First time I went on a date I was 23 years old. Before that with all the studying and work I had no time whatsoever for any kind of a relationship.
Some people on this thread bring up that dating let's you develop a skill. In my experience dating is pretty easy if your goal is a long-term relationship, you just need to be yourself. If the other person likes you for who you are and not appear to be it's a very good sign. It is also incredibly easy being yourself, less mental gymnastics. If you are after casual hookups... Here you do need a skill (unless nature gifted you with good looks). I suck incredibly hard at this.
Another thing is that once girls get older (25+?) they start to value other things, so all these hookups you missed in your younger years don't matter that much.
The hookups you missed do matter in that you missed out on a lot of the “fun” life provides. It also takes guts to initiate a lot of these conversations and helps a person grow.
Ive done this quite a bit and I agree. There is something really amazing about getting intimate with a person you don’t know all that well. Expressing intentions, getting the logistics right, all require a certain level of skill.
First time I went on a date I was 23 years old. Before that with all the studying and work I had no time whatsoever for any kind of a relationship.
Some people on this thread bring up that dating let's you develop a skill. In my experience dating is pretty easy if your goal is a long-term relationship, you just need to be yourself. If the other person likes you for who you are and not appear to be it's a very good sign. It is also incredibly easy being yourself, less mental gymnastics. If you are after casual hookups... Here you do need a skill (unless nature gifted you with good looks). I suck incredibly hard at this.
Another thing is that once girls get older (25+?) they start to value other things, so all these hookups you missed in your younger years don't matter that much.