Hopeful Phoenix

So, about me. Where to begin. Usually it's better to discuss this stuff face to face in a more balanced conversation, because it's very easy to misconstrue some interests as being something more than they are and/or to make assumptions and to categorise me as something that I'm not. As I said in my headline, I'm full of dichotomies. If I made a brief list, it might look something like this:

• A gentleman, who has great respect for women, and values his relationships with them (most of my closest friends are women).
• A scoundrel, who can be very playful and naughty with the right people, and certainly with the right woman.
• Someone who values love, trust, kindness, generosity, respect, faithfulness, loyalty, patience and empathy above all else.
• Someone who puts his partner and his relationship with her first, not third or fourth down his list of priorities.
• Someone who can be rather introverted and hermit-like, but who can also be quite social and outgoing with the right people and in the right circumstances.
• A very private, conservative-looking and often reserved person, but one who has attended Sin City Fetish Nights and Noir Fetish Balls (because dressing up, dancing, people watching and broadening one's horizons is fun).
• Someone who can spend the day relaxing down at Wreck Beach, but who can then come home, change into a suit and go to the VSO (yes, a nudist who also owns a fair amount of formal wear and a couple of nice suits, and likes dressing up for special events).
• Someone who parents love to meet, but someone who enjoys exploring things with his partner that parents would not want to know about. ;)
• Someone who, in spite of some non-mainstream interests, also enjoys curling up and getting cozy and watching Netflix documentaries with a bowl of organic popcorn.
• Someone who appreciates and enjoys photographing architecture and nature, but who also appreciates and enjoys creating tasteful artistic nudes.

Hopefully this gives you a bit more of an impression of me, and hopefully it resonates with you rather than scares you off. :)

HP

***Please take note: If you truly know what you want, you can recognise and appreciate high quality people, and you have available and are willing to use the time and patience required to build a healthy relationship, then I look very forward to hearing from you.***