals in the road, clean up well, willing to try new things, get along with kids, have numerous suits I avoid wearing, worked for major corporations including wall street and am a genuine nice man. I learned my manners from John Wayne movies (my politics are very moderate unlike John Wayne) and my mother. No, I cannot leap over buildings but have been known to have one fall on me, or so it seemed.

In my youth, I was ejected from an elegant restaurant in Paris so I could truthfully say “I’ve been thrown out of better places than this”. Yes, women and alcohol were involved.

By the way, if I write you it could be good luck for you! Many of the women I write respond they have just found a boyfriend! Is that not amazing! I wonder how that happened? (I guess the luck turned bad? Since I placed this comment not a single woman has written she has found a boy! Sorry!)

"They made a wasteland and called it peace." Tacitus

First date, meet for a coffee at a local coffee shop or Starbucks. Women use the word chemistry as a way of saying they find you attractive and are willing to be seen in public with you. You could probably decide over coffee if you have chemistry.