Shirpentine, 44

I love to get out and do things. I like hobbies and creativity. I go to live music performances and live dance performances often enough. I enjoy going dancing as well. I love low-key stuff as well, like a good movie, or good book. I especially enjoy getting together with a few really good friends and playing a board game and just laughing, calling each other names, and bull-s---tin about whatever. I love connecting with people and really getting to know them more than anything, though. Peoples’ stories or their pasts always intrigue me. So much of who we are is wrapped up in our ‘story’, so I love hearing them.

I’m a Christian, and I’m a pretty liberal one. Actually, one proof of that is probably in the fact that if you’re not a Christian I’d still be open to a relationship with you. I feel that the values I have as a Christian can be held by anyone. I believe in courage, compassion, sacrifice, self-worth, apologizing, forgiving people, being honest and real about things, humility, etc. I really want to grow in these things. I’m looking for someone who takes life very serious, but can also ‘let her hair down’ and have some fun. So if you’re the “good little Christian girl who’s never done anything wrong” then I’m probably not for you. I’ll likely offend you too much. I’d like someone who can throw a few curse words around, make mean jokes about people (all in fun), listen to gangster rap and have a drink with me, you know?

I’m really attracted to a woman who knows herself really well. If you’re not in touch with your own heart and mind then I won’t be interested. It feels nearly impossible to get to know someone who doesn’t know themselves.

I'd love to just start as friends. If it leads to mutual romantic attraction, great. If it doesn't, great. At least we've built a true friendship (which is the bedrock of a successful romantic relationship anyway, in my opinion). Let's just start with having coffee or something.

That's probably enough for now,