If you are married, only looking for someone to have casual sex with., looking for  friends with benefits, if you are someone who has to always be in control or if you think the way someone looks is most important, you aren't the person for me. If you are a scammer,  I have no problem figuring out what your HIDDEN AGENDA is so you are wasting your time with me trying to scam me.

I am looking for someone to be a best friend who will have similar morals and values, someone who will treat all people with respect no matter who they are, where they come from or what they look like. If I can find a person like that to be a friend, hopefully that friendship will develop into a long term relationship over time.

I have been separated for 4 years; have two daughters - 19 and 13 who are very independent, work full time, but I still have time to work on a relationship when I find someone who would like to have the same kind of relationship as I do.

I enjoy intelligent/stimulating conversation, hiking/exploring new places or anything outdoors, home improvement as well as many other things. Anything is fun if you have someone special to spend your time with. Anyone who would take the time to get to know me would find I would accept them just the way they are and I expect the same in return. All I ever expect from anyone is their honesty.

These are some things I think are important qualities to have to make a relationship work:

- Don't try to control each other. Walk along side each other instead of leading or following

- Treat everyone with respect

- Don't think of the other person as a sex toy

- Don't expect something from the other person that you wouldn't do for them.

- Communicate well (talk as well as listen)

- Know how to compromise.

- Jealousy can mean you don't trust each other enough

- Being with someone who is judgmental or critical isn't much fun

- Don't be overly possessive or smothering...a little may show that you care.

- Be natural not pretentious.

- Treat everyone as you would like to be treated yourself

When someone loves us, it teaches us love, kindness, charity, honesty, humility, forgiveness, acceptance, and all of these can counteract all the evil in the world. For every good deed, there is one evil deed. Man alone has the power to control the balance between good and evil, but because the lessons of love are not taught often enough, the power is too often abused.