I have better things to do than worry about solitude or virginity.
- Rush, "The Eagle's Eye"
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
That's female to male ratio. And the other males are respectively partnered and a repulsive asshole.
― EDB, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Those are good odds; time to back yourself and make friends imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
or you can just throw a post up on craigslist "casual encounters" and you'll be a non-virgin by next week. Though you probably won't enjoy the experience....
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
Are you in a university town, or a city? I know a number of guys who had that kind of ratio in engineering school--they hunkered down, worked hard, got great jobs and wives after.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
EDB, you're not that far off where I was at your age. If you're a grad student, find the stodgiest bar that grad students hang out at and just start talking to people, if that's at all appealing.
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
Hey EDB I found this "guide to flirting" and I thought it was p helpful. Kind without being GAMEMASTER or creepy or weird, genuinely practical advice for a dingdong like me.
― Crabbits, Thursday, 26 July 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
mh, why the stodgiest bar?
― Je55e, Thursday, 26 July 2012 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
Grad students don't go to the partyingest college bars, that's for undergrads.
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:37 (eleven years ago) link
grad students go to the overpriced ones
― the late great, Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
OK, I give up. There's really no good reason I, at 25, and with an active libido and no relevant psychological or physical issues, should still be sexually inactive. I haven't even gotten anywhere, at all, since joining OkCupid more than a year ago. I dunno if I should, like, get this looked into, or whether I'm just subjecting myself to unnecessary self-pathologization.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Friday, 25 October 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
if you ask someone "can i kiss you?" at a somewhat unusual moment in the midst of a conversation during a date or romantically charged hangout that's going well -- and sell it correctly by sounding confident yet somehow also caught off guard, as if the idea has just come to you -- you should be golden.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Friday, 25 October 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/05074a4364dfceceda751ad26a90ca3a/tumblr_mqbbkrQ7wd1rqw994o2_500.gif
― sleepingbag, Friday, 25 October 2013 04:33 (ten years ago) link
ha
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Friday, 25 October 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
i mean, i am the first to admit i probably don't know what i am talking about. i just think that it might be a risk free way for ed.b to see where he stands if he finds himself in an ambiguous situation.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Friday, 25 October 2013 04:39 (ten years ago) link
But if she says yes, then what do I do!?!?
The thing is, like, I haven't even gotten to the point where that was a possibility.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
When I I I feel that somethingI want to hold your haaaaaaand.Please let me hold your ha-a-a-a-a-and.I want to hold your hand.
And when I touch you I fele happy inside.It's such a feeling that my loveI can't hideI can't hideI can't hide.
― Aimless, Friday, 25 October 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
I wish libidos were like, say, kidneys so I could sell mine on the black market.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Been looking at site new answers all day, guess Matt P is taking some time off
― Jesus (wins), Friday, 25 October 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
*farts*
― stylings (Matt P), Friday, 25 October 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
That's the spirit
― Jesus (wins), Friday, 25 October 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
do you have severe social anxiety and/or are you "holding out" for a supermodel? not joking. if the former you should address that in a more general sense rather than place too much emphasis on getting laid.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Friday, 25 October 2013 23:39 (ten years ago) link
Well, I do have non-severe social anxiety issues - at least not severe enough to prevent me from going on dates - which is more or less the root of the problem. I rarely meet people, very rarely make friends, and have especial difficulty maintaining relationships, hence the fact I've never met and befriending available women where there's mutual attraction (I did come close this summer, but ultimately she wasn't interested in me).
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Saturday, 26 October 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
Very tempted to start a sex/relationship advice column on ILTMI where people can benefit from my vast inexperience.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Saturday, 26 October 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
(a crowd gathers below the ledge and they chant)
do it! do it!
― Aimless, Saturday, 26 October 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
People that are ultimately not that interested might be sex partners before that ultimatum comes into effect
― mh, Saturday, 26 October 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
Is it possible to fail more totally as a human than by being a 28 year old virgin?
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
(excluding obvious answer of 'by being a 29/30/31 etc year old virgin')
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
short answer: yes
― Aimless, Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
gotta say that never having put a part of your body into an opening in another person's body, or had a part of another person's body put into an opening in your body, does not strike me as a particularly noteworthy marker of one's success or lack thereof
― Euler, Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
OTM
― Victor Immature (WilliamC), Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
yeah, WTF? (re soref)
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Saturday, 26 October 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
28 yr old virgin = me, if that wasn't clear, not trying to have a go at anyone else.
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
not everyone has to have sex
if you want to, just make sure it happens before you're decrepit
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
sex is not that great, really.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
i think you should all pursue whatever types of experiences you want to have, but don't think you are missing out on the best thing in the world or something.
― (emphasis Treeship's) (Treeship), Saturday, 26 October 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
otm, close second at best
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Saturday, 26 October 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
i. scoring a goal
― drugs/lies: poll (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
Also number one in the list of things I am even less likely to do than get laid.
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
You can meet up with any nine people of a weekend and fix that.
― drugs/lies: poll (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
10. Multiple Scorgasms – I’m sure whoever thought of this one up thought that it was a stroke of genius. Does it matter if they are a sexually frustrated middle aged man, of course not, they’re having a right giggle down at the Sunday league park.
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
A good burger tastes better than sex.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
sex is not that great, really
As an adjunct to loving someone, sex is remarkably great. If you're just doing it because you like orgasms, you may as well masturbate, bcz lots fewer complications.
― Aimless, Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah sex is awesome wtf
― your face comes with coleslaw (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
Not sure that's a universal aimless tbh
― drugs/lies: poll (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Treeship, are you just having sex because you like orgasms, be honest
― this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quitch (soref), Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Not sure that's a universal aimless
I suppose there could be instances where sex with someone you don't love could involve fewer complications than masturbation, but they've escaped my notice.
― Aimless, Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
i was 17 when i said goodbye to my virginity
it went back up to Albany to finish sophomore year
― surm, Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
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― drugs/lies: poll (darraghmac), Saturday, October 26, 2013 1:14 PM (36 minutes ago)
could probably also solve yr virginity problem too
― sarahell, Saturday, 26 October 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
You spotted that eh
― drugs/lies: poll (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 October 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link