Virgins of reddit, how old are you? Why are you still virgin? How do you feel about it? How do people around you think about you being virgin?

Hey! I actually recently turned 30 and I'm still a virgin - a kissless virgin at that. I am still sort of wondering how I made it 30 as a virgin. There is no particular reason for it. I suppose the women I was interested in did not really feel the same. The last woman I remember being attracted to who I knew was interested in me was when I was 21. There are a couple girls who have been interested in me since, but I wasn't interested - it's no fault of their own, It just wasn't there for me. I was not held back for any particular reason.

Other than that I think there's a few reasons. I'm quite a bit out of shape. I like to work out and I've gone running often. But I've got quite a bit of fat on me by allowing work to demand all of my time - and feeling guilty when there was still work to be done - and I'll admit I eat a lot when I'm feeling stressed. When I turned 30 I decided to shift this mindset a bit and always make time to work out. It's been going well so far, I've only missed a couple days out of a few weeks -but I've got a long road ahead of me.

I think I hold back my feelings a little bit. If there's a woman I'm interested in, I take some time to get to knew her a little before asking her out. I want to know a little bit of what she's all about. Sometimes I think that makes me a bit too reserved. I've heard too many horror stories of dating to just jump into something. So I feel like I want to be a bit sure of myself.

I don't feel bad about being a virgin. I'm not angry about it by any means. If anything I feel INSECURE at times. Most of the time, I'm a pretty happy guy. I have friends, we hang out, I have best friends who are men and women, people that I think of as my second family. But there's no doubt the inexperience gets to me. I do feel like something might be wrong with me. I definitely don't want to be a "kissless virgin" forever after all. But I also know that I have zero experience and that is a big, big problem for a lot of people. I didn't want it to turn out that way, I just made other things a priority and that's how it happened. So I'm really afraid that I'm being to be a big time let-down to the next girl that I connect with. That is the biggest worry for me. I don't want to be seen as bad at sex, because I know that can be a deal-breaker for a lot of people, but unfortunately I think I am just going to have to deal with it if she can't stand how inexperienced I might be.

As for what people think of me being a virgin - the opinions are all over the map. Friends have said "date a practice girl" - someone I'm not really that interested in but who might be into me - to get it out of the way. Hire an escort. Try picking up women at a bar - not something I'd probably ever do to be honest. Wait until it feels right. I have a couple of friends who are girls that I know of only by way of the internet - some have suggested I fly out to them and get it out of the way that way (if they were even interested). Lower your standards - I don't think they are all that high anyways... or a few other things.

Anyway, that's all about me and being a virgin. Sometimes I do feel insecure about it, and I look for others who are struggling with that same issue on here, which led me to your question. Sorry for the book.

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