Date men from United States / Alabama / Lafayette, 49 year old

Date a soulmate from Lafayette, United States. I feel like many of my peers are starting to sit on the beach, take it easy, while out in break I'm raring to catch the next wave. If you feel like life is still accelerating for you, read on.
I doubt astrology means much, but I'm equal parts of my Chinese symbol (the rabbit) and my Zodiac sign (the bull). I've worked for multinational corporations but also owned my own small business. I'm a successful creative artist (writing) but am currently pursuing an MBA. Although I've visited most US states plus many foriegn countries, sometimes the best place in the world is home on a three day weekend. I enjoy the spotlight but don't need it. My sense of humor is one of my greatest assets yet I know when to be serious. While I tend to be diplomatic and open-minded (the rabbit), I can also be focused and foreful when needed (the bull).
My cultural tastes range pretty wide. Right now I seem to be watching more documentaries and standup comedy than movies. Musically I go from Vivaldi to Theivery Corporation to Lee Perry to Foster the People.
I'm a confident cook who's been known to enjoy a cooking class. Sometimes it's hard to muster the motivation to cook from scratch for just me. Most days I watch my carbs and sugars, but I'll still have a couple bites of good dark chocolate (it's healthy!). I aim for one new food experience each week, even if it's just the new flavor of bagged popcorn from Trader Joe's.
In the coming year, I want to become a hometown surfer instead of just a vacation surfer. (Just bought a board!) I want to continue becoming a more curious and visual thinker.There's no such thing as bad travel to me, and I wonder if I can fit in London this year.
All of which means that, like many of the people I read about one Match, I like to think of myself as engaging and varied and multi-dimensional, still very much growing and learning, occasionally making mistakes along the way but trying to recover from them gracefully.
I'm looking for a partner with humor, compassion, integrity, confidence, and passion. Chemistry is important to me. Yes, I'd like someone who makes me bite my lip whenever she enters the room. Physical attraction is nice to start, but emotional beauty is much more important in the long run. To be blunt, I think it's easy to spot someone you might want to sleep with, but I'm more interested in finding someone I want to wake up with next week, the next month, next year. Ultimately I want to find someone I can love and share with. Can you be punny and insightful and sarcastic and sympathetic all in the same conversation? Do you like to hold hands? Can you accept and enjoy someone as they are while also looking forward to who they are trying to become?
I hope you can, and if you can, email me.
PS I've read that people expect other people on online dating services to lie about themselves. This is my disclaimer that everything here to the best of my ability is accurate. I'd love to tell you that I'm 6'2 tall, make $500,000, and drive a Bentley, but then we'd both be embarrassed later down the line and no one enjoys that. I can also tell you that I'm not 5'3", out of shape, broke, addicted, or living with my parents. One thing that doesn't easily fit in Match.com's forms: I was divorced prior to being widowed. Both were years ago, I've grown a lot from the experiences, and hoping for new fun experiences with someone awesome, maybe someone like you.

Meet single man from Lafayette, United States. I am a fun person who cares about staying healthy and being responsible. I am seeking someone who feels the same way about themselves and is looking for the possibility of a relationship. I am single and happy but would prefer to share my happiness with the right person.

Date someone special from Lafayette, United States. My Ideal match may not fit all of the typical ideals, but really, Love cannot be based on too many superficials if it is going to build into something truly beautiful. I have a good sense of humor and long for someone that can make me laugh like there is no tomorrow.

Meet a man from Lafayette, United States. My friends would describe me as the most foul, vicious, and ill-tempered miscreant they've ever set eyes on. I feel obliged to include their opinion, since it seems like the most commonly used intro in women's dating profiles. Considering that you're not meeting my friends, I don't see how its relevant. Nonetheless, and by way of full disclosure…
The remaining details of my life are quite inconsequential. My father, a peripatetic dentist and descendent of Lithuanian kabbalists, and my mother, a one-legged cuban/chinese with turrets syndrome (ask me about her peculiar verbal tic; it caused a few international incidents in the 1970s) engaged the family in a circuitous, labyrinthian, and quixotic crusade against tooth decay in rural Patagonia. It was there, in my youth and naivet?, and surrounded by bad oral hygiene and vaulted peaks, that I first learned to whistle all the songs from the soundtrack to Hair. It proved to be an ominous harbinger.
The clan finally settled in north east Ohio, where, due to an odd ethnic mix in our town, and my own polyglot heritage, I attended a combined jewish/catholic parochial school; Our Lady of Perpetual Guilt. Just preceding my 22nd birthday, I was given an honorary high school diploma, banned permanently from the gymnasium and natatorium, and asked to return several pieces of equipment I had stolen while the president of the AV club for the preceding 6 years. Following graduation, I drank a 12-pack of wine spritzers and stayed out all night. When I sobered, I attended several prestigious institutions of higher education in locals near and asunder, pursuing an advanced degree in cosmology, with hopes of a career as a futurist (possibly on a cruise ship). Fate, the cruel mistress, intervened, and marooning me in Boulder County, forced upon me a degree in transformative dance from the Naropa Institute, shortly following my 41st birthday.
Leaving the carefree life of higher education aside, I turned to my other, all consuming passion: trolling internet dating profiles in search of the most awesomest mate, a recalcitrant quotidian and mauve, my other 46%, and the harmonic union, unconditional regard, and erotic synthesis of all that is good, right and true in the universe.
Or, somebody to have dinner with this weekend…

Date a soulmate from United States. I am a person who likes to have fun enjoying the adventures that life has to offer. I have two children, one of which is still living under my care, (half time), both very important people in my life. I don't like "drama", uncertainty, lack of communication etc...and I am really just looking for somebody with a mutual attraction, who knows who they are and wants to enjoy life and have fun. I am active and happy. People tell me that I don't look my age. I am easy to get along with. I am a "one woman type of man" and am definitely looking for a "one man type of woman" I believe in getting to know each other first before we can become intimate.
I know how to treat a women and really appreciate a women who knows how to treat her man.
I love life, try to keep a pretty good outlook on it and try to see the positive in every situation. I enjoy meeting new people and believe I can learn something from every person whose path I may cross...regardless of race, age or economic status.
Other things that I enjoy doing are activities in " the great outdoors of Colorado, cooking, movies, dinners out, hiking, cooking together, music, the mountains, good food (Mexican, Italian, sushi) traveling and working out. I enjoy running. Today I am clocking 7.5 minute miles, yesterday 7.00, tomorrow who knows. I appreciate goal setting and working toward accomplishing goals big or small. I also enjoy road trips that are close in proximity or across the country. This summer, my son and I traveled down into Louisiana, Florida, uo into Pennsylvania and Illinois and back to Colorado. It was a great experience!
I do love children...if you have kids, that's alright with me. I am not excited about being on Match and I am looking forward to experiencing whats next in my life.

Meet single man from United States. I'm looking for someone to take things slow. I am honest and loyal and value the same. Open communications is definitely important.
I enjoy life and meeting new people, however I am a little shy at first. I value friendship, and this must be a first step for any relationship.

Date someone special from United States. Colorado born, I value my grandparents way of life - conservative, respectful, the belief in tradition (chevrolet, baseball and apple pie...haha)
Looking for what every normal person wants, honesty, respect and the ability to treat each other like you'd like to be treated.