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Short bio: I'm 55 years old, ex military (not retired), currently work freelance as a consultant for laboratories seeking licensing or as an inspector for licensing bureaus. My training is in science and statistics. I was an athlete when younger and my main sport was boxing. I'm from Detroit and a die hard gear head. The basic reason I'm involved in this hobby is that I am married but unhappy and I feel trapped in the marriage. I lie through my teeth to make everyone at home believe everything is OK. I have developed this strategy after years of trying to tell them what isn't OK and asking for compromise. If I leave many lives will be disrupted. I won't pretend that physical relations with beautiful woman isn't a draw but half of the time spent on a date is just talking and/or cuddling. Intimate contact seems to be a need I can't get at home. I repeat with companions that I can communicate with, not with the ones where the physical part was "mind-blowing" if there was nothing else there. I travel a lot and tend to find favorites in the cities I land and stick with them. One negative aspect is that I wear my heart on my sleeve and I tend to develop feelings for one or more of my companions. I know the feelings are based on an idealized relationship and cannot be sustained or reciprocated. However, I'm honest with the girl(s) so they can cut things off if this makes them uncomfortable. Oh, and I don't look like my avatar - although I often feel the way my avatar looks. LOL.