Christopher

Dear Amazing Woman,

Here's what family and friends say about me: "kind, honest, caring, affectionate, refined, sophisticated, ambitious, and gentlemanly."

Social media is full of beaten down men and women jaded by their dating experiences. I'm not one of them. I'm uber romantic: flowers, chocolates, holding hands, flirtation which puts butterflies in your stomach. I'm optimistic about the possibilities of life and love, and yearn to relish new experiences with my soul mate, a woman who lights my world.

I'm an open and clear communicator. You'll always know where you stand with me.

Yes, you'll test me. That's what women do. You have to. You need to make sure you have the best possible man. So know this ... test me all you want. I'll respond with calm, firm masculinity every time. I'll be fair. And if you're not, I'll call you out. And you'll love that, because only then will you know I'm steady and reliable. Tampo just won't work on me.

Healthy, clean living is important to me. We only have one body, right? I go to the gym three times a week and walk 10, 000 steps on each of the other four days, or even run part of that. So typically, my diet is high in protein such as chicken and fish, coupled with fresh vegetables like green beans, tomatoes or purple cabbage topped with homemade dressing. I love to make sorbets from fresh limes, plums or blueberries. I never use sugar, preferring Monk fruit sweetener instead. I drink lemon-flavoured water, zero sugar sodas and cordials. On special occasions, I'll actually drink fruit juices like guava and pineapple. I never drink alcohol, coffee or tea at all. I've never been drunk in my life!

Professionally, I own an Australian investment firm and work in private equity, employing 37 people. I've been an entrepreneur for all my career. So I know how to provide.

People notice my habit of investing heavily in the ones I love or believe in. By 'heavily investing', I mean sharing my life knowledge and expertise as a mentor so the other person grows and is self-empowered. I love drawing out and shaping the best in people so they succeed.

When not working, I love to sail the Great Barrier Reef, hike mountains, grow figs, play chess, watch podcasts, make mango coconut sorbet or even a pavola, read philosophy, take photos of nature, and soar ridge-lines in a glider. Family is dear to me.

An adventurer, I've travelled the corners of the Earth. Once I escaped from a South Pacific island tribe whose ancestors were cannibals. I once dared to walk the gritty streets of Harlem, New York City, in a pin-stripe suit where a striking African American wearing a top-hat told me, "You look like Bill Clinton!". Imagine canoing into an Ionia Sea grotto where the waters were metallic blue. I've done that, as well as hiked into a dangerous Philippine caldera where once volcanic rocks the size of houses exploded 500 metres into the air. And I once had a near-death experience on the white-water rapids of the mighty Zambezi River in deepest, darkest Africa.

I’m successful, emotionally strong and masculine. I offer safety and security only for that one in a million most feminine and gentle woman. I'm a practiced family man, having three adult children from a previous marriage which ended after 25 years.

If I found an amazing woman, I could be convinced to have more children. I'm certainly able to provide for a wife and children. I definitely have the energy for a second act. I find children's energy and love of learning so energising, and I love being around a woman in her maternal prime. So sexy! But for me to do all that again would require meeting an extraordinary woman whom I'm confident loves me.

You will be honest and kind, traditional and feminine, genuinely interested in a mutually-felt, Christ-centred romantic relationship, ultimately leading to marriage and a life in Australia with regular, pre-planned trips back to the Philippines to see your family.

I will be cautious to discern whether you are genuine and have honorable motives. If you are contemplating contacting me because you think I'm an easy target for money, I will sense it. I'm experienced in life. I'm a good judge of people and can spot bad motives. So only genuine women should contact me.

Genuine means:

* Looking for love, a sincere romantic relationship
* Not driven primarily by money. That's a turn-off for me
* Not using men to get permanent residency to the West
* Actually writing a full profile on this site. If you can't bother to write something about yourself, how genuine are you really. I've written a profile. It would be respectful if you at least did me that courtesy.

Finally, I'm an Anglican Christian, which is to say Protestant. In that tradition, I'm Anglo-Catholic which means I worship like a Roman Catholic but do not acknowledge Rome as the centre of the Church. I'm a committed Christian. My father, grandfather and uncle were all Anglican priests. I like exploring theology. My favourite Bible verse is Luke 17:20-21:

"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, 'The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.' "

So in summary, I'm a kind, loving, thoughtful, highly capable, discerning Christian man, physically energetic, active and adventurous. So. when I come home from a hard day at work, I just want affection and soothing peace, authentic love and kind gentleness.

Can you provide that? Are you ready to go on that journey with me?

Christopher