Gray

Brown

Listening and Responding

The standard profile tells you some of the key points about me. Other than that, I am a run of the mill guy %u2013 decent, kind, and principled. Perhaps that makes me not average. I keep my word, listen well, and have no crazy behaviors or habits; and I am not %u201Cmoody.%u201D You would find me emotionally and physically affectionate by nature. I am not afraid to express/share my feelings, and I have the same stand about love. If I were a female, I would want me for a close relationship. How is that for an endorsement? And oh yes, I know this is important. The photos were taken 11/09, my age is true, my status is divorced %u2013 married twice; 18 years for the first, and 12 for the second. I have no children. Starting off my career as a Special Education Teacher, I have come to understand the beat of the heart, the rhythm of feelings, and the instrument of empathic relating. Oh yes, here is a common question: %u201CDo I have a sense of humor?%u201D Yes. %u201CAfter that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I... I realized what a terrific person she was, and... and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I... I, I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y'know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs.%u201D (Woody Allen. Let%u2019s make an omelet together. First Date: Wait, listen, and respond over-and-over until the lady in her own soft and sweet way invites me to quietly hold her hand. The spaces between your fingers were created so that I could fill them in.