Welcome to my life! Whether you made contact with me online or via a direct face to face encounter, I am glad to know you! Let me explain my situation and my positions so we may have no misunderstandings as we move forward.

1. I am NOT interested in casual dating just to have fun with someone. My goal is to find a woman that I can live with and have a family life with. If that does not interest you, please do not waste my time or yours!
2. I am an atheist, an ex-Christian, and ex-Baha’i, and a dedicated Unitarian Universalist. I do not care what your own personal beliefs are. But if you do not respect me and my beliefs, we will go nowhere.
3. I will never demand nude photos from you, nor will I send you a “dick pic”. If you do decide to send me a nude photo, I won’t judge you for doing so; it’s all about respecting your body and what you do with it.
4. You are not my “girlfriend” and I will not be your “boyfriend”; those are outdated and sexist terms. I will call us “love partners” because that is gender inclusive and has no regard for sexual orientation or gender identity.
5. Speaking of those issues, I will not tolerate homophobia or transphobia. I have dated trans people and there is no way in hell you can tell me a trans person is not the gender they say they are. Gender identity is a product of what’s between your ears, NOT what is between your legs.
6. If you voted for Donald Trump in ANY election year, you are a sell out and backstabber of our democracy and Constitution! No one as horrible as him deserves our support, ever!
7. Do not EVER demand I send you any amount of money or a gift card of any kind! That’s an automatic dealbreaker! I’m sick of dealing with moochers who are unwilling to support themselves.
8. Do not ask me to trade in cryptocurrency either. If you do that on your own, that’s YOUR business.
9. If you have a dating profile, it MUST be completely accurate. If it says you live in Texas, but you later admit you live in another state, I will assume you lied on the profile to scam people and will cut off all further contact. No exceptions!
10. If we have sex, I will let you decide what we do with our bodies, up to and including you getting pregnant (if you are fertile). I promise I will take care of you if you have a baby with me. If you are willing to have at least two children, that’s even better for me. If you already have children, I’m willing to treat them like they are my own. Sex for me is not just for fun, it is part of building a relationship over time.
11. I do not care if you are only 20 years old or 50, as long as your age appears to be accurate online and you are honest with me about that. Yes, I will check I D. I won’t risk being arrested by dating a minor. If you are still in high school, you have ZERO business dating or having sex with a man old enough to be your father.
12. I am willing to deal with your family on holidays or other occasions, such as weddings and funerals. But YOU are my focus, always, just as I expect to be your focus.
13. I do not really care what we do together as long as we can rely on each other. I hope you have the same open minded attitude towards me.
14. Do not “ghost” me if you decide to be with someone else; TELL me you are moving on explicitly. I am willing to be friends with an ex-lover if she is honest with me.
15. DO NOT ALREADY BE MARRIED! And, yes, being “separated” counts as being married. I do not want to risk being humiliated on an episode of CHEATERS.

Those are all my terms, take it or leave it. They are NOT negotiable!

Dale Husband, the Honorable Skeptic