• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Saying no because you don’t feel like it and/or you’re being asked on a date in a demeaning way shouldn’t be trumped by the feeling that you might not get another chance and you’re pathetic for being a virgin.

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      5 months ago

      Yep and that’s the key flaw in 4chan’s (and now the internet at large’s) collective attitude to love and dating. Can’t get away from it now, everyone has profound emotional immaturity.

  • blarghly@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    For anyone who might feel similarly to anon - no. No it would not have been a turning point.

    Why? Because dating is a matchmaking problem. Whether you are looking to hook up or get hitched, you need to sort out the partners who are a good match for you from those which aren’t. So if all anon wanted was any girl to be romantic with him for the rest of his life, and if this girl happened to be his perfect match, then sure, maybe his life would be different. But if anything goes wrong in this plan - which it almost certainly will - then even if this girl kisses him, blows him, fucks his brains out, or dates him for a while, once she peaces, he is right back where he started. No bitches, and no idea how to get them.

    The turning point in anon’s life can’t be when someone else just hands him what he wants by sheer chance. A real turning point can only happen if anon makes the choice to change his life of his own accord. Because when anon makes a choice to do something - like learn to dress better, or go to therapy, or politely introduce himself to an attractive stranger - then he is creating a repeatable strategy for improving his life.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    One time when I was in my early teens, I was teasing my sister and her friend and that friend suddenly lunged at me and bit me on the arm, hard. I had tooth marks and a funny feeling for the next few hours - a girl had touched me, with her mouth!