I am the correct weight for my height, in my 60's, disease, drug, and debt free, healthy and exercise regularly but not as often as I should. Among other activities, I play golf, ski, go to movies, and scuba dive. I cook for myself, family and friends. I regularly attend plays, music performances and sports events. I prefer walking to ru nning. I am an intolerant nonsmoker and am not 420 friendly. I drink socially, always good wines or old single malt scotch. I am overly educated, a former military officer, self-employed, and have owned a successful business for nearly 40 years. My non-military professional career has provided me with the opportunity to live and work in several countries in addition to the United States and in several States in the United States in addition to Texas. I am confident, outdoing, optimistic, funny, energetic, honest, patient, down to earth, laid-back, and adventurous. I travel frequently both for pleasure and for business and have a home in Texas and Paris, France.
My one child is an adult who lives independently from me so I am not over-burdened by family obligations. I consider my few past significant relationships to be important and neither "baggage" nor "dramatic" and hope that the same applies to you. I am not in a relationship. I was divorced many years ago and subsequently lost my fiancee in an auto accident. Since then I have focused on my family and work. Nevertheless, if we meet each other's expectations, I am ready to be in a relationship, preferably marriage. If you are not ready for nor interested in a committed relationship, I am not the man you are seeking.
I prefer a woman, who takes pride in her appearance and understands that beauty is not limited to her physical appearance. The qualities that are important to me are love, laughter, patience, and common sense. Add to that romantic and the ability to make people laugh and you will be almost irresistible. I admire people who are truly compassionate. I enjoy being ";old fashioned" as it applies to paying the bills, good manners, opening doors, and the like. I do not like superficiality, arrogance, prejudice, pretension, narcissism, or cruelty.
The photos with my profile were taken from the terrace of my Paris apartment. I do not share my personal photos through craigslist or any other anonymous server, for any reason. If you send respond to my ad, we can exchange personal e-mail address and photos. I prefer meeting in person, call it an interview, at the location of your choice at a mutually convenient time.
I am 100% real and not interested in a cyber-relationship, wasting time, lengthy e-mail exchanges, nor spam.
I hope to hear from you soon.