I see marriage as an inviolate Holy Union and am adamant about having the same type of relationship my parents have had for nearly 43 years. I seek a woman who relishes family, enjoys spending time together, and wants to be treated like a lady. Both humor and intelligence are important as well as acknowledgment of the differences between the sexes, but that marriage requires mutual submission. I'm attracted to beauty unaccompanied by pretentiousness.....and although I'm Italian/Irish, I am drawn to the dedication to family and God demonstrated by Middle Easterners. For years, I concentrated on my career at great personal sacrifice with the hope of focusing on building a Catholic family someday. In that sense, I am looking for someone who sees marriage as the primary focus of their future. At the same time, I understand everyone has a different proclivity towards professional accomplishment and so I would be happy with a stay-at-home or working mother. In either case, my only desire would be that our main focus be on our faith and family and that we do things like pick up our child from school together whenever possible. My parents would occasionally pick me up from school together, take me to the playground, and then to McDonalds for a Happy Meal (that was in the 70s when children ran around all day). I still remember my excitement in seeing them both and would walk in between them holding their hands so they could swing me up in the air....never will forget those days.