Let me add another welcome.
I will encourage you to spend some time in e-mail and private talk with the (don't get upset with me, read the whole thing) women here on the TMF, especially the older ones, as well as the young handsome hunks that are roaming the endless plains of the TMF.
The chat room is enticing, some might even say addicting, and you'll be very popular there, if only by your name alone.
And yes, please feel free to contact me as well. Specs and contact info are in my profile. My private message gate is open to all members of the TMF, and I'll give you (or just about anyone, for that matter) a yahoo instant messenger ID for voice contact.
Last little note, I will suggest that you wait at least six weeks before you start doing things such as giving anyone specific contact info about yourself (e.g., don't give away a phone number). There are so many young men (all ages really, but the 20-somethings seem to be most prevalent, with 30-somethings in second place) here in the TMF that you will really benefit by hanging back for just a month or two.
The guys here are really from,,, uh,,,, "Diverse" backgrounds. You will want to avoid some of them like the plague. Others are very enticing, but they are fakes. Others are so nice you'll wonder why they aren't being chased in public by all the women.
Same for the women, a few (very few) are "Yikes ! Stay-away !" types, and a lot of them are really great women.
And oh, one last "welcome-watch-out",,, about half of the girls in the chat room are not really girls. Use voice chat (demand it, if needed) before "opening up" in emotional terms, like women tend to do with women.
You'll be amazed at how many "women" in the TMF chat room have high-paying jobs and Ph.D. degrees but can't connect a microphone to their computer. (Hint: that's the clue that "she" is a fake female)
Amidst all this bad talk, I do welcome you and encourage you to stick with us for a few months. The people here are, well, in general, pretty nifty folks.