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Default Feb 13, 2015 at 11:40 PM
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How do you deal with feeling unwanted? That's what gets me; this idea that I am a reject.
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Default Feb 16, 2015 at 06:42 PM
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How do you deal with feeling unwanted? That's what gets me; this idea that I am a reject.
I feel this way a lot too. I try and find shelter in music or some other artform.... there is a lot of self-described reject artists that I just happen to find lovable.
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Default Feb 16, 2015 at 07:13 PM
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I'm not a virgin but have had only a few short relationships but come across as a virgin since I'm seldom in a relationship and don't really have any sex life to brag about. The one thing I really loathe is coworkers always talk about sex and establish a pecking order based on sexual prowess, experience and orientation. If you don't talk about sex, word spreads quickly through the grapevine, and no one wants to be stuck alone with you in the office since that's about all they talk about, so they leave you in the trenches instead of promoting you to jobs with more social interaction. I think it even factors in the hiring process for small businesses. They want to know if you're married with children, aka "normal". This may be more of an issue for men though. I've worked for many companies and this is true for a majority of them, especially after you've reached age 30.
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Angry Feb 17, 2015 at 08:16 PM
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Ugh! I could not stand it. It sounds messed up. I hope it is not prevalent. Awfully unprofessional... I'm glad I'm not a guy.
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Default Feb 18, 2015 at 12:12 PM
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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?
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Default Feb 20, 2015 at 03:49 AM
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I'm not a virgin but have had only a few short relationships but come across as a virgin since I'm seldom in a relationship and don't really have any sex life to brag about. The one thing I really loathe is coworkers always talk about sex and establish a pecking order based on sexual prowess, experience and orientation. If you don't talk about sex, word spreads quickly through the grapevine, and no one wants to be stuck alone with you in the office since that's about all they talk about, so they leave you in the trenches instead of promoting you to jobs with more social interaction. I think it even factors in the hiring process for small businesses. They want to know if you're married with children, aka "normal". This may be more of an issue for men though. I've worked for many companies and this is true for a majority of them, especially after you've reached age 30.

They talk about sex at work all the time and nothing else? We talk about relationships marriages and on occasion maybe somebody would mention sex in general but not like all the time! What type of jobs do you work ????? Where is talking about your sex life is an expectation????

Also may I suggest that could be you don't get promoted to jobs that require social interactions because of some type social difficulties rather than because of not having sex.

I am just wondering....you made some suggestions to people on here that made me think if you suggest that in real life people would start avoiding you, and that is nothing to do with sex. It would be a major law suit not to promote because person wouldn't talk about sex

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