gallaetha_matt said:
xDarc said:
We tell similar stories, except I'm a little younger - and only had sex with three people before the horror happened.
You had sex with 3 people and then caught herpes? Bummer. It's not the end of the world though, if a girl likes you it's rarely a deal breaker. Especially when you get older.
There's been more than a handful of times where the girl I'm about to bed confesses she has it too after I say my piece. Lots of dishonest people out there- but guys are the worst about coming clean with it.
Another generation and half the US will be on valtrex. No biggie.
Anyhow, given the opportunity to do everything all over again- I might do a few things differently- but the experience was infinitely worth it.
You can't put a dollar amount on the potential knowledge to be gained by bedding that many people in an honest way.
I include honest because I never lied to anyone, manipulated, drugged, told them I love them, etc. I connected with a lot of them on some level, and that's where the experience comes in.
Someone who's banged their way into the triple digits might be a decent lay- experienced that way- but still might not know shit about shit; depending on the circumstances behind their endeavors.
For me- I was just a teenager nursing a broken heart who didn't care much for drugs or alcohol. Those were the first things I turned to and had bad experiences all around, and stayed away. Instead, I began seducing people. Over and over again.
I know I've hurt some feelings- but that's only because people think they can find a way to trap you, fix you, make you want to stay, make you feel emotions... even if you tell them straight to their face you can't, won't, don't.
So I've never felt bad about anything I've done.
I think it has a lot to do with being who I am today, and I like who I am. I know that I don't have to try prove anything to myself, I don't get nervous when thrown into new situations with new people, whatever they may be- and I can relate to and understand just about anyone.
I often wonder what I would be like if I were one of those zombies in high school. The couple that stayed together into their early to mid 20's, for reasons unknown to them, and then it slowly dawned on em' that the odds of their soul mate, their perfect match, whatever- being in their graduating class out of the whole wide world, is slim to none.
So they get divorced, probably ruin some kids lives in the process at this point- and venture out into the world, alone, scared, with everything to lose for something so elusive. They don't want to take risks. They don't want to waste time. Girls get pets and the boys get toys. They have no idea what they want.
I've seen what's out there. I have a really good idea. I know what I want. I did it at all when I didn't have anything to lose. No career. No marriage. No kids.
Now I'm wiser and I'm ready... and all I'm seeing around me are damaged, little people.
P.S.
Forgot where I was going with all that. Basically I think lots of casual sex under honest circumstances makes well rounded individuals. At least with men it does.
I haven't met too many women who will come clean with their experiences. The girl I'm dating now, the 33 year old, has been with more than I have- about 300 partners... and she seems really cool. She's had problems with drugs and alcohol though and has 3 years sober- so we're a slightly different breed. She also wasn't much of a dater. She's such a noob when it comes to dating. I think a lot of her lays were bad times, given the booze and dope.
This is probably the case for a lot of these women, because sex has a profound way of speeding up emotional attachment for them. You don't meet too many proud womenwhores; because it's generally just not in their nature to have sex without emotions.
There was another discussion in which men who cheat can be forgiven and realtionships can often times be salvaged- because the cheating was purely physical and there is still love there. When women cheat though, it's usually because the emotional part of the relationship is just over.