Alright, apparently this is the part where I'm supposed to write something incredibly smooth and convince you that I'm fascinating.
So instead, here's the honest version:
I'm 28, married, a dad, \\\*notabot Australian, bearded, tattooed and occasionally held together by caffeine and poor decisions.
I'm not looking to blow up my life, run away together or have either of us start pricing flights to the other side of the world. 😂
I'm looking for someone new.
Someone I actually look forward to hearing from.
Someone I can talk absolute shit with one minute, have a genuinely good conversation with the next, and eventually reach the stage where we can send each other completely contextless messages and somehow know exactly what the other person means.
I'm much more interested in connection than collecting conversations.
I don't need constant replies and I'm not expecting you to be glued to your phone. I have a job, kids, responsibilities and a life outside Reddit too and I understand that you do too. Sometimes I'll disappear for a few hours because real life has decided it needs my attention. I'll come back. Promise.
So, who am I?
5'10", brown hair, beard, tattoos, piercings and a fairly enthusiastic dad bod.
I work a blue-collar job, which basically means I'm comfortable getting dirty, fixing things and occasionally discovering that the thing I just took apart has somehow acquired three extra pieces.
I'm a massive foodie and I love cooking. I'm into camping, animals, gardening, movies, reading, gaming and generally learning about whatever random subject has managed to grab my attention that week.
I'm also a giant nerd.
So if your idea of a good conversation occasionally involves going down a completely unnecessary rabbit hole about some obscure topic at 1am, we're probably going to get along.
What am I looking for?
Honestly?
Not a specific age, body type, ethnicity or some ridiculous checklist.
I tend to be attracted to women who are a little more voluptuous, but chemistry has a funny way of making a "type" completely irrelevant.
More importantly, I'd like someone who is:
genuinely curious
easy to talk to
capable of giving and taking shit
open-minded
affectionate
actually interested in getting to know someone
I'm not expecting fireworks in the first five messages.
I'd rather find someone where the conversation just... works.
Where you realise you've been talking for three hours without noticing.
Where "I should probably go to bed" somehow turns into another forty minutes.
Where eventually you stop feeling like two strangers on Reddit and start wondering what the other person is doing when they aren't talking to you.
So if you're bored of the same recycled "hey wanna chat?" posts and feel like taking a chance on a bearded Australian dad with questionable humour and an unreasonable appreciation for good food...
Come say hello.
Worst case, we dont click and thats ok.
In the best case, you become the notification I secretly hope is from you.