Hey there,
25yo virgin here. My goal has always been a LTR with a woman I can respect and desire, which led to the stupid idea of saving myself for "the one".
Until three years ago or so my dating life has been non existent. I came to this site by accident, read a lot of stuff, educated myself. Hit the gym, improved my looks, started hitting on & dating girls.
I am really good now with women I am not romantically interested in. They call me, try to set up new dates, all that stuff. But once I decide they are not what I'm looking for in a relationship, I pull out all effort. When sex is on the table, I don't respond anymore or try to get out of the situation if it's on a date.
With the women I am interested in, I still screw up big time. As soon as I start liking them, I get nervous, forget basically everything I have learned and turn back to my old habits. They notice and it goes nowhere.
I start to feel like I have to get my inexperience out of the way in order to stop beeing nervous, start to be attractive to the girls I'm interested in + to learn what it really is I want in a partner. With that in mind, the way I see it there are basically three options for me to proceed (feel free to add any if I miss something):
The second option somehow appeals to me, since I am good with mature women and they seem to have something left for me. However, I read somewhere on this site that it will do my psyche and self esteem no good to be tied down by a mature (most likely dominant) woman.
The third option is basically contradictory to everything I have learned here. It would basically end in either her dropping me bc she is sick of her relationship with an AFC, or me dropping her when it's time to break out of the cage.
How would you guys handle this? Any thoughts?
25yo virgin here. My goal has always been a LTR with a woman I can respect and desire, which led to the stupid idea of saving myself for "the one".
Until three years ago or so my dating life has been non existent. I came to this site by accident, read a lot of stuff, educated myself. Hit the gym, improved my looks, started hitting on & dating girls.
I am really good now with women I am not romantically interested in. They call me, try to set up new dates, all that stuff. But once I decide they are not what I'm looking for in a relationship, I pull out all effort. When sex is on the table, I don't respond anymore or try to get out of the situation if it's on a date.
With the women I am interested in, I still screw up big time. As soon as I start liking them, I get nervous, forget basically everything I have learned and turn back to my old habits. They notice and it goes nowhere.
I start to feel like I have to get my inexperience out of the way in order to stop beeing nervous, start to be attractive to the girls I'm interested in + to learn what it really is I want in a partner. With that in mind, the way I see it there are basically three options for me to proceed (feel free to add any if I miss something):
- get the idea of finding a relationship out of my head, smash as many girls as I can, screw up many times but become better every time, find out what I want and gain experience
- find myself a nice cougar and let her instruct me
- I continue looking for a girl to have a relationship with, who is patient and guides me. It either works out or it doesn't.
The second option somehow appeals to me, since I am good with mature women and they seem to have something left for me. However, I read somewhere on this site that it will do my psyche and self esteem no good to be tied down by a mature (most likely dominant) woman.
The third option is basically contradictory to everything I have learned here. It would basically end in either her dropping me bc she is sick of her relationship with an AFC, or me dropping her when it's time to break out of the cage.
How would you guys handle this? Any thoughts?