If left to chance...

I could be waiting until I'm ancient to meet someone. This ad hardly constitutes a quest, however. I tell myself that I am not necessarily looking for love/companionship but then I resort to an ad, which surely contradicts that particular assertion completely. .... It turns out that I have no earthly idea where to meet someone interesting/unusual/appealing in a city filled with people. Bars? I'm not into the bar scene so much these days. Social networking groups? Ironically, the events typically end up feeling much like the bar scene--superficial and very fleeting.

I am single, attractive, petite and slightly curvy, intelligent and educated but down-to-earth, inquisitive, adventurous, open-minded, left-leaning, happy, sexy/sexual, spontaneous, funny, graceful, loyal, appreciative, kind, irreverent... I love to travel, I love art, music, movies, walking and hiking (but don't care for roughing it), bicycling, cooking, enjoying alcohol (but not to excess). I am an ex-smoker, an avid reader, a writer, the mother of a grown son, not from around here but happy to be here, divorced years time ago and not into marrying again although not opposed to a committed relationship.

I am looking for someone who is smart, unique/unusual, original, educated, attractive, articulate, politically sympathetic, non-religious/spiritual, funny, sexy/sensual, inventive, polite and respectful but not overly solicitous, well-traveled and read, unmarried/not currently in a committed relationship (I have no interest in something clandestine). I want to have fun with someone and dislike beginning a relationship with unreasonable expectations on the part of either person; I'm more inclined to see what evolves, which is not to say that I am looking for a fling much less something exclusively sexual. I do believe there is much contentedness (most of it?) to be found in between the extremes (i.e. lifelong commitment and fleeting involvements).

Posted by: Anonymous