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Evilsanta

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I am in the same boat as many of the poster here are.

19 years old and I have never gotten a hug from girl that is not a relative. I would try to get a girlfriend, heck even a female friend would be nice but as I'm as social as a rock with the social skills as one too... I don't think that is going to happen. Atleast at the moment.
 

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Yeah OP I'm very similar. What little I did have at one point at least lead to sex so it's not all bad. My problem mainly lies in that I have no self worth. I don't have looks, money, charm or anything else to offer a woman. As a result, I don't bother, which is good seeing as the type of girls I could possibly get, I have no interest in. I know the saying is "You don't learn to drive in a brand new Jag, you get an old shitheap so you can make a few mistakes" but damnit I'd like something at least mid range.
Jesus Christ it's like reading in a mirror after the first two sentences.
 

Ossian

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Evilsanta said:
I am in the same boat as many of the poster here are.

19 years old and I have never gotten a hug from girl that is not a relative. I would try to get a girlfriend, heck even a female friend would be nice but as I'm as social as a rock with the social skills as one too... I don't think that is going to happen. Atleast at the moment.
With an avatar like that who would want to? jk ;)
 

RagnorakTres

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Eh, don't worry about it. I'm in exactly the same boat as you are (with the caveat that I don't care). You're just experiencing the deep-seated need for physical companionship and (eventually) reproduction. I am too, I just recognize it as a base need and dismiss it as ignorable for the moment.

In my case, it's mostly self-inflicted. There are plenty of attractive women who consider me attractive and some of them have even approached me. I turned them away for a variety of reasons, not least that I refuse to have sex with anyone I'm not willing to spend the next 18 years, 9 months supporting (I don't care how unlikely a pregnancy may be, I don't take chances.).

There have been five women in my life whom I have found sufficiently intellectually stimulating to consider a relationship with. All five of them failed my acid test (a series of values they must share in order to be happy within a relationship with me; yes, in order for them to be happy, and yes, the acid test varies from person to person) and therefore I remained quite happily in the "friend zone."

There is no reason to ever be in a relationship that you know either party will be unsatisfied in and, if you haven't found anyone sufficiently interesting, you haven't found anyone sufficiently interesting. My uncle went almost 50 years without being in a relationship and, when he met his fiance, it took 3 weeks to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she was right for him.

To be able to maintain a relationship, you must first understand both yourself and the other person. I do this within the framework of the Myers/Briggs Test (obviously imperfect, but workable and, honestly, I'm smart enough to recognize when it fails), but other people don't necessarily do it at all and I'd like to think that everyone would be a little happier if they did.
 

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Casual Shinji said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
I'm 20 years old, and have ever even been on a date, let alone had my first kiss, even.
Try being 28 and never having had a date before... *sigh*
Onyx Oblivion said:
Ossian said:
I'm just worried the fact that if I ever do get a date, won't it be weird if it ever comes up that I've never kissed anyone or ever been on a date? I'm 21, most people have had 2-3 dating relationships and are having the most social time of their life.
These are the things I worry about. As far as relationships, I think I'd be an awesome BF to some luckly lady, problem is I can't find anyone I'm interested in, and when I do I can't act on it. I just overthink it and end up scaring myself out of it.
Basically my situation there.

The longer I go without a relationship, the harder it's going to get.
It sure is.

I've been without female companionship for so long, I probably wouldn't even notice that a girl liked me if she stared me in the face with LOVE - YOU written on her eyelids. I think there was one time when a girl was actively flirting with me back in high school, but I was too fucking insecure to act up on it.

I usually keep telling myself; "Oh well, I guess there's worse things in the world then being dateless". But it still sucks though.
Nah, there's not.
I'm in the same boat but I just turned 27, and all I could think on my birthday was "hoo-fucking-ray, another year single."

Yes, I'm bitter and miserable, and yes I've asked girls out and only ever been rejected, and yes with that track record I realize it's not them, it's totally something wrong with me...and that makes me feel even more like shit.

Now I'm fucking angry after this thread.
 

Metal Brother

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Ossian said:
Metal Brother said:
If all you're looking for is sex, then you may have a point. But this isn't what I took from the original post. It seems to me that he is interested in a relationship - a meaningful bond between two people, and not just help getting off.

I would argue that seeing a prostitute would actually be a problem down the road. Assuming that the original poster isn't some type of horrific misanthrope that no woman would ever want (and this wasn't the impression I got) then his having his first sexual experience be a professional one, he will have that much more difficulty interacting normally with a non-paid sexual partner in the future...
Yeah, what you said, I'm not looking for sex, I'm looking for a relationship, I'm a hopeless romantic :(
You sound more like a hopeful romantic to me. ;-)
 

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Never had a proper relationship, yeeehhhh don't ask =\

But i seem to know a hell of lot more about relationships than most of my friends who have been in one...

I'm like the Jeremy Kyle of my friends XD
 

Ossian

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Metal Brother said:
Ossian said:
Metal Brother said:
If all you're looking for is sex, then you may have a point. But this isn't what I took from the original post. It seems to me that he is interested in a relationship - a meaningful bond between two people, and not just help getting off.

I would argue that seeing a prostitute would actually be a problem down the road. Assuming that the original poster isn't some type of horrific misanthrope that no woman would ever want (and this wasn't the impression I got) then his having his first sexual experience be a professional one, he will have that much more difficulty interacting normally with a non-paid sexual partner in the future...
Yeah, what you said, I'm not looking for sex, I'm looking for a relationship, I'm a hopeless romantic :(
You sound more like a hopeful romantic to me. ;-)
Sounds more accurate I guess lol.

arc1991 said:
Never had a proper relationship, yeeehhhh don't ask =\

But i seem to know a hell of lot more about relationships than most of my friends who have been in one...

I'm like the Jeremy Kyle of my friends XD
Seems to be the case with me also, except for actually getting one. I can understand other people's relationships better then them it seems. I think it comes from sitting around and thinking too much from all the the time alone I have.
 

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I'm in the same boat, only 19, but I've never done anything with a girl.
I think this has more to do with me, than anything else but. I just don't normally see the appeal of a relationship, except for the sex... though it's not like you need a relationship for that, or that a certain type of relationship can't be based on that alone.
 

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Julianking93 said:
nunqual said:
Julianking93 said:
By social standards, I'm probably classified as having a disorder. I've never so much as been hugged in real life before >>
By anyone? Not even your parents? That has to have some serious psychological effects later on down the road...
Parents, yes. Anyone else... no. :/
Well, I'm sorry? That's not nearly as bad as I first thought. But still, a simple hug can communicate a lot of emotions, and they're not necessarily romantic. Trust, goodwill, and comfort are communicated through a hug.
 

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arc1991 said:
Never had a proper relationship, yeeehhhh don't ask =\

But i seem to know a hell of lot more about relationships than most of my friends who have been in one...

I'm like the Jeremy Kyle of my friends XD

Is that a good thing... being jeremy kyle? i mean his shows are hilarious but still... on that note have you watched the chase and status video for the song let you go... i would...


OP: i wouldn't worry about it buddy, i've had two girls who i have had relationships with and i can tell you it's not a race. you need to find a circle of mates try to join a sports team or something like that. and then go out with them. it'll all come with time... :)
 

Vohn_exel

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I'm 26, and I had a "girlfriend" when I was in the eight grade. We held hands like...once, cause she didn't want to. Then she broke up with me because I wouldn't hold her hand. o_O?

Yeah, anyway. I don't really get out much, just mostly go to work and stay home, so I don't meet many women. I moved alot as a kid so I didn't get to grow up anywhere, so making friends was always something I had to start over at. I'm actually pretty good at it, but I don't really know how to talk to women I'm attracted to, much less ever ask them for more than a facebook. I'm still expecting a strong willed woman to end up asking me out. She's also gonna be hot and rich. And she'll have laser vision!
 

Draconicfeline

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Girls can be awkward too, ya know. Me? I'm technically in a relationship but nothing has happened because we're both too shy.
And Even where I am, I can't ask anyone out because I have no gaydar and I'm afraid that it will ruin friendships.
 

Usurpurus

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I think lots of people don't understand that things don't happen if you don't make them happen. 'Waiting' for a girl/guy to come up and ask will almost certainly get you no where, you have to be more outgoing and look.

It isn't really uncommon for people not to have a relationship for ages, it's just some people (the confident ones) tend to exaggerate their experiences and make the less confident ones seem like they're failing.

Personally, I'm 16 and am currently in my first proper relationship and I feel awkward a lot, but some girls like shy guys :)
 

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Wow some of you people need a shot of self-esteem. I haven't had anything yet, frankly because I honestly couldn't care less, and have not tried.
 

Ossian

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RAKtheUndead said:
I don't get why the hell a bunch of computer gamers can be so obsessed with relationships as this community demonstrates, but yes, I'm in the same boat as the OP. I'm 22 years old, and I have very little going for me. I'm grotesquely ugly, pedantic, pretentious and arrogant. I'm lazy, selfish, have an absolutely vile personality, am obsessed with computers and machines to an unhealthy extent and lack any sort of acceptable social skills. Somewhere along the line, I figured out that it wasn't worth feeling sorry for myself, and I'm just going to go about my life recognising that I'm just not going to get a relationship, and that it would be a lot more productive, sensible and mentally healthy to put all of my effort cultivating friendships rather than aiming for romance.
Overcoming your apparent self-loathing would be a great step in finding a relationship. No one is as bad as they think they are.
 

Koroviev

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People have shown interest in me, but I'm not very warm and fuzzy. So, for the time being, relationships other than friendship aren't my thing.