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RickiOnline
Man. 45 years old. Zodiac sign: Taurus.
Looking for: woman. In age: 42-52
...okay, so i gather my previous profile was too oblique. figured i'd give it another shot. i just can't bring myself to write a traditional one, though-- i mostly find them insipid. ***'ll start with a story:so, i broke my neck one time. bit of a bummer, that. i considered myself kind of a busy guy, and hadn't budgeted any of my time for quadriplegia. didn't really like the idea much, to be honest. the doctors said that when the the spinal swelling went down, i would begin to regain some or all of my functions- but they couldn't say just what that would end up looking like. for a time there, mercifully brief, all i really wanted from life was to be able to walk. ...and then something worse happened. i bought an audi. fast forward five or six months-- a friend had warned me not to buy it, told me that old audis were junk. but did i listen? i did not listen. and this car broke down every three weeks, like clockwork, for the nine months i owned it. i could have been leasing a rolls royce ***, for the money in repairs i dumped into this piece. clutch pedal just randomly hits the floor, completely unmoored. the car gradually rolls to a stop. it's raining. and omigod, am i ever feeling sorry for myself. i mean, have i not suffered enough? seriously? i get out of the car, in the rain, and try to push the car off to the side of the road. i can't push it, as i'm still weak as a kitten, the result of residual paralysis and muscle atrophy. (at one point it was all i could do to bench press a broom stick, two and one half times). so i'm leaning into the car with my hips to awkwardly push it that way. i'm getting rained on, and i'm bitter. this is ***, i don't have a cell phone. on top of all of my other frustrations, i have to walk downtown. i am so full of self pity i can barely stand it.and then it occurs to me that, a few short months before, all i wanted was to be able to walk; and now i am upset because i have to. and so i laughed and i wept and thanked god, and i walked in the rain, and if i have had a better day than this one, i don't recall it. i bring this up for two reasons. the first is that, no matter how many times i try to wrest satisfaction from life, i always come back to the same conclusion. the only happiness or peace or serenity or contentment that will be mine, on any but the most fleeting basis, will come to me not because i get what i want, but because i am willing to accept life as it presents itself. in any given moment, i have to walk, or i get to walk. i try to keep that in mind on sites like this- i just want to try and stay present, enjoy whatever moment i happen to be in, and not get weighed down with expectations, hopes, etc....and the second reason: i mean, what good is a story like that, if you can't use it to pick up chicks on the internet?a few random details. i:--prefer travel to tourism***have worked at various times as a blackjack dealer, a short-order cook, an attorney, a dishwasher, a writer, and a paperboy--have a (no-doubt unhealthy) contempt for reality television in all its forms--am well-acquainted with the subject explored in those fifty shades of bad prose books--have a heretofore mostly***seldom wear shoes--think service to others is the only antidote for my selfish nature. o and but though i resist, and resist, and resist--have high hopes, despite the contrary conclusion reached in reason number one, supra --am liberal; spiritual rather than religious; not jealous; and skeptical--am embarrassed by my pictures, but slightly less embarrassed by them than i am of basically every other picture ever taken of memy body works just fine now, by the way, and thanks for asking. i still like to walk.so who are you? tell me things. maybe we can get together over coffee and work together on honing the language in these nifty profile questionnaire responses. mine needs work.
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VictorOnline
Man. 44 years old. Zodiac sign: Gemini.
Looking for: woman. In age: 41-51
Faverate place to be is the near the ocean. I am a hard worker, but like to have fun too. some place to talk so I can get to know you more...
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HeckOnline
Man. 44 years old. Zodiac sign: Gemini.
Looking for: woman. In age: 41-51
I think dating these days is harder then it ever was. We thought high school was tough. the funny thing is it seems that everyone just browse's on here. Yeah, every once in awhile someone gets enough balls to write to a person, only to be ***'m guilty myself, although I try to respond to all or most(not like I'm getting a ton of messages).It's not like we have to meet and jump right in the sack. Hell even a new friend is uplifting. We are all here for many different reasons. Change of venue perhaps????I guess being a nice guy with a head on his shoulders doesn't matter anymore these days. So here it is,the story line:Recently released from prison(trumped up drug trafficing charge) I find it very hard these days to stay sober ***,of course if I had a job that would help. So yeah,I have no money. Matter of fact,I don't even have a place to live or a vehicle. Before I went to prison I was in a somewhat steady relationship,but my infedelity every week put a strain on that. She was same age as me so I guess knocking up that 24 year old didn't help either.Oh well.what ya gonna do.I'm a huge fan of violent sports,but it has no real impact on my life. I can explain all 4 of the domestic abuse charges that were against me.Anyway,thanks for reading. Hope to hear from you soon.OK SERIOUSLY:Been on here before with some success. Met quite a few good people on here some I am still friends with.I work too much so it makes it hard to get out at times BUT lately have been a homebody. Figured what good is it to always work or be gone from home and not enjoying what I've worked hard for.I am divorced 6 years now. Have two awesome kids aged 20 and 16. Oh can't forget the 1 year old dog.I am a smart ass and shoot from the hip.****I would like to eventually find a serious relationship, but I am not opposed to just dating or even someone to hangout with/friends. That wasn't a choice on the default answer settings****I do smoke,I don't have it checked because you can't respond to someone if you do and they don't like it,it's weird.**** IF you send someone a message why do you have them blocked so they cannot respond? Depends on interests, weather etc.Or just wing it!!