Why should you get to know miss_maria?

... because I know how to embrace and make the most of life. I have a healthy fear of becoming complacent or becoming stuck in a rut, but that doesn't mean I go out of my way to shake things up for the sake of change. I know how to cherish what's worth keeping.

My family and friends would say I'm fun, imaginative, and blessed with boundless energy and passion for whatever I choose to do.

I genuinely love conversation, ideas and reading that can change my outlook on established ways of seeing life, and believe being open to other's opinions and outlooks is more attractive than conventional aesthetically easy on the eye looks!

However I can be stubborn, ridiculously competitive (I've won the mother's race two years running and already started training for the next one!), contrary...
...and far too honest

She describes her ideal match thus:

Open, intelligent, honest, funny, active, passionate

Someone who will laugh at me and save me from myself if I begin to make things complicated, or am in danger of taking myself too seriously.

Above all someone who knows how to enjoy themselves, is open to new ideas and experiences, is in touch with their inner child and ultimately doesn't scare children...