My name is Mark and I'm an easy going, maybe slightly better than average guy hoping not to be on this site too long.

I exercise daily but am not an athlete. I won't run a marathon or join you on your morning jog, but I do walk rather than drive if I can and will join you on any endless walk down a beach. I am not Einstein, but I am a little smarter than the average bear (or Mr. Ranger). I do know the difference between a floral arrangement and supermarket bargain flowers, but send me to the store for milk and you might end up with some of them anyway. I can't touch my toes without a groan, but can see them every day. I don't laugh out loud hysterically very often, but I do smile all the time.

Got you confused? Well that makes two of us, which I guess is the whole point of being here on this dating sight. To be an "us" and not a "me".

If you like to join me, send me an email and we can see where it goes.

I'm currently employed as a senior systems manager in the IT department for a large environmental engineering firm headquartered in Cambridge. I've been there for the last 16 years and although I like my job, it's only a job. I work so I can do the things in life worth doing. I travel fairly often, both on business and for pleasure. Starting to plan for my retirement and been saving significantly for years. After all, only 10 years to go!!

Treating a woman the way she should be treated. With dignity, respect, affection and lots of attention. I love giving or doing the little things that say so much about how you feel about the special person in your life. Unexpected flowers, a card for no reason, and a text in the middle of the day just to say "Hi" and that I'm thinking of her. Most of all giving her that smile that says it all when I walk in the door or the look across the room so she knows I think I am the luckiest guy in the world to have such a beautiful woman in my life.

Also pretty good at whipping up a quick dinner and especially a breakfast for two.

Finally I'm good at just being a pretty good, decent, average, normal guy. But then again, who doesn't think they are "normal"?! Gotta go feed my pet dragon!

My eyes I think. I have a certain knowing and appreciative look that people really seem to like.

Movies: Young Frankenstein, Better Off Dead, Zombieland, James Bond movies (all of them except for the Roger Moore ones and even they are okay in a pinch), Monty Python and the Holy Grail

TV Shows: Two and a Half Men (before Charlie Sheehan left), Big Bang Theory, Surviorman, Conan, and any travel show. Californication is great!

Books/Authors: Tom Clancy, Ken Follett, new bargain authors on my Kindle

Music: Anything but Rap. Hate Rap!

Food: Italian, Chinese, Steak, White Chocolate, Coffee

My daily calendar with a 6x6 picture of a new tropical beach each day
Sunday morning with someone special
White Chocolate (Lindt truffles especially)
Surprises
Coffee the morning
Laughing and smiling
A very special woman in my life
Slowly kissing the above someone (that's...um, eight! So shoot me!)

Getting off this site by finding the right woman...or her finding me. I am fine alone but know in my heart it would be so much better with her.

Home watching TV or reading recovering from a long work week of having to get up at 4 AM. Hope to fix that soon....both the job and the lack of the right person to share Friday nights with!

I actually fairly recently learned to hula-hoop. It was a challenge from someone I went on a cruise with after they swore there would be a contest on board and no men could ever do it.

BTW- It was no contest since there was NO contest!!

If you are young at heart, love to travel, don't take life too seriously, are emotionally available and have the time for a relationship if things work out. I like dating and it's fun, but ultimately I am looking for that someone very special for a long term relationship.