Date single man from Chico, United States. I am a retired university professor. I grew up in Holland and started a career in the merchant navy and sailed on merchant ships for 3 years in order to see and discover the world. When I turned 22 I discovered what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and emigrated to the US to study forestry and later ecology. I have always loved plants and natural vegetation. While I have traveled and lived abroad a great deal in my life (I have lived in 5 countries), I also love being at home with friends, a good book, a great movie, or some classical music or good jazz. Most importantly I love being with female company.
I am a happy person who loves to laugh, go out with friends, or have them over at my house for a glass of wine, beer, or dinner as I like to cook. I do not suffer from depression, and rarely get angry as I find it damaging to both the other person and to myself. I am even tempered and generous and get along with almost every one, but don't take well to mean (with money besides the other kind), opinionated, and selfish people. I enjoy my male friends for their conversation that is usually focused on the world outside oneself, but enjoy my female friends even more for their views that are more often focused on the world within oneself.
I am affectionate, and greatly value the importance of close friendships. Earlier in my life, life was all about the journey of going forward and outward, now it has become a journey of going forward and inward, towards discovery of both oneself and of others.
Meet someone special from Chico, United States. I am a loving, caring man who says what is on his mind. I have learned the hard way to say what I am thinking when I am thinking it. Once I am with that special lady, I am with you. I like running my fingers through your hair, giving back rubs and being there when you need me.
I am looking for my counter part. A lady who is loving caring and one who is open to communication. I flunked Mind Reading 101. A lady who is open to new things and places and yet likes to revisit old haunts.
I am basically looking for you. Are you that special lady waiting to come into my life?
Date a man from Chico, United States. Sharing and patience with each other; respect and loving; secure and committed to the institution of marriage, not to be taken lightly......not that I necessarily am in LOVE in the beginning but that I choose to make that legal and religious commitment.......Love grows with time under the right stimulus.
How would your closest friends describe you? Serious, committed in a relationship, and caring to a fault.
What are you graterful for? My life here in America and that my parents gave me the correct values to live by.
What are you looking for in a relationship? Besides a beautiful woman who keeps herself in shape she, too, must be inward and outwardly committed to the marriage, loves to be at home as well as ability to adapt and travel at least once per year. I do love to be at HOME......
What are the things in life you're most passionate about? a nice and neat home, a wife I can share and be as one in being that special partner, and I love aviation, when I can afford it.
Meet a soulmate from Chico, United States. Widower seeking someone to share time with, travel, sit quietly at home, talk with openness by sharing person beliefs, experiences and dreams. Someone who enjoys quiet evenings, camping, mountain lakes and streams. Want to travel, both local, road trips and distant places. I'd rather go on multiple trips to a place rather than try to see it all at once. Finding undiscovered or local diners, towns and local celebrations are wonderful experiences. Seeing all our national parks would be a fun goal.
I'm looking for someone to not set the world on fire but to quietly enjoy it everyday.
My friends and family would describe me as loyal and dependable, dedicated to family and friends. I am quiet and prefer to listen and learn. While not necessairly stubborn I do stick to my values and beliefs until I can be convinced otherwise.
I believe relationship needs to be strong enough to accept differences and see differences not as a threat to the relationship but as a strength.
Date single man from United States. I am a 67 year old college instructor looking for a woman to share life's experiences in a permanent relationship. I would like to find a friend and a lover to share all levels of emotional and physical intimacies. My ideal woman would share my other passions for photography, travel, the movies/theatre,etc. and her hobbies and expertise.
Meet someone special from United States. Known as a nice guy who is honest, hard working, loving and caring; I am looking for someone who shares my values and looks at life as something to do rather than something to watch. I see open, honest communication as the cornerstone of a long lasting meaningful relationship and would hope you would feel the same. Perhaps most important to me is being with someone who truly does see the glass as half full, or better yet overflowing!! I am not into anger and see it as wasted energy....a smile is better than a frown, and happy is better than sad.