Date women from United States / Alabama / Saraland, 39 year old

Date someone special from Saraland, United States. I honestly cannot believe that I am actually doing this. I do not want to meet men at a bar, and I definitely do not like being "set up" with someone; I hate that because no one knows what I expect, want, or need except me. I adamantly believe in order for a relationship to work, the people involved must be friends and genuinely like each other and enjoy each other's company; in other words we should be able to just hang out. I also believe in the importance of family. I do not like playing games, and I certainly appreciate honesty, compassion, respect, and humor. Turn offs for me include laziness, lack of ambition, poor hygiene, no discipline, and no manners. I do believe that in order for two people to connect, it is definitely important to be mentally, physically, intellectually, and spiritually attracted to each other. I do like relaxing at home and sometimes I like being a bit of a homebody; I am a high school english teacher, so sometimes I crave peace and quiet. I do believe in playing like kids play sometimes because life can be so serious, and we all need to play like kids occassionally and just unwind and quit being so uptight. I have always been independent, possibly because I am a middle child. I am a bit "old-fashioned" in my values, beliefs, and morals, so I am a little skeptical about meeting someone on match.com. Now, that you know I am a high school teacher, you know why I have not posted pictures. If you are interested give me a wink and maybe we can email and exchange pictures and try to get to know one another. I do believe life is what we make it.