27M, do I need a sleeping around phase before settling down?

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So I’m 27M virgin, thanks mormonism. I workout a lot, been going on a lot of dates lately. I’m not really sure how to explain how I feel. I thought I wanted to have a hookup phase and sleep around. I’m not sure if I would be able to settle down with someone who did sleep around if I don’t also do it (am I wrong for feeling this way?). Idk. Like ultimately I think I want a long term relationship eventually but I’m thinking maybe I’ll need an open relationship in order to be happy at this point because of all I’ve missed out on. I feel like crying sometimes when I think about it. Like I know most woman at this age have slept around and had their fun, and idk how I’d feel getting married knowing they did and I missed out on that. I missed out on the best dating years of my life it feels like. Is this true? Like I used to really want to have a lot of good sex (I had a lot of trauma/dissociation from 23-26 or 27 where I felt like I wasn’t even mentally stable enough to be dating or having sex).

Has anyone else been in my situation? And did you need to also explore first before settling down? Or did you just find someone and settle down? Any advice/thoughts appreciated.

It’s kinda sad that I’m not even sure I even want sex like I used to, like it feels like I missed out

Edit: why did this get downvoted?

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