I enjoy making new friends and am open to the potential of a relationship, although I prefer that a relationship grow naturally from a friendship.
I am a gay man, fifties, intelligent, educated; but down-to-earth. I own a country home in the Southwest on five acres, have a comfortable existence, and am financially secure. The town I live in is small, but there is a gay population nd social life. I enjoy small-town rural life and the many amenities it has to offer--sitting out on peaceful quiet nights enjoying the sky full of stars and cool evening breezes, for instance. Here in the southwest the summers are often warm, but it is usually about 30 degrees cooler at night, as in most high arid areas. Many find cities exciting, but rural life is peaceful and more comfortable and enjoyable to me.
I enjoy puttering around, doing much of my own household maintenance, and building things in my wood shop. I have built my own home and finished it to be a spacious comfortable nest for retirement. I enjoy some of the "old fashioned" values and lifestyle habits, such as preserving and canning my own foods purchased seasonally from local truck farms, and taking pride in workmanship and craftsmanship building the antique reproduction furniture I have. I enjoy time for self reflection, sometimes in my shop, sometimes communing with nature at my cabin in the high, remote country of northern New Mexico. I enjoy creative writing (often erotic topics), and problem solving. Although I enjoy time to myself, I also enjoy friendship and companionship.
I am versatile in sex, but lean toward being a "top." I do not have the physique of a model, but have a sturdy, strong body and a lot of stamina. Attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder, and I am attracted more to a person's character than their appearance. If a relationship were to develop, age and physical attributes are not strong criteria. However, in a crowd of people I'm most likely to first notice individuals up to my age with slender to medium builds. Ideally, I'd hope a relationship would be with someone like me: caring, sensitive, good-natured; with an open, learning, growing attitude and able to be a good friend. My "equipment" is average-size, cut, and very functional. Emotionally, I'm loving, supportive, caring. I'm inclined to be a good "stand-by-you" friend and can be a satisifying lover. I don't smoke, drink, or use drugs, but I can accept considerate smoking and occasional drinking in others, so long as they are not inclined towards alcoholism, which is a hard thing for anyone to cope with in another.
My hobbies are varied, and include building antique reproduction furniture in my woodshop, the outdoors, gardening, fishing, time messing with my boat, and working outside trying to make life easier or "better."
I am able to visit friends I meet (as my schedule permits), and am capable of hosting them. Sharing expenses with a compatible gay travel companion on occassion might be fun.
Best wishes-- Bob Taylor May 1996