People who lost their virginity after age 35 (or never did), what's your story?

I was pretty close; early thirties. I am not particularly ugly or attractive, just an average joe. I'm not religious and I had opportunities (that I was aware of) starting around 19-21, average cis-male libido. I just wasn't interested in having that kind of experience with someone I wasn't connecting with, and I spent a big part of my twenties just kind of third-wheeling around women that weren't interested in me that way. It took me a while to recognize that behavior within myself and make some adjustments. I don't regret how long I waited except to say that we only get better at things with practice; it has been a decade now that I've been a more sexual being and I'm about a decade behind, in my peer group, in terms of the kind of competency that comes with experience. But I don't think I'd trade it, on balance.

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