The questions earn a thoughtful 'hmm' out of him as he sips off of his beer glass, since, in all truthfulness, neither of them was exactly the case. "I wasn't doing it out of boredom," he says first, figuring that was probably the more important point to address. "I dunno. I don't know a whole ton of people here and most of the women I know are already paired up. And you sounded like the type of woman I usually like spending time around, at least based on the profile."

"Wouldn't say I really loved dating, exactly," he says, hedging a little more as he talks. "Back home, I had relationships, but it wasn't exactly like how dating works for most people. Kind of difficult to take someone out for dinner when you all live in the gutter."