u/perilous_platypus2

Hi there. 

Seeking an emotionally available nerdy gamer woman with decent availability who'll play games with me relatively often. We can also play online board games, watch shows/movies, whatever will help us spend a lot of quality time together. I'm a married dad with a bedroom on life support who's looking for quality emotional connection, physical desire, and intellectual companionship. I vaguely plan on exiting at some point (an attempt has been made in the past), but this isn't pressure to be here for it. If it's an exit affair great, if I'm exiting on my own, great. I'm looking to meet IRL eventually - if you're close, maybe a few times a year, if you're far away, maybe a couple of times or once a year. Conventions are a great way to go!

I'm specifically looking for someone who's willing to be open and vulnerable. If vulnerability, emotion, and love are hard boundaries for you, then I'm not for you. I will be vulnerable with you because I believe you have to give trust to get trust (and that's not just with vulnerability either, that's consistency too). I write a lot in my messages and I double and triple text. I grew up on old school forums that had multiple conversation threads going on in one post or message - that's how I tend to message, and it naturally ebbs and flows from one thing to the next. 

I'm also specifically looking for someone who plays games. I play World of Warcraft, you don't have to play it, I'll join you in your favorite games, but I'd appreciate a similar effort back. Maybe you don't play that specifically, but you play other MMOs or are willing to try them. Great! Let's see where we can meet in the middle. To me this is an important part of us connecting and spending time together. I'm not usually a fan of open-world survival games and you'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into Minecraft, but I'll play it with you. I'm hoping you have other interests besides gaming too. You crochet? Show me some of your works! You write? Let me read! You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, to each their own, let me into your world.

Physically, I look something like Michael Stevens from VSauce in his 2026 look right now. 5'10, 255 lbs, trying to lose it. I lift weights and run regularly so I can keep up with my kids. I've got the nerdy guy look and voice that you know is a nerdy guy, but I've had people tell me my voice is nice / soothing / whatever, and I can do a pretty decent metal scream. Most of my hobbies are indoorsy and even my other hobbies have to do with pop culture or gaming (except for music hobbies). I'm MOSTLY a homebody but I like to go to conventions and other nerd / pop culture events, and I like getting involved with my community. I have 2 elementary-aged kids that I'm the primary caretaker for. You don't have to have kids, as long as you can understand when I need to step away sometimes. I also WFH. I have a lot of availability because I'm either working on work, working on the house, hanging with my kids, or playing games. I end up being able to look at discord a lot. I'm politically left and it's important that my person is also. 

I'd describe myself as a closeted hopeless romantic. My romanticism has had to be put to the wayside, but I'd love to be with someone who can accept that the romantic part of me. Like, I will waterboard you with affection if you let me. But also with that, I am looking to be sexual eventually. I want to get into each other's brains first before anything though.

You? Well, nerdy gamer. I don't mean "I play animal crossing a couple of times a week", I mean you actually get involved, and maybe even get mad at games. Show me your rage face. What else? Educated. Have something to say, please have something to say. If you tell me your major was in political science, I'm going to ask you political questions, because I'm assuming you went for that degree because there is some amount of interest in the subject. My physical type could be described as "curvy goth librarian" but you don't need to be that way, I find myself attracted to many different types. You should also be politically left. You should enjoy deep diving on any/all media, good or bad, and you should enjoy media critique. For me, the world is my humanities class.

PST, open to anyone in the US or Canada as long as you're willing to meet at some point. 25-50ish, flexible on either end. 

If you're interested, hit me with your age, what you're playing, what you think about it, and a bit of a description of yourself. 

And I'm all outta butts.

Hey there, are you a lady in a mediocre relationship looking for that extra... thing? Do you play WoW, or video games in general? I'm in a similar situation. Ideally I'd like to bond while we play together, chat (voice and text) over discord, and slowly find each other going "Geez, I sure think about that person a lot!" Looking for an emotional bond that starts with getting to know each other, then whispering each other sweet nothings while we mess up whatever we're doing, and meeting each other at a convention in our best/worst cosplay.

I do things besides that too. I make some bombin' baked goods. I'm educated, halfway decently read, I keep up with world events for the most part, and I have things to say about things that I'm entirely unqualified to say anything about. I lean left politically, and I accept pineapple on pizza without it being a preference. If it's there, I'll eat it, it's pizza. I have a cushy WFH job where I look at Excel a lot. I tend to write paragraphs of text. My humor is dry, dark, literal, and self-deprecating. I don't "speak fluent sarcasm" but I appreciate it once I stop processing every word in a sentence like a computer program.

Physically, I'm 5'10 250 lbs. Big, bald, bearded, beautiful. Cover girl. Blue eyes and a dazzling smile. Or at least, a genuine one. I don't have a particular type physically besides "can you potentially spend all day walking around a city / convention?" If so, say yes to this mess.

So if I interested you, jump into my chat or my inbox. Tell me something unique about you and I'll do the same - could be something you do, a weird place you went, the entire life story that led you to this very moment of messaging me, whatever! Oh yeah, and what are you playing right now?

Hi there. 

Seeking an emotionally available nerdy gamer woman with decent availability who'll play games with me relatively often. We can also play online board games, watch shows/movies, whatever will help us spend a lot of quality time together. I'm a married dad with a bedroom on life support who's looking for quality emotional connection, physical desire, and intellectual companionship. I vaguely plan on exiting at some point (an attempt has been made in the past), but this isn't pressure to be here for it. If it's an exit affair great, if I'm exiting on my own, great. I'm looking to meet IRL eventually - if you're close, maybe a few times a year, if you're far away, maybe a couple of times or once a year. Conventions are a great way to go!

I'm specifically looking for someone who's willing to be open and vulnerable. If vulnerability, emotion, and love are hard boundaries for you, then I'm not for you. I will be vulnerable with you because I believe you have to give trust to get trust (and that's not just with vulnerability either, that's consistency too). I write a lot in my messages and I double and triple text. I grew up on old school forums that had multiple conversation threads going on in one post or message - that's how I tend to message, and it naturally ebbs and flows from one thing to the next. 

I'm also specifically looking for someone who plays games. I play World of Warcraft, you don't have to play it, I'll join you in your favorite games, but I'd appreciate a similar effort back. Maybe you don't play that specifically, but you play other MMOs or are willing to try them. Great! Let's see where we can meet in the middle. To me this is an important part of us connecting and spending time together. I'm not usually a fan of open-world survival games and you'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into Minecraft, but I'll play it with you. I'm hoping you have other interests besides gaming too. You crochet? Show me some of your works! You write? Let me read! You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, to each their own, let me into your world.

Physically, I look something like Michael Stevens from VSauce in his 2026 look right now. 5'10, 255 lbs, trying to lose it. I lift weights and run regularly so I can keep up with my kids. I've got the nerdy guy look and voice that you know is a nerdy guy, but I've had people tell me my voice is nice / soothing / whatever, and I can do a pretty decent metal scream. Most of my hobbies are indoorsy and even my other hobbies have to do with pop culture or gaming (except for music hobbies). I'm MOSTLY a homebody but I like to go to conventions and other nerd / pop culture events, and I like getting involved with my community. I have 2 elementary-aged kids that I'm the primary caretaker for. You don't have to have kids, as long as you can understand when I need to step away sometimes. I also WFH. I have a lot of availability because I'm either working on work, working on the house, hanging with my kids, or playing games. I end up being able to look at discord a lot. I'm politically left and it's important that my person is also. 

I'd describe myself as a closeted hopeless romantic. My romanticism has had to be put to the wayside, but I'd love to be with someone who can accept that the romantic part of me. Like, I will waterboard you with affection if you let me. But also with that, I am looking to be sexual eventually. I want to get into each other's brains first before anything though.

You? Well, nerdy gamer. I don't mean "I play animal crossing a couple of times a week", I mean you actually get involved, and maybe even get mad at games. Show me your rage face. What else? Educated. Have something to say, please have something to say. If you tell me your major was in political science, I'm going to ask you political questions, because I'm assuming you went for that degree because there is some amount of interest in the subject. My physical type could be described as "curvy goth librarian" but you don't need to be that way, I find myself attracted to many different types. You should also be politically left. You should enjoy deep diving on any/all media, good or bad, and you should enjoy media critique. For me, the world is my humanities class.

PST, open to anyone in the US or Canada as long as you're willing to meet at some point. 25-50ish, flexible on either end. 

If you're interested, hit me with your age, what you're playing, what you think about it, and a bit of a description of yourself. 

Hi there. 

Seeking an emotionally available nerdy gamer woman with decent availability who'll play games with me relatively often. We can also play online board games, watch shows/movies, whatever will help us spend a lot of quality time together. I'm a married dad with a bedroom on life support who's looking for quality emotional connection, physical desire, and intellectual companionship. I vaguely plan on exiting at some point (an attempt has been made in the past), but this isn't pressure to be here for it. If it's an exit affair great, if I'm exiting on my own, great. I'm looking to meet IRL eventually - if you're close, maybe a few times a year, if you're far away, maybe a couple of times or once a year. Conventions are a great way to go!

I'm specifically looking for someone who's willing to be open and vulnerable. If vulnerability, emotion, and love are hard boundaries for you, then I'm not for you. I will be vulnerable with you because I believe you have to give trust to get trust (and that's not just with vulnerability either, that's consistency too). I write a lot in my messages and I double and triple text. I grew up on old school forums that had multiple conversation threads going on in one post or message - that's how I tend to message, and it naturally ebbs and flows from one thing to the next. 

I'm also specifically looking for someone who plays games. I play World of Warcraft, you don't have to play it, I'll join you in your favorite games, but I'd appreciate a similar effort back. Maybe you don't play that specifically, but you play other MMOs or are willing to try them. Great! Let's see where we can meet in the middle. To me this is an important part of us connecting and spending time together. I'm not usually a fan of open-world survival games and you'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into Minecraft, but I'll play it with you. I'm hoping you have other interests besides gaming too. You crochet? Show me some of your works! You write? Let me read! You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, to each their own, let me into your world.

Physically, I look something like Michael Stevens from VSauce in his 2026 look right now. 5'10, 255 lbs, trying to lose it. I lift weights and run regularly so I can keep up with my kids. I've got the nerdy guy look and voice that you know is a nerdy guy, but I've had people tell me my voice is nice / soothing / whatever, and I can do a pretty decent metal scream. Most of my hobbies are indoorsy and even my other hobbies have to do with pop culture or gaming (except for music hobbies). I'm MOSTLY a homebody but I like to go to conventions and other nerd / pop culture events, and I like getting involved with my community. I have 2 elementary-aged kids that I'm the primary caretaker for. You don't have to have kids, as long as you can understand when I need to step away sometimes. I also WFH. I have a lot of availability because I'm either working on work, working on the house, hanging with my kids, or playing games. I end up being able to look at discord a lot. I'm politically left and it's important that my person is also. 

I'd describe myself as a closeted hopeless romantic. My romanticism has had to be put to the wayside, but I'd love to be with someone who can accept that the romantic part of me. Like, I will waterboard you with affection if you let me. But also with that, I am looking to be sexual eventually. I want to get into each other's brains first before anything though.

You? Well, nerdy gamer. I don't mean "I play animal crossing a couple of times a week", I mean you actually get involved, and maybe even get mad at games. Show me your rage face. What else? Educated. Have something to say, please have something to say. If you tell me your major was in political science, I'm going to ask you political questions, because I'm assuming you went for that degree because there is some amount of interest in the subject. My physical type could be described as "curvy goth librarian" but you don't need to be that way, I find myself attracted to many different types. You should also be politically left. You should enjoy deep diving on any/all media, good or bad, and you should enjoy media critique. For me, the world is my humanities class.

PST, open to anyone in the US or Canada as long as you're willing to meet at some point. 25-50ish, flexible on either end. 

If you're interested, hit me with your age, what you're playing, what you think about it, and a bit of a description of yourself. 

First, to all the moms here: you're amazing. I recognize that many of you are probably here as a reprieve from carrying the domestic, mental, and emotional load all the time, and may have little to no help, or if you do, you're delegating tasks like a manager. Not to mention actually having the kid physically. So, even if we're not each other's types, take this as one guy recognizing you, and know that you're more than just mom, you're you. Happy mother's Day.

Hi there. 

Seeking an emotionally available nerdy gamer woman with decent availability who'll play games with me relatively often. We can also play online board games, watch shows/movies, whatever will help us spend a lot of quality time together. I'm a married dad with a bedroom on life support who's looking for quality emotional connection, physical desire, and intellectual companionship. I vaguely plan on exiting at some point (an attempt has been made in the past), but this isn't pressure to be here for it. If it's an exit affair great, if I'm exiting on my own, great. I'm looking to meet IRL eventually - if you're close, maybe a few times a year, if you're far away, maybe a couple of times or once a year. Conventions are a great way to go!

I'm specifically looking for someone who's willing to be open and vulnerable. If vulnerability, emotion, and love are hard boundaries for you, then I'm not for you. I will be vulnerable with you because I believe you have to give trust to get trust (and that's not just with vulnerability either, that's consistency too). I write a lot in my messages and I double and triple text. I grew up on old school forums that had multiple conversation threads going on in one post or message - that's how I tend to message, and it naturally ebbs and flows from one thing to the next. 

I'm also specifically looking for someone who plays games. I play World of Warcraft, you don't have to play it, I'll join you in your favorite games, but I'd appreciate a similar effort back. Maybe you don't play that specifically, but you play other MMOs or are willing to try them. Great! Let's see where we can meet in the middle. To me this is an important part of us connecting and spending time together. I'm not usually a fan of open-world survival games and you'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into Minecraft, but I'll play it with you. I'm hoping you have other interests besides gaming too. You crochet? Show me some of your works! You write? Let me read! You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, to each their own, let me into your world.

Here's what I look like: Michael Stevens from VSauce in 2026. Almost to a tee. If you're not as chronically online as me and don't know who that is, Google corndogwilly and click on images. Really selling myself here, but I'm gonna be REALLY good for your ego. 5'10, 255 lbs, etc. I run regularly so I can keep up with my kids. I've got the nerdy guy look and voice that you know is a nerdy guy, but I've had people tell me my voice is nice / soothing / whatever, and I can do a pretty decent metal scream. My fashion choices outside of t-shirt/jeans or button-up/flannel tends to be what I call "emo grandpa-core" - think black sweater vest and khakis. Most of my hobbies are indoorsy and even my other hobbies have to do with pop culture or gaming (except for music hobbies). I'm MOSTLY a homebody but I like to go to conventions and other nerd / pop culture events, and I like getting involved with my community. I have 2 elementary-aged kids that I'm the primary caretaker for. You don't have to have kids, as long as you can understand when I need to step away sometimes. I also WFH. I have a lot of availability because I'm either working on work, working on the house, hanging with my kids, or playing games. I end up being able to look at discord a lot. I'm politically left and it's important that my person is also. 

I'd describe myself as a closeted hopeless romantic. My romanticism has had to be put to the wayside, but I'd love to be with someone who can accept that. Like, I will waterboard you with affection if you let me. And yes, sex is included in that. I'm not looking to fuck around with any person, which is why you're getting a 15 paragraph essay. But I DO want to fuck, I just want it to be romantic (sometimes), maybe after some wine and looking up at the stars. 

You? Well, nerdy gamer. I don't mean "I play animal crossing a couple of times a week", I mean you actually get involved, and maybe even get mad at games. Show me your rage face. What else? Educated. Have something to say, please have something to say. If you tell me your major was in political science, I'm going to ask you political questions, because I'm assuming you went for that degree because there is some amount of interest in the subject. My physical type could be described as "curvy goth librarian" but you don't need to be that way, I find myself attracted to many different types. You should also be politically left. You should enjoy deep diving on any/all media, good or bad, and you should enjoy media critique. 

PST/western WA, open to anyone in the US or Canada as long as you're willing to meet at some point. 25-50ish, flexible on either end. 

If you're interested and read my 6 paragraph essay, hit me with your age, what you're playing, what you think about it, and a bit of a description of yourself. 

First, to all the moms here: you're amazing. I recognize that many of you are probably here as a reprieve from carrying the domestic, mental, and emotional load all the time, and may have little to no help, or if you do, you're delegating tasks like a manager. Not to mention actually having the kid physically. So, even if we're not each other's types, take this as one guy recognizing you, and know that you're more than just mom, you're you. Happy mother's Day.

Hi there. 

Seeking an emotionally available nerdy gamer woman with decent availability who'll play games with me relatively often. We can also play online board games, watch shows/movies, whatever will help us spend a lot of quality time together. I'm a married dad with a bedroom on life support who's looking for quality emotional connection, physical desire, and intellectual companionship. I vaguely plan on exiting at some point (an attempt has been made in the past), but this isn't pressure to be here for it. If it's an exit affair great, if I'm exiting on my own, great. I'm looking to meet IRL eventually - if you're close, maybe a few times a year, if you're far away, maybe a couple of times or once a year. Conventions are a great way to go!

I'm specifically looking for someone who's willing to be open and vulnerable. If vulnerability, emotion, and love are hard boundaries for you, then I'm not for you. I will be vulnerable with you because I believe you have to give trust to get trust (and that's not just with vulnerability either, that's consistency too). I write a lot in my messages and I double and triple text. I grew up on old school forums that had multiple conversation threads going on in one post or message - that's how I tend to message, and it naturally ebbs and flows from one thing to the next. 

I'm also specifically looking for someone who plays games. I play World of Warcraft, you don't have to play it, I'll join you in your favorite games, but I'd appreciate a similar effort back. Maybe you don't play that specifically, but you play other MMOs or are willing to try them. Great! Let's see where we can meet in the middle. To me this is an important part of us connecting and spending time together. I'm not usually a fan of open-world survival games and you'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into Minecraft, but I'll play it with you. I'm hoping you have other interests besides gaming too. You crochet? Show me some of your works! You write? Let me read! You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, to each their own, let me into your world.

Here's what I look like: Michael Stevens from VSauce in 2026. Almost to a tee. If you're not as chronically online as me and don't know who that is, Google corndogwilly and click on images. Really selling myself here, but I'm gonna be REALLY good for your ego. 5'10, 255 lbs, etc. I run regularly so I can keep up with my kids. I've got the nerdy guy look and voice that you know is a nerdy guy, but I've had people tell me my voice is nice / soothing / whatever, and I can do a pretty decent metal scream. My fashion choices outside of t-shirt/jeans or button-up/flannel tends to be what I call "emo grandpa-core" - think black sweater vest and khakis. Most of my hobbies are indoorsy and even my other hobbies have to do with pop culture or gaming (except for music hobbies). I'm MOSTLY a homebody but I like to go to conventions and other nerd / pop culture events, and I like getting involved with my community. I have 2 elementary-aged kids that I'm the primary caretaker for. You don't have to have kids, as long as you can understand when I need to step away sometimes. I also WFH. I have a lot of availability because I'm either working on work, working on the house, hanging with my kids, or playing games. I end up being able to look at discord a lot. I'm politically left and it's important that my person is also. 

I'd describe myself as a closeted hopeless romantic. My romanticism has had to be put to the wayside, but I'd love to be with someone who can accept that. Like, I will waterboard you with affection if you let me. And yes, sex is included in that. I'm not looking to fuck around with any person, which is why you're getting a 15 paragraph essay. But I DO want to fuck, I just want it to be romantic (sometimes), maybe after some wine and looking up at the stars. 

You? Well, nerdy gamer. I don't mean "I play animal crossing a couple of times a week", I mean you actually get involved, and maybe even get mad at games. Show me your rage face. What else? Educated. Have something to say, please have something to say. If you tell me your major was in political science, I'm going to ask you political questions, because I'm assuming you went for that degree because there is some amount of interest in the subject. My physical type could be described as "curvy goth librarian" but you don't need to be that way, I find myself attracted to many different types. You should also be politically left. You should enjoy deep diving on any/all media, good or bad, and you should enjoy media critique. 

PST/western WA, open to anyone in the US or Canada as long as you're willing to meet at some point. 25-50ish, flexible on either end. 

If you're interested and read my 6 paragraph essay, hit me with your age, what you're playing, what you think about it, and a bit of a description of yourself. 

I'm not sure how to write my ads in such a way to attract the vibe I'm looking for, so I'm trying to write it out quite explicitly.

The title pretty much nails it.

First, the paragraphs. When I was a kid/teen/young adult/up to now, I grew up on the forums of old and my interaction with people online is influenced by that. I'm not going to talk like we're standing in line at the grocery store, because that's not what we're doing. I'm looking for someone comfortable with writing paragraphs that ebb and flow through conversations, carrying multiple strands of thought. In my experience these end up encompassing all of our deepest thoughts, our marriage situations, our daily problems, and just... Who we are. Yes, eventually we will get to a point where we chat on voice and we can't carry conversations across multiple strands. But ya know what, we will cross that bridge when we come to it. Yes, I'm asking for depth pretty early on. I'm looking for someone who's not afraid of depth and willing to be a little bit vulnerable early on. Ya gotta give trust to get trust, and all that.

Going along with that comes the emotional part. I'm expecting that we're both unhappy in our marriages - that's why most people are here, right? Look, I'm not asking someone to immediately fall in love. I'm asking that you're open with your emotions and you're emotionally available for that possibility. I want to be on each other's minds all the time. I'm looking for someone who doesn't hold love as a hard boundary. Someone who isn't afraid of love. Someone who is EXCITED to talk to me, and have me as their person, and I will be excited to be their person.

Finally, the games. I'm a gamer. I have been since I was 3 years old. I love playing games. Watching games. Doing shitty drawings of games. Talking about games. Everything about them. Deep critiques. I love how gameplay interacts with story. How music sets the tone for gameplay and story throughout a game. Or, how those aspects fail. I play for story, challenge, and yes, even to play with some of my friends. I'm looking for someone who shares this one hobby, particularly on PC. And honestly, the nerdier the better. I'm looking for someone who also engages in fan stuff like conventions, cosplay, or other fan stuff and gets out there and interacts with other people who are excited about this stuff. I want to play with you, talk with you, watch you play, play our own games while we chat over voice. I play World of Warcraft as my main game and I've played many MMOs, but I'll try your games and meet you where you're at. I also play platformers, strategy, RPGs, a bunch of other genres. I want to share this with you. You can have whatever other hobbies, and in fact I HOPE you've had the chance to make room for other hobbies that I'm sure we will talk about, but otherwise this is the thing I hope we have in common.

So, who is this rapscallion that makes a bunch of demands and writes in excessive prose?

I'm a married lonely person, like everyone else on here. Dad to a couple of kids, I work from home and I'm the primary caregiver. I'm deeply engaged with my kids, sensitive, kind, emotionally intelligent, and I'm someone who tends to be introspective. I'm always thinking about my part in things, whether good or bad. Underneath all the serious paragraphs I do have a sense of humor. Yes, I can be sarcastic and enjoy some banter. My humor tends to be silly with a dash of absurdity, the odd quip, quotes, and funny voices.

I'm looking for someone basically who is okay with all of... This. All of me. The parts that are too much. The deep dives into whatever we're watching or listening to or playing. I long for connection and just for someone to be excited about me. I'm constantly managing others' emotional states and it leaves me feeling exhausted a lot of the time. I'm not looking for someone to fix my life, but to be an addendum to it. And, maybe I wanna get a little obsessive about each other. Finally, I'm looking to meet IRL.

Physically... Look, I'm overweight and not conventionally handsome and I'm bald. I'm 255 lbs. I run 3 days a week and lift twice a week. I'm trying to do better. If you're hoping for the physical aspect to be top notch, I'm a long term investment.

I'm in PST, open to anywhere in the US as long as we can make timing work and as long as we're up for meeting at some point. Ages 25-50ish, can be flexible on either end. If you're nerdy, come find my DMs :p

So if you read all this, tell me about yourself, what you're looking for, and I dunno, something good that happened to you this week!

I'm not sure how to write my ads in such a way to attract the vibe I'm looking for, so I'm trying to write it out quite explicitly.

The title pretty much nails it.

First, the paragraphs. When I was a kid/teen/young adult/up to now, I grew up on the forums of old and my interaction with people online is influenced by that. I'm not going to talk like we're standing in line at the grocery store, because that's not what we're doing. I'm looking for someone comfortable with writing paragraphs that ebb and flow through conversations, carrying multiple strands of thought. In my experience these end up encompassing all of our deepest thoughts, our marriage situations, our daily problems, and just... Who we are. Yes, eventually we will get to a point where we chat on voice and we can't carry conversations across multiple strands. But ya know what, we will cross that bridge when we come to it. Yes, I'm asking for depth pretty early on. I'm looking for someone who's not afraid of depth and willing to be a little bit vulnerable early on. Ya gotta give trust to get trust, and all that.

Going along with that comes the emotional part. I'm expecting that we're both unhappy in our marriages - that's why most people are here, right? Look, I'm not asking someone to immediately fall in love. I'm asking that you're open with your emotions and you're emotionally available for that possibility. I want to be on each other's minds all the time. I'm looking for someone who doesn't hold love as a hard boundary. Someone who isn't afraid of love. Someone who is EXCITED to talk to me, and have me as their person, and I will be excited to be their person.

Finally, the games. I'm a gamer. I have been since I was 3 years old. I love playing games. Watching games. Doing shitty drawings of games. Talking about games. Everything about them. Deep critiques. I love how gameplay interacts with story. How music sets the tone for gameplay and story throughout a game. Or, how those aspects fail. I play for story, challenge, and yes, even to play with some of my friends. I'm looking for someone who shares this one hobby, particularly on PC. And honestly, the nerdier the better. I'm looking for someone who also engages in fan stuff like conventions, cosplay, or other fan stuff and gets out there and interacts with other people who are excited about this stuff. I want to play with you, talk with you, watch you play, play our own games while we chat over voice. I play World of Warcraft as my main game and I've played many MMOs, but I'll try your games and meet you where you're at. I also play platformers, strategy, RPGs, a bunch of other genres. I want to share this with you. You can have whatever other hobbies, and in fact I HOPE you've had the chance to make room for other hobbies that I'm sure we will talk about, but otherwise this is the thing I hope we have in common.

So, who is this rapscallion that makes a bunch of demands and writes in excessive prose?

I'm a married lonely person, like everyone else on here. Dad to a couple of kids, I work from home and I'm the primary caregiver. I'm deeply engaged with my kids, sensitive, kind, emotionally intelligent, and I'm someone who tends to be introspective. I'm always thinking about my part in things, whether good or bad. Underneath all the serious paragraphs I do have a sense of humor. Yes, I can be sarcastic and enjoy some banter. My humor tends to be silly with a dash of absurdity, the odd quip, quotes, and funny voices.

I'm looking for someone basically who is okay with all of... This. All of me. The parts that are too much. The deep dives into whatever we're watching or listening to or playing. I long for connection and just for someone to be excited about me. I'm constantly managing others' emotional states and it leaves me feeling exhausted a lot of the time. I'm not looking for someone to fix my life, but to be an addendum to it. And, maybe I wanna get a little obsessive about each other. Finally, I'm looking to meet IRL.

Physically... Look, I'm overweight and not conventionally handsome and I'm bald. I'm 255 lbs. I run 3 days a week and lift twice a week. I'm trying to do better. If you're hoping for the physical aspect to be top notch, I'm a long term investment.

So if you read all this, tell me about yourself, what you're looking for, and I dunno, something good that happened to you this week!

I'm not sure how to write my ads in such a way to attract the vibe I'm looking for, so I'm trying to write it out quite explicitly.

The title pretty much nails it.

First, the paragraphs. When I was a kid/teen/young adult/up to now, I grew up on the forums of old and my interaction with people online is influenced by that. I'm not going to talk like we're standing in line at the grocery store, because that's not what we're doing. I'm looking for someone comfortable with writing paragraphs that ebb and flow through conversations, carrying multiple strands of thought. In my experience these end up encompassing all of our deepest thoughts, our marriage situations, our daily problems, and just... Who we are. Yes, eventually we will get to a point where we chat on voice and we can't carry conversations across multiple strands. But ya know what, we will cross that bridge when we come to it. Yes, I'm asking for depth pretty early on. I'm looking for someone who's not afraid of depth and willing to be a little bit vulnerable early on. Ya gotta give trust to get trust, and all that.

Going along with that comes the emotional part. I'm expecting that we're both unhappy in our marriages - that's why most people are here, right? Look, I'm not asking someone to immediately fall in love. I'm asking that you're open with your emotions and you're emotionally available for that possibility. I want to be on each other's minds all the time. I'm looking for someone who doesn't hold love as a hard boundary. Someone who isn't afraid of love. Someone who is EXCITED to talk to me, and have me as their person, and I will be excited to be their person.

Finally, the games. I'm a gamer. I have been since I was 3 years old. I love playing games. Watching games. Doing shitty drawings of games. Talking about games. Everything about them. Deep critiques. I love how gameplay interacts with story. How music sets the tone for gameplay and story throughout a game. Or, how those aspects fail. I play for story, challenge, and yes, even to play with some of my friends. I'm looking for someone who shares this one hobby, particularly on PC. And honestly, the nerdier the better. I'm looking for someone who also engages in fan stuff like conventions, cosplay, or other fan stuff and gets out there and interacts with other people who are excited about this stuff. I want to play with you, talk with you, watch you play, play our own games while we chat over voice. I play World of Warcraft as my main game and I've played many MMOs, but I'll try your games and meet you where you're at. I also play platformers, strategy, RPGs, a bunch of other genres. I want to share this with you. You can have whatever other hobbies, and in fact I HOPE you've had the chance to make room for other hobbies that I'm sure we will talk about, but otherwise this is the thing I hope we have in common.

So, who is this rapscallion that makes a bunch of demands and writes in excessive prose?

I'm a married lonely person, like everyone else on here. Dad to a couple of kids, I work from home and I'm the primary caregiver. I'm deeply engaged with my kids, sensitive, kind, emotionally intelligent, and I'm someone who tends to be introspective. I'm always thinking about my part in things, whether good or bad. Underneath all the serious paragraphs I do have a sense of humor. Yes, I can be sarcastic and enjoy some banter. My humor tends to be silly with a dash of absurdity, the odd quip, quotes, and funny voices.

I'm looking for someone basically who is okay with all of... This. All of me. The parts that are too much. The deep dives into whatever we're watching or listening to or playing. I long for connection and just for someone to be excited about me. I'm constantly managing others' emotional states and it leaves me feeling exhausted a lot of the time. I'm not looking for someone to fix my life, but to be an addendum to it. And, maybe I wanna get a little obsessive about each other. Finally, I'm looking to meet IRL.

Physically... Look, I'm overweight and not conventionally handsome and I'm bald. I'm 255 lbs. I run 3 days a week and lift twice a week. I'm trying to do better. If you're hoping for the physical aspect to be top notch, I'm a long term investment.

So if you read all this, tell me about yourself, what you're looking for, and I dunno, something good that happened to you this week!

Hi. 36 y/o dad in the PNW. I work a somewhat cushy job where I look at Excel a lot. It's a good mission with boring day to day. But ya know what, jobs are boring in general. I'm realizing more and more, that in spite of providing a lot of value and being the primary caretaker, I'm an inconvenience in my relationship. I'm looking for someone who sees my value, and maybe is looking for someone to see the value in them.

I'd like to connect. In fact, I'd like to do more than connect. I want and need desire and affection and I want and need to GIVE desire and affection. I wanna be borderline unhealthily obsessed with each other. No, no situation changing, but with feelings and IRL meeting in the cards down the road.

About me: Chronically online, but I touch grass sometimes. Like seriously, I spend a lot of time online. I touch grass, I'm the primary caregiver for my kids (I work from home), I'm involved in my community. Yes, you can strike a balance between touching grass and chronically online. I love to play a ton of PC games and I love selfies, voice chat, voice notes, pictures of our lives, everything of that nature. I have a few creative hobbies, I go to the gym in the attempt to de-fat myself, and I dive deep into books, movies, and music. We can talk more about our various hobbies later, but I'm **specifically looking for someone who plays PC games**. I play a lot of WoW. Maybe you don't. Maybe you play CoD or League or whatever. I'll play your favorite games with you, maybe you can join me in mine. I enjoy and value **deep and vulnerable conversations**. If you're not down for that, that's okay, but we're not made for each other. That doesn't mean I don't want to talk about the mundane or have the "how's your day" conversations - I **do**.

I'm fat. 255 lbs, 5'10. I've lost 25 lbs so far. Look, I'm not conventionally handsome, but I've got personality for days. Let's say I'm a long-term investment.

About you: 25-45ish. I'm flexible. Someone in North America. **Willing to meet**. No it doesn't have to be tomorrow, or even 2 weeks or 2 months from now. You must be a PC gamer. You must be somewhat chill - I'm not a rager, I don't wanna be with a rager - that being said, I understand getting tilted sometimes. You are into voice notes, voice chatting, and playing games together, as OPSEC and timing allows. I don't really care about the game - I'm less into survival games, and I'm not that into Minecraft but I'll play those games. I play WoW a lot and would love to have a dungeon friend. I don't care that much what you look like - I mean, yes, there's an attraction factor, but I filter for vibe WAY before I filter for appearance. Not everyone can be a black-haired curvy goth librarian, nor do I expect everyone to be, and I find myself attracted to many different types. Share your hobbies with me - you're an artist? I'd love to see your art. You go rock climbing? Tell me about your last trip. You do underwater basket weaving? Show me the goods, baby. You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, uh, you do you. I wanna see it.

I write in paragraphs over text. I double and triple text. I get attached easy. I'm trying to balance that with stability. I have a LOT of free time, because the only things I do are working at home (as in, job), playing with my kids, or I'm doing housework (as in, chores). I'm in PST. Send me pics of your nood(le)s.

Hi. 36 y/o dad in the PNW. I work a somewhat cushy job where I look at Excel a lot. It's a good mission with boring day to day. But ya know what, jobs are boring in general. I'm realizing more and more, that in spite of providing a lot of value and being the primary caretaker, I'm an inconvenience in my relationship. I'm looking for someone who sees my value, and maybe is looking for someone to see the value in them.

I'd like to connect. In fact, I'd like to do more than connect. I want and need desire and affection and I want and need to GIVE desire and affection. I wanna be borderline unhealthily obsessed with each other. No, no situation changing, but with feelings and IRL meeting in the cards down the road.

About me: Chronically online, but I touch grass sometimes. Like seriously, I spend a lot of time online. I touch grass, I'm the primary caregiver for my kids (I work from home), I'm involved in my community. Yes, you can strike a balance between touching grass and chronically online. I love to play a ton of PC games and I love selfies, voice chat, voice notes, pictures of our lives, everything of that nature. I have a few creative hobbies, I go to the gym in the attempt to de-fat myself, and I dive deep into books, movies, and music. We can talk more about our various hobbies later, but I'm \*\*specifically looking for someone who plays PC games\*\*. I play a lot of WoW. Maybe you don't. Maybe you play CoD or League or whatever. I'll play your favorite games with you, maybe you can join me in mine. I enjoy and value \*\*deep and vulnerable conversations\*\*. If you're not down for that, that's okay, but we're not made for each other. That doesn't mean I don't want to talk about the mundane or have the "how's your day" conversations - I \*\*do\*\*.

I'm fat. 255 lbs, 5'10. I've lost 25 lbs so far. Look, I'm not conventionally handsome, but I've got personality for days. Let's say I'm a long-term investment.

About you: 25-45ish. I'm flexible. Someone in North America. \*\*Willing to meet\*\*. No it doesn't have to be tomorrow, or even 2 weeks or 2 months from now. You must be a PC gamer. You must be somewhat chill - I'm not a rager, I don't wanna be with a rager - that being said, I understand getting tilted sometimes. You are into voice notes, voice chatting, and playing games together, as OPSEC and timing allows. I don't really care about the game - I'm less into survival games, and I'm not that into Minecraft but I'll play those games. I play WoW a lot and would love to have a dungeon friend. I don't care that much what you look like - I mean, yes, there's an attraction factor, but I filter for vibe WAY before I filter for appearance. Not everyone can be a black-haired curvy goth librarian, nor do I expect everyone to be, and I find myself attracted to many different types. Share your hobbies with me - you're an artist? I'd love to see your art. You go rock climbing? Tell me about your last trip. You do underwater basket weaving? Show me the goods, baby. You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, uh, you do you. I wanna see it.

I write in paragraphs over text. I double and triple text. I get attached easy. I'm trying to balance that with stability. I have a LOT of free time, because the only things I do are working at home (as in, job), playing with my kids, or I'm doing housework (as in, chores). I'm in PST. Send me pics of your nood(le)s.

So, it's 2:30 here, not quite 4, but the concept is the same.

Not sure what I'm really looking for tonight other than some companionship for a couple of hours. Normally I'm looking for romance, which is great if it turns into it, but tonight just looking to chat till I pass out again.

I'm coming down with a sickness that took me from perfectly fine to putting me on my ass in the span of about 8 hours. I'm drinking some sleepy tea to help with all of the crud.

I'm also feeling sad cuz I fucked up a good potential AP relationship a couple weeks ago.

Some prompts:

* What's been your best/worst AP situation?

* Ever had the one that got away in the reddit AP world?

* Why are you around here looking for extracurriculars?

* Have you found relationships here to be a relief from your current marriage?

* Have you ever tried to break up with your spouse?

* WHAT is your name? WHAT is your quest? WHAT is your favorite COLOR?!

So, it's 2:30 here, not quite 4, but the concept is the same.

Not sure what I'm really looking for tonight other than some companionship for a couple of hours. Normally I'm looking for romance, which is great if it turns into it, but tonight just looking to chat till I pass out again.

I'm coming down with a sickness that took me from perfectly fine to putting me on my ass in the span of about 8 hours. I'm drinking some sleepy tea to help with all of the crud.

I'm also feeling sad cuz I fucked up a good potential AP relationship a couple weeks ago.

Some prompts:

* What's been your best/worst AP situation?

* Ever had the one that got away in the reddit AP world?

* Why are you around here looking for extracurriculars?

* Have you found relationships here to be a relief from your current marriage?

* Have you ever tried to break up with your spouse?

* WHAT is your name? WHAT is your quest? WHAT is your favorite COLOR?!

I want to try something a little different.

3 days. That's it. Prerequisite is that you have to be a PC gamer.

Day 1: We chat on reddit to make sure we're not weirdos, we figure out what we're looking for, we see what we have in common, we generally get to know each other.

Day 2: We add each other on discord. I'll join you and play your games. We will chat on voice (assuming we're clear on opsec and all that) and see where the day/night takes us.

Day 3: You join me and play my game(s). We chat on voice and see where the night/day takes us.

After 3 days we exchange pictures. Then we either ghost each other or keep going if we both like the connection.

Sound good? I'm not afraid of love, I'm also not afraid of casual connections. I ask a ton of questions. I play a lot of WoW.

Ready? Let's go.

Hi. 36 y/o dad in the PNW. I work a somewhat cushy job where I look at Excel a lot. It's a good mission with boring day to day. But ya know what, jobs are boring in general. I'm realizing more and more, that in spite of providing a lot of value and being the primary caretaker, I'm an inconvenience in my relationship. I'm looking for someone who sees my value, and maybe is looking for someone to see the value in them.

I'd like to connect. In fact, I'd like to do more than connect. I want and need desire and affection and I want and need to GIVE desire and affection. I wanna be borderline unhealthily obsessed with each other. No, no situation changing, but with feelings and IRL meeting in the cards down the road.

About me: Chronically online, but I touch grass sometimes. Like seriously, I spend a lot of time online. I touch grass, I'm the primary caregiver for my kids (I work from home), I'm involved in my community. Yes, you can strike a balance between touching grass and chronically online. I love to play a ton of PC games and I love selfies, voice chat, voice notes, pictures of our lives, everything of that nature. I have a few creative hobbies, I go to the gym in the attempt to de-fat myself, and I dive deep into books, movies, and music. We can talk more about our various hobbies later, but I'm \*\*specifically looking for someone who plays PC games\*\*. I play a lot of WoW. Maybe you don't. Maybe you play CoD or League or whatever. I'll play your favorite games with you, maybe you can join me in mine. I enjoy and value \*\*deep and vulnerable conversations\*\*. If you're not down for that, that's okay, but we're not made for each other. That doesn't mean I don't want to talk about the mundane or have the "how's your day" conversations - I \*\*do\*\*.

I'm fat. 255 lbs, 5'10. I've lost 25 lbs so far. Look, I'm not conventionally handsome, but I've got personality for days. Let's say I'm a long-term investment.

About you: 25-45ish. I'm flexible. Someone in North America. \*\*Willing to meet\*\*. No it doesn't have to be tomorrow, or even 2 weeks or 2 months from now. You must be a PC gamer. You must be somewhat chill - I'm not a rager, I don't wanna be with a rager - that being said, I understand getting tilted sometimes. You are into voice notes, voice chatting, and playing games together, as OPSEC and timing allows. I don't really care about the game - I'm less into survival games, and I'm not that into Minecraft but I'll play those games. I play WoW a lot and would love to have a dungeon friend. I don't care that much what you look like - I mean, yes, there's an attraction factor, but I filter for vibe WAY before I filter for appearance. Not everyone can be a black-haired curvy goth librarian, nor do I expect everyone to be, and I find myself attracted to many different types. Share your hobbies with me - you're an artist? I'd love to see your art. You go rock climbing? Tell me about your last trip. You do underwater basket weaving? Show me the goods, baby. You do industrial manufacturing and logistics as a hobby? Well, uh, you do you. I wanna see it.

I write in paragraphs over text. I double and triple text. I get attached easy. I'm trying to balance that with stability. I have a LOT of free time, because the only things I do are working at home, playing with my kids, or I'm out doing a volunteer thing. That's rural life for ya. I'm in PST. Send me pics of your nood(le)s.