I love to laugh and enjoy life. I enjoy the company of good friends and family

I love to laugh and enjoy life. I enjoy the company of good friends and family. I'm comfortable & secure with who I am and I'm optimistic and affectionate. I'm open-minded, genuine, faithful, loyal and also very caring with traditional midwest values (i.e., family values, honesty, integrity, down-to-earth, treat people the way you would wish to be treated, etc.). I'm fairly straight-forward - definitely not into games or drama. I like to be active and work out to stay fit and in shape. I tend to be casual on weekends, although I do also enjoy dressing up and going to nice places.
I can be a little shy or reserved until I get to know someone, but once you know me better you'll wonder what happened! I have a good sense of humor (...I like to look at the lighter side of things) and as I get to know someone better I also like light-hearted joking/kidding around ...and yes, I can take it as much as I can 'dish it out' - in fact, I often encourage it! ...or is that initiate it?