Gender you seek: male
Your Age: 44 (I’ll be 45 in a couple of weeks)
Age range you seek: 21+ (I'm in a "friendship" right now, but keeping my options open)
Top three hobbies:
1. reading
2. creative writing
3. “cruising” used bookstores for hidden treasures
Top three "life" goals:
1. to be a successful teacher (one who teaches my students to think)
2. becoming a published author
3. staying fit and healthy
Top three pet peeves:
1. people who have an entitlement mentality
2. “friends” who don’t respect my boundaries
3. Christians who spout what the Bible “says” but who neglect what the Bible teaches (I’m a Christian, and I can say that)
Top three turn ons:
1. a man with a quick wit…
2. …great pecs…
3. …who shares my love of greasy Chinese 
A good day consists of:
Combined alone time with loved one and then friends
This could include anything from Sunday brunch and than a quiet afternoon reading the paper, to a backyard barbeque followed by a romantic evening watching the stars.
Eat IN or Eat OUT or TAKE OUT?
Depends. I love to cook, and I love to eat well…and then there’s the occasional greasy Chinese… 
I rank health issues (good diet, exercise, etc) VERY HIGH to NOT IMPORTANT
VERY IMPORTANT, especially as I get older. I’ve recently lost quite a bit of weight (with a little ways to go), and I think I’ve finally got the hang of this working out thing.
I am VERY CLOSE to NOT CLOSE to my family
CLOSE. It’s just my sister and I now, and we stay in close contact despite that fact that she lives across the country.
I would like to become CLOSE or NOT CLOSE to my SO's family.
CLOSE. Family is important and I would hope that my SO’s family would be supportive of us. However if this were not the case, and though I would always be respectful, I wouldn’t hesitate to severe contact if they interfered in our relationship.
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“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
—Maya Angelou