if you are between 40 and 55ish...
you are single, widowed or divorced
gainfully employe
has a house, home or nice apt.
has a car...a bank account...

you must like people and have a very positive attitude...
you have to know how to laugh even at yourself... it would be nice if you can tell a good joke and see the absurd side in life and not let it get you down...
hopefully have already raised your kids...
pets are fine...

smoking is not...
drinking occasionally is fine...drinking everyday and to excess is not...
even though you live in Houston I prefer someone that does not have road rage,

though the occasional shooting of the finger is fine...lol
cursing once in a while is ok, but if you begin and end every sentence with an expletive we are not going to be on the same page...

you need to be able to respond to this e-mail/ad with more than a one-liner...
you need to be either a professional or someone that can communicate both verbally and in writing...
looks really don't matter, to me it is whats inside, but at the same time I want and need chemistry...(I am a BBW, but with a nice set of legs and a young looking face that belies my age)
I am bi...I love women...so if this squeaks you, we are not a fit...I may or may not share them with you...that's up to me, not you...
I am a serial monogamist...I only have one man in my life at a time and I am looking for a long term relationship...
you need to want to be with me more than you are away from me...(daily phone calls are required)
you need to want to be a couple...(live-in with the right person may be doable,
but I am not looking to get married)...

you must be good for your word...I am...if you say you are going to do something then be a man of your word and honor it...any promise I make, I keep...
I like movies...dining out...good conversation...road trips...BandB's...photography...

music ( r & b, jazz, soft to classic rock, some of the classics's and a few instrumentals, sorry no rap allowed)
sports (I like most any sports both at the field and on TV)
I love to cook and entertain family and friends...
BBQ's are nice, but I am not a beach bunny or the kind that wants to be out in the Houston heat all the time...though I have sailed for many years in the past...

and last but not least I want someone that will be a kid with me again in our middle years...

I want someone that will walk in the rain then take their shoes off and squish the mud between their toes...go fly a kite with me...have a picnic at the lake with just us and watch the clouds go by...on the spur of the moment buy a coloring book and sit down with me and color...on a lonely road late at night have a make out session and then run a stop sign on the way home in the middle of nowhere and think we are still wild kids again and laugh all the way into the bedroom...look forward to the holidays and making them special...in other words I want someone who still has a zest for life and has not let the work and world wear them down...