This is a personal ad. I do not hold Permies.com liable for people attempting to contact me directly. I seek to be directly contacted by interested individual(s).
Man, 32, seeks female companionship possibly, eventually, leading to marriage or civil union.
personality type: I.N.T.J.
I am a nomad; I’ve lived in most of the western states in the U.S.A. I am currently living somewhere in the Left Coast--which someone on this forum accurately called the Wet Coast. My short-term goal is to escape the Left Coast, maybe to live in some inland state for a time as a stepping stone. My ultimate goal is to live a radically self-sufficient lifestyle on my own homestead in "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire.
hobbies: I enjoy museums, plays, libraries, lectures, hikes, reading, and travel. A few years ago, I went on a road trip clear east across the U.S.A. and then immediately on another to the southwestern U.S.A. It was a blast but was the first domino in a series of unfortunate events leading to insolvency.
my immediate life goals: Get out of debt from those road trips and train in some kind of skill which produces a better Return on Investment than does a college degree, hard work, and extreme patience (ideally an R.O.I. which is not net negative). My hope is to do this without re-entering any institution of (public) indoctrination. My current line of work exposes me to learning about gardening, chickens, and other tangible skills which will benefit me in my homesteading dreams.
Because I am currently working towards these goals, I am not looking to get married immediately. I am looking to take things slow and see where things go.
I am an uncompromising teetotaler and wish for my future partner to live a similar lifestyle. I also have somewhat traditional ideals about monogamy and the like. That said, my future partner would need to consider it acceptable to be childless.
I have a very live-and-let-live attitude and appreciate being around people with those same values.
My demeanor tends to be fairly earnest. My sense of humor is highly pun-related and I often enjoy a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor. I tend to gravitate away from sarcastic/caustic people who frequently employ derision and mockery, even if ostensibly in the service of truth.
Though a member of Generation Y (not born in the current Millennium), I tend to be an old soul. I am fairly low-tech and I value direct, in-person experiences in the presence of friendly people, not heavily mediated through smartphones, with the goal of cultivating friendships with depth and substance. Manners are important. For that reason (among many), I will likely contact you directly if I am interested in becoming friends or more-than-friends. By that same token, I would like for potential friends/more-than-friends to contact me directly. E-mail is my preferred medium of communication (carlos[at]fastmail[dot]mx) and I would not be offended if someone were to contact me there. Once compatibility is established, I have a strong preference for meeting people in-person fairly immediately. This would be done by engaging in mutually-enjoyable social activities (like the ones mentioned above) in public venues during daylight hours. I would not rule out someone who lives in a different state within the U.S.A. but even then I would likely want to rather soon get to the stage of an actual conversation by telephone.
That last sentence might rule out my target audience (women born between 1990-1995) but I'll stand by it.
