Hi and thanks for looking. My name's Ben. I'm 49 and the very proud father of 2 wonderful girls. I could have easily said I'm 40 and you would never have known. I'm a paramedic and have been for almost 14 years. I've recently been promoted to coordinator of my paramedic squad. While I love the sense of fulfillment I get from helping people, I lack the warm embrace of a special someone welcoming me home. I am divorced from a marriage that was well over before the separation. I'm hoping to meet someone who enjoys staying home, cooking (i'm an excellent chef), videos, entertaining, as well as latching onto my arm for a social event, movie, concert, or just a couple of drinks on the town. I'm a very affectionate person and would like to find the same in a companion.
I'm searching for spine-tingling kisses that will make me feel like I'm a teenager again. I'm looking for someone who will feel that sweet ache when I'm not around, who knows that wherever I am I'm feeling the same. I'm looking for honesty, loyalty, communication. I'm looking for someone who's hand feels empty if it's not in mine. In return I will give it all back tenfold. If you're interested drop me a line.
Addendum: At this point, and after quite some time I need to get some things off my chest. Some, maybe many, of you may think it's just sour grapes but I sincerely need to vent after many of the things I've been through with online dating. I am a real person with real feelings. I am genuinely on dating sites with the hope and intention of meeting my soulmate. Once she is found, I know I can make her the happiest, most loved woman in the world. I'm at a point in my life that I am deathly sick of being alone. I pray for someone to do things with, go to movies, go out to dinner, go to concerts, camping, the beach, staying home, talking, confiding in, just a loving shoulder to occasionally rest my head on after yet another horrifying day at work. I am a paramedic, and while I love helping people, I've seen things on a day to day basis that most people would not see, nor recover from, in a hundred lifetimes. Yes, "I see dead people." I have a good career in which I'm held in the highest regard. I'm well educated. I own my home. I'm financially secure. I am not unattractive by any means. Which brings me to my online dating complaints.
I am neither a serial dater, nor a player. If we meet and there is not chemistry, or a physical, or personality attraction, I will not string you along. I am not looking for conquests. I do however believe that intimacy is essential for any loving relationship. I feel it is the ultimate expression of love, therefore precious to me. I do not play games, though from reading women's profiles it seems that men are the only one's who do. That could not be further from the truth. Perhaps I send alot of emails and winks but from those I've only physically met two women. I've had women email me and wink at me numerous times, who after a number of emails and phone conversations during which a mutual attraction was expressed, drop off the face of the earth, tell me I live too far away (there would be no such thing if I met the right woman), or tell me they've met someone else. I had one woman with whom I had definite plans tell me on the day of the date that she dated someone else over the weekend and wanted to see where that relationship went. To me that was both rude and inconsiderate. These same women I've also seen days or weeks later checking their email on the same sites. Who is it that's playing games? I've gotten nasty emails from women for whom I didn't meet their height requirements. Yes, I'm only 5'8" but I don't see why a 5'0" tall woman requires a man to be over 6'. I've gotten nasty emails from women for whom I didn't meet their age requirements, even though I fall within, or one year off of their age bracket.
I do have to offer loyalty, truthfulness, generosity, respect, protection, compassion, affection, and more love than you could ever imagine. If you've read this and think I'm just whining, maybe you see yourself in this note. If you've read this and are still interested, then so am I. I can be reached at mmedic at msn's h mail dot com. I think you can figure it out.
sincerely,
Ben

I truly believe in chemistry, which is an almost immediate feeling. In that case you could find attraction whether it be dining, drinks, coffee, or sitting in a crowded movie theater. In other words, I'm up for anything!