Johan
71, Pretoria, South Africa

I am intelligent, well educated (Masters degree in genetics) and sophisticated but also down to earth with no hang-ups. I have conservative values. I am reliable, loyal and honest and have high moral standards. I hate lies and dishonesty. Family values are very important to me and I will give my life to protect my family. I have a very soft and tender heart. I make very deep emotional commitments to the people that I love. I love children. I have a very even temperament and am emotionally very stable. I will always be very tender and soft with the lady of my life.
My dream is to have a loving and tender wife whom I can cherish and love with all my mind and emotions. I am looking for a soul mate who can share all my dreams, thoughts and emotions (good and bad, happy and sad). She must respect me and our family not only with words but also with deeds. I believe that husband and wife are equal in their relationship but that the man must always be the strong one and be the leader and the women must be the soft and tender one but also strong to hold the family together with her love and tenderness. I have a sophisticated and fine sense of humour.
I have a very wide interest in life and a wide general  knowledge of almost all things in life. I am a real bookworm and am always busy reading something – from newspapers to novels and anything else  that I can lay my hands on.
I believe that communication, respect and commitment is the most important aspects in any relationship.  Any relationship has ups and downs but if one is fully committed to make it work and one can communicate with respect for each other’s opinions, every problem can be solved and make the relationship stronger. Feelings and emotions of love can come and go and be stronger or weaker at times but a strong commitment is the bond that holds a relationship together. The great theologian and reformer Martin Luther said: “Before you marry you choose the one you want to love. After you marry you love the one that you chose”. I also strongly believe that love is feelings and emotions but in the end it is a choice that you make and commit yourself to for life.