Hi OldCoot, I totally missed your reply.
I think most don't know anymore how to be feminine in case of women and with men what it means to be masculine.
And quite logical as things have changed so much over the last decades, and are still changing. Things have been the same for hundreds of years and we have to find a new way. This was not possible before due to strict demands and regulations from society, church and whatnot.
So we're inventing something new that likely has never existed but is very necessary for people to be happy & fulfilled.

As for men... they do NOT need both Alpha & Beta! Never Beta! Beta men are the whinging demanding needy men, not the healthy masculine men.
Being healthy masculine means you embrace your woman, you hold her, create space for her, by taking care of things like dealing with problems with neighbours & paying the bills & calling the plumber & fixing the fence and so on. You provide and protect that way which frees up the woman from having to live in the head. It allows her to get into her heartspace and body so she can soften. This softening is not becoming Susy Homemaker, but her nervous system (finally) being able to relax.
When a woman has to take care of all these chores and defend her property and/or herself, basically fend for herself in all areas of life, her nervous system goes in overdrive. Very unhealthy as you get stress hormones 24/7.
While for men it actually makes them feel good to do such things as it raises their testosterone!
It also raises a woman's testosterone which stresses us out.

When a woman can relax with a man cause he takes care of all that stuff and she can relax she can begin to bring in joy, playfulness, warmth and so on. All these feminine energy things, and... men crave that from a woman!
But when you have to fend for yourself as a woman, like most single women these days, and live in your head, it's impossible to be playful and express joy etc.

Back to men... by what he does (if he's a healthy masculine man) is provide emotional safety. Beta men don't do that.
Only when a woman feels emotionally safe with a man can she (and her nervous system) relax, can she soften and shift into playfulness, warmth, love, joy.
We women need to know, feel, sense that we can rely on our man, that we can trust him, that he supports us, respects us, that he's there for us, that he won't leave us at the drop of a hat etc.
Having that is emotional safety.
What we then can become (warm, joyful, playful, loving, happy & fulfilled, admiring our man etc.) in turn nourishes the man and gives his testosterone and sense of masculinity a boost.

It really is a 2-way street. If both are balanced and do what they should do it's a perpetual circle of love.

Merry, beautiful new photo!
And dangit, I love your hair!!

What great news!! You guys must be over the moon happy to finally be living together.
You two are a wonderful example that things can indeed work out, even when you're a world apart!
Best of luck to the both of you

Feeling... sleepy! Almost time to go to bed. Still a bit early for me but won't be long anymore.
Been a busy day, and quite warm so no wonder I'm tired already.

Thank you, Duttoneer! I did have a wonderful birthday :D

Finished this one over a month and a half ago:





A few days ago I began the 4th cowboy & horse painting. Only 2 sessions so far, lots more to do :)

Ooww... you just put a smile on my face right before bed

Just get a decent haircut. A good hairdresser will be able to tell you what will suit you best.
As for the facial hair, I don't think it looks good on you. But it might change if you'd smile :)

And as a tip... remove the half naked photo in the shower.
Men may like half naked photos, women generally don't. We tend to find it off-putting.

Feeling... good! We are currently enjoying a number of summer days with 25C-27C!
I'm loving it!
Finally able to have the sliding doors open, walk outside without a coat, and wear shorts!

Hihi, I think that's perfectly okay when a woman feels sexy and beautiful, Sir!

I guess it depends on how much they drink and/or what's normal in their social circle.
To an alcoholic it'd be 2x a day, to someone like me who truly hardly ever consumes alcohol it means something like 1x a month or (preferably) less.

I generally don't even drink once a year. Never a problem until a man enters your life. Somehow men expect you to drink. More like demand you to.

Feeling... happy my ears are finally unclogged again after a few months!
And happy the new ENT was really nice and very good. I didn't even have time to get dizzy, haha.

Feeling... nervous about getting my ears unclogged as it's an ENT that's new to me.
I never like having my ears done as I get dizzy so easily but at least my regular ENT knew that and was careful.
Fingers crossed this one is nice too!

Thank you so much, Marg!

PictureS? There's only one and you don't even smile in it.

Profile isn't properly filled out, all you say is "hi".

Chances of getting attention 0 or lower.
You gotta do a bit more than just this. If you're not interested in making an effort then why would a woman be?

Thank you so much, Mark!

Thank you, Sir!

Thank you, OskarD!

Thank you, Abhinav!

A couple of Die Hard movies :)
Not all tonight of course, last couple evenings.