I was a 27 year old virgin. I'd never even kissed a girl.

I met a girl through a friend back in March 2016. Somehow, I got enough courage to find her on social media the next day and try and start up a conversation. We didn't even chat much the night we met. I just thought she was interesting and wanted to know more about her. Yes she was hot and way out of my league.

We went on a few dates. I had read suggestions on mostly /r/askreddit regarding dating questions so I think I played it pretty well. Basically whenever I'd seen a useful answer I'd save it. So when I finally got talking to this girl, I had a load of good date ideas, as well as things to do/not to do on a date.

It went well. The first time we kissed I was insanely nervous. All I knew of kissing was what I'd read over on /r/sex - use the sidebar and there's some good info for all aspects of it.

Now I should add she's way more experienced than me. She's a year younger but she's had 5 serious relationships and she's had sex with 12 guys...not massive numbers, but enough to intimidate the shit out of me. Mr 0.

So, after the kiss she actually complimented me. Said I was a good kisser. Obviously she knew I was nervous but after I dug a bit more she really was being genuine.

The most useful tip I can give for kissing is that a girl will kiss you, the way she wants to be kissed. I read paragraphs and paragraphs of advice, but that is the most important thing I took away from it.

A few weeks later she took my virginity. I told her I'd had sex with a couple other girls back when I was younger. Again, everything I knew was from /r/sex - and to this day I have never failed to get her to climax. She contantly tells me how sex with me is the best she's ever had. Yes the first few times I came really fast... But I'd already put in hours of foreplay and so it wasn't an issue. 5 minutes of good piv sex is better than 30 minutes of consistent & boring pounding (for most anyway). I think the main reason she thinks I'm so good... Is because I listen. I ask her what she wants and I deliver. I ask her what she likes and I learn how to do it. I'm definitely a giver, so that helps... But honestly if you can read a few posts on /r/sex about how to eat pussy... You're golden.

So. Over a year later, I owe so much to reddit and the people on the sex subreddit.

There's one thing left that I don't think I can learn from reddit though, and that's if, and when I should tell her she took my virginity. I'm ashamed I lied to her out of embarrassment... But I also think she'd like to know that. Idk. That's something I'll figure out on my own.