I come across as a little intense in writing--I'm a writer by profession and it just seems to happen that way. I'm not so attentive to these profiles, I find the questions restrictive, since I don't have a black or white answer for any question--except one.

I got this theory on human relations that derives from honesty--not always so easy to find. I'm a writer, so the line I started from was one I developed, goes like this: I need honesty from people. And I find it very hard to get people to be honest with me who cannot be honest with themselves.

I don't think like most people, especially when it comes to dating. I don't play "hard to get." I would not be interested in--nor even attracted to--someone who likes me better when I ignore him. I don't think that kind of attention makes me more desirable, I think it makes him pathological. Also, I am not a woman that needs to be called every night, nor even every three nights, but I refuse to be treated like I am rushing a man down the aisle if I happen to call him two nights in a row.

I think this about paraphrases my marriage experience: "When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always" (Rita Rudner).

I'm a Writer after leaving my 15-year career in Healthcare (I started young).

Wouldn't you just like to know.

Usually my humor quickly shines through.

Book: A Prayer For Owen Meany (John Irving).
Music: Too much to list. Eclectic.
Food: Not a big eater, but Italian and Sushi top the list.

What props me up as a person isn't what I want my friendships & dating life to start out to be about, but one I'll list, since it keeps me dating, is:

Hope.

How to get out of my head all the time about things.

Lately, home.

I'm partially left-handed--in things like Swimming, Dancing, and Tae Kwon Do.

You want to get to know me better. Kindness counts, and ultimately honesty, but only if you understand that honesty and being a gentleman are not mutually exclusive, get where I'm coming from?

Cheers.