Mature guy, seeks monogamy with another mid-to-late boomer or GenX 'er. Short term cuddle buddy also possible recognizing this platform is not strictly a haploid cell bank for LT committed partnerships and dryest senses of humour. By a certain stage we know what we want, our likes, dislikes, and the daily rhythm that suits us so profiles indicating similar interests spark interest and response. Capacities for love, joy of life and potentials for it within healthy relationships was repressed, thwarted, held it in silent reserve for gay men, for several generations. This guy next door type seeks a healthy, mature, educated, non-smoker with good communication skills. If frog legs like morsels for voyeurism in the meat market for conventional hook-ups and rating eye candy is your strategy- read-on 1st before lazy 'liking! If basking on a log or behind a screen, unable to engage human connections without being stoned or inebriated then we are also at very different ends of this larger pond. Beyond the dime-a-dozen good looks and online selfies actual compatibility might be found. Tadpole metamorphosis beneath the shade and confines of lily pads and 1st stage growth cycles is over and I seek to build on foundations of mutual strengths of trust. An honest and mutual effort, investment with vulnerability and readiness to emerge into the sunlight to launch into a next phase of life is important. I seek a partner ready to take this leap with me, ready to take the plunge, streach out, swim far, and explore many uncharted shores together if we 'click'. A match means a completed profile iss the minimum and necessary pre-requisite, a conditioning exercise for sucess here. Potential to find a soul mate and a meeting of minds here is a potential life-changer! It's the whole point and goal of the exercise. Many a frog lingers in shallow tepid pools under a tangle of mango trees until its is too late and it becomes impossible to emerge into sunlight. Some never leap out of a simmering cauldron until it is too late. Indecision is risky. Lingering on the internet highway can leave a guy flattened, sprawled out with tread marks and squashed with no viable future. Is it reasonable in 2024 to remain in a story book virtual realty with hope based on frog tales?.. awaiting some fanciful Prince Charming of fairy tales to revive us when thousands are active, living proof of lives fulfilled today, abundantly and post midlife, post pandemic, to cultivate and nurture the new! Tender human relationships exist beyond virtual face time without any mouse and joystick in hand. I'm casting a wider net today with hope of discovering mutual compatibility within the city or an hour or two west of Edmonton in the BC Rockies. I seek a guy confident in his own skin with a big heart, capacity for patience to cultivate friendship 1st. Urgency might compel anything on two legs to over-ride brain circuits on a given day but let's not set off fire department alarm bells just yet! This is a rocket launch count-down of hope, anticipation, and system checks for now. After the cyber-echange and in mutual hope of finding a quality friendship let's meet later in real but neutral space. It's a good day when we might honestly say, 'I tried'. Life is good at the moment. Living in the moment means being open to change and evolution. If this profile gets response or provokes interest for more than the blink of an eye shoot me a message! If it passes scrutiny of a meeting of minds, make contact or leave a message. Mutual chemistry might be just around the corner. Why wait a second longer for the universe to unfold when we have the means to connect here now? A warm kind smile and p=0.95 life gets enhanced. If the ground work strikes a mutual common chord, leap off the lily pad! Life might even depend on it!