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Old Feb 18, 2015, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulaS View Post
Iīm a 30+ year old woman and Iīm still a virgin. Thereīs nothing physically wrong and Iīve been having sex "by myself" since my teens. So far everything seems normal. I donīt have any religious or other hesitations that prevents me from take this step. I wasnīt sexually traumatized as a child.

I donīt really know how I got into this "situation", I was never interested in looking for a partner in my teens and not in my 20:s either. I thought about my situation being single from time to time but I never took the step to go online dating or so.

Now I sometimes feel unnormal because of this and even if I get aroused when looking at nice intimate sex in a movie for instance I donīt feel the urge to find someone and just have sex. I canīt really see myself in a relationship and I donīt fantasize about other people sexually.

Sometimes Iīve thought about the possibility me being asexual but as I never considered a relationship at all, not a plathonic one either, I think there could be other explanations to this that I donīt really know of.

I donīt want to live by myself for the rest of my life but I though find it hard imagining myself being in a relationship and what it would be like.

Of course I know of dating communities and so on and I canīt say I would be scared of dating but it doesnīt feel natural for some reason. As this is a therapy community Iīm not looking for dating tips.

I would want some reflections on this matter, perhaps thereīs someone else out there who shares this matter with me.

Sometimes this makes me really sad.
PaulaS, I wonder what you would say to a male, 30+, who
happens to be a virgin. What judgments, or lack of the same,
would you make about him?

For one thing, looking at your experience from a different direction
just may encourage you to examine some of your beliefs about
how romance, sexuality, and so on are "supposed" to be.

For another, there may be men on this forum who...haven't
found the right one yet? ...aren't interested in the local dating
scene? ...have gotten by on fantasy and self-pleasuring?
Who knows?