I'm 25, very almost 26 and have never had a girlfriend or a date. For a long time I was too shy to talk to girls at all, now that I'm over that I have no clue how to you know, typical "friend zone" stuff. bla bla bla, you've heard the story... It doesn't help that most of the women my age I meet are already in comited relationships, sometimes engaged or married with a baby on the way.

My current worry is actually not the fact that I never have had a grilfriend, but now that I've left it so long I don't feel mentally and emotionally capable to start dating for the first ever time.

In my minde: any single women in my age range will likely have a great deal of relationship experience. If I meet a woman, she might be compairing me to her many ex's, judging my ability to handle being with her and to understand how relationships work. I have no experience, exactly the same amount as when I was an young schoolboy and I don't see how a woman in her twenties would want to date a man with the equivilent relationship experience of a 12-year-old boy.

Am I stupid to think this is a concern? Or what can I do about it if it really is?

Twenty-something girls in the forumn: Could you see yourself being in a relationship with someone who's never been in a relationship? Would this put you off?