Thanks for the good wishes!

Dave

Ha! Believe me, if I weren't an atheist, I WOULD! ha,ha!

dave

You are a very lucky couple!

Thanks for your encouraging comment!

Dave

I, on the other hand am no damned good. I cannot think of one good quality.

if you're referring to ME as ''too good to be true''...... Everything about me
is true and genuine. Women tell me that the worst thing is that i DON'T FLY..

Dave

@dahermit

ha,ha! Well, i'm sure that other people can! ha!

Dave

Thank you!

Dave

Perfect response... I was thinking the same but summarized with "good luck! "

@Cutiebeauty Thanks - sometimes a heads up can help folks figure this place out ...

Thank you for the comments!

Dave

By just about all of the comments have been very pleasant, a many "good luck".

dave

@Cutiebeauty Sure you were.

best answer here....

Thank you!

Do you happen to know any one who might fit?

Dave

@FUNandFAITHFUL I'm too far away.

Thanks

Dave

WOW! Thanks! Actually, that is essentially a short version of my bio! Do you teach English composition?

Dave

So... I guess you're not interested in this guy?

@Cutiebeauty

No, He lives in Florida.

I'm dating an expert rock climber who lives near me.

@LiterateHiker a very nice looking man..

Describe activities you enjoy and would enjoy doing with a woman.

Plz no. Thats what messaging is for. Even if its just to discuss trips to the museum or something.

@MarkiusMahamius

Before meeting, I want to know if a man shares my love of hiking, jazz and mountains. The man I am dating wrote in his profile:

"My passions in life are the mountains, music, and my kids.

"The kids are grown and out of the house but they are my best friends and always in my thoughts. Oh, and they are twin boys.

"I have been a climber and skier for most of my life. Mostly rock climb and mountain climb. Also enjoy skiing at Crystal Mountain. But I really enjoy climbing trips to Canada, Europe, and around the western United States. Probably not everyone's dream vacation but the views are always excellent.

"Also like to hang out and play guitars and listen to music, mostly blues, jazz, and whatever else that swings. Dig cooking at home, usually accompanied with an IPA or red wine. For entertainment, I like to catch live music at places like The Highway 99 blues club, Jazz Alley, The Wild Buffalo, or the Edison Inn to name a few. I still occasionally play guitar in a band that I have been with for a while.

"I do work and have a position with an engineering company. My work usually involves going to places all over the state, mostly to construction sites.

"My life is a little off the beaten path but I try not to take myself too seriously, be kind, honest, and true to myself."

@Cutiebeauty

Dave is extremely fit. What a body!

He is kind, thoughtful, funny and steady. Dave also loves jazz, plays blues guitar, is a Democrat and atheist. Yay!

@LiterateHiker as i said, thats what messaging is for. Do you think he owes you something because of your staus as a woman?

@LiterateHiker you lucky lady! If he's a good cook, you got the whole package

@Cutiebeauty

Dave is a healthy, good cook.

@LiterateHiker that's terrific! I am too.. I made a big pot of veggie soup / stew yesterday ...
I used...
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Celery
Sweet onions
Garlic
Green peppers
Carrots
Eggplant
Cayenne pepper
It was so good yesterday but it'll be even better today!
What's the top two healthy meals he cooks for you two?

@MarkiusMahamius I think it is Literate Hikers choice to do it whatever way she wants as it is yours to do it your way

BTW it definitely looks like her way scored a great match for her. It's very hard for most people to argue with success.

@Lorajay she has just as much right to offer advice, useless or not, as i do. That is true. Also, as felliw community members we both have a right to comment on eachothers posts.

@Cutiebeauty

For dinner, Dave stir-fried Yakisoba noodles with broccoli, celery, cabbage, sweet red peppers, onion, carrots and a little bit of roast beef from a Korean market in Seattle. I chopped the vegetables.

Also, Dave made a homemade sauce. It was delicious.

@LiterateHiker that stir fry sounds great! I'll do that really soon... Frankie loves beef.. But I'm really interested in that sauce Dave makes... Any details? I love to make sauces of all types... Sauce is life as long as its healthy...

@LiterateHiker, @Lorajay, @MarkiusMahamius. You can't argue with success...

@Cutiebeauty

I'm not sure of the ingredients. Dave loves hot chili sauce. He grows and roasts different chilis and makes hot chili sauces.

I can't tolerate hot, spicy food. So Dave kindly served me first without the hot chili sauce. The Korean beef had a little spice. That was fine.

@LiterateHiker hot chilli sauce! Please ask him what he uses.. I love hot and spicy! My Frankie doesn't, so I cut back , but I'm a spicy girl!

@LiterateHiker Did he fall for you when you first met him?

@Austin-Cambridge

Who knows? Dave and I met for dinner at a Vietnamese Restaurant we both like, then went for a walk on the riverfront.

In late August, it was 100 degrees. After dinner, I suggested we walk down to the dock and soak our feet in the cold Columbia River. Talked and laughed until dark. I keep a LED carabiner flashlight on every purse. Handy.

Before parting, we agreed to see each other again. On our next date, Dave took me to dinner to celebrate my birthday on Sept. 3. That was sweet.

@LiterateHiker That's really sweet, I hope love blossoms for you! I used to be a rock-climber in my younger days and the "fall for you" was a bit of a gag! Lovely reply though, thanks!

@FUNandFAITHFUL

You're welcome. I'm a published author. As a marketing director, I won three national awards for creative marketing. I know how to sell.

Since 2006, I have been a volunteer college mentor at the high school. I help minority, first generation students write essays for college and scholarship applications. With their essays, students need to sell themselves to scholarship committees, to touch their heartstrings.

One of my best success stories is Brenda, who won $269,455 in scholarships and grants in 2016.

Why don't your read my profile and look at my photos? Notice I cleaned up the background before taking photos. A messy background is distracting and makes you look sloppy.

@FUNandFAITHFUL

"Of all the reasons that a woman wouldn't want a particular guy - he's a heavy drinker, a druggie, a gambler, abuses women, in debt, bad hygiene, unreliable, been bankrupt, in jail, for a one-nighter, or in general - a BUM... "

Delete. Instead of making a positive first impression, it prompts women to think negatively about men.