Ok, I've been doing this online crap on and off for a couple of years now. I pretty much gave up because I got tired of the spam and users.

I realize that I'm getting older and that I'm letting life pass me by because of my career and my own insecurities. I do very little other than work and watch TV. Don't get me wrong, I WANT to do things like travel and hiking/camping and stuff but I never do because I don't want to do things alone. Hell, walking into a restaurant alone is one of the worst things but I do it anyway.

"How many sir?" "Uhhh, one." God that sucks!

I'm not obese or ugly or stinky or have problems relating to people. It's just that, from what I'm told by other close people in my life, I don't project confidence and I don't approach women in a misleading way; but saying that I don't project confidence and telling me how to change are two very different things. Also what they don't understand is that having a good woman behind me is where I draw my confidence from! To be honest? I haven't been graced by the companionship of a good woman in almost eight years. ( You feelin’ sorry for me yet?)

I am sure you agree that commonalities and chemistry (and yes sex!) are very important to keeping a relationship together and you should agree if you are thinking about responding. Like hell, your secret desires should lean more toward the extreme than the conservative.

Just as you probably are, I'm pretty picky about looks; so I’m looking for a HWP woman.

Coming from the defense industry, you can pretty much bet I'm intelligent and creative. But unlike others in my field, I spent my teen years learning how to play the guitar instead of dealing with high school, the rebel in me I suppose. I'm 41 years old, don’t look it, rarely act it. I'm emotionally stable, and I just quit smoking. Obviously, since I haven’t cracked up after all this, my emotional stability should speak for itself!

Do you have the ambition to take the chance of meeting a real life, nice guy that all the women seem to be asking for? We shall see.

Dinner and drinks.