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Old 06-24-2014, 06:10 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Men, want to land a girlfriend? Well, first you may need to ... land a girlfriend. Or two. A new study out of Australia finds that women are more likely to find a man desirable if he's already had one or two partners, the country's ABC News reports. "There appears to be a significant desirability advantage for men who have been previously selected as a romantic partner,"

Women go for 'road-tested' mates › News in Science (ABC Science)
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:17 PM
 
Location: The point of no return, er, NorCal
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I have only come across one adult man who, at the time, had no relationship experience. I would assume that the majority of adult men have had at least one or two relationships or partners.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:17 PM
 
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Not true for me, I preferred to have found a virgin man like me when I was online dating.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:22 PM
 
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Men, want to land a girlfriend? Well, first you may need to ... land a girlfriend. Or two. A new study out of Australia finds that women are more likely to find a man desirable if he's already had one or two partners, the country's ABC News reports. "There appears to be a significant desirability advantage for men who have been previously selected as a romantic partner,"

Women go for 'road-tested' mates › News in Science (ABC Science)
I'm no longer 18, so of the men I have met, ALL have been with women in some capacity, and generally more than one.

I think the desirability factor in wanting a man who has been with women, comes from fearing that a man who is older and never had a relationship is probably quite strange.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:22 PM
 
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Yeah. It's been discussed before that women prefer experienced men.

That's one of the reasons why you see guys on forums making threads about not finding a woman to have a relationship with or date. But a lot of those threads also go into just getting laid and what not.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:23 PM
 
Location: In a place beyond human comprehension
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I wish these ridiculous articles and self help books would all just disappear, and leave people alone.

I seriously don't believe they help in the least. They only exist to make a quick profit and are used for entertainment IMO. Everyone experiences things in life differently...dating cannot possibly be the same for everyone. It's natural and it's not something a book nor an article can teach you how to do it.

No one can live your life but you.

If I truly liked/loved him I wouldn't care how much experience has/doesn't have. It doesn't matter.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:26 PM
 
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I wish these ridiculous articles and self help books would all just disappear, and leave people alone.

I seriously don't believe they help in the least and only exist to make a quick profit and used for entertainment. Everyone experiences things in life differently...dating cannot possibly be the same for everyone. It's natural and it's not something a book nor a an article can teach you how to do it.

No one can live your life but you.

If I truly liked/loved him I wouldn't care how much experience has/doesn't have. It doesn't matter.
I agree 150%, every person is different.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:35 PM
 
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I wish these ridiculous articles and self help books would all just disappear, and leave people alone.

I seriously don't believe they help in the least. They only exist to make a quick profit and are used for entertainment IMO. Everyone experiences things in life differently...dating cannot possibly be the same for everyone. It's natural and it's not something a book nor an article can teach you how to do it.

No one can live your life but you.

If I truly liked/loved him I wouldn't care how much experience has/doesn't have. It doesn't matter.
While you're at it, can you wish away wacko websites? There are too many weird ones around.
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Old 06-24-2014, 06:44 PM
 
Location: Earth
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I wish these ridiculous articles and self help books would all just disappear, and leave people alone.

I seriously don't believe they help in the least. They only exist to make a quick profit and are used for entertainment IMO. Everyone experiences things in life differently...dating cannot possibly be the same for everyone. It's natural and it's not something a book nor an article can teach you how to do it.

No one can live your life but you.

If I truly liked/loved him I wouldn't care how much experience has/doesn't have. It doesn't matter.
I agree with this. If I get to know and care for the man, I won't care about how many relationships he's had. Only thing I care would probably care about is if he was a player that used, dehumanized, lied to, and dumped his previous partners. I have no respect for players, and con artists. But I probably still wouldn't know, because what guy would tell his girlfriend he used to be a player lol unless I had seen him with numerous women lol

But a selective guy sounds sexy too. One that maybe only had 1 girlfriend, but because he was selective in the women he got serious with, meaning he's not easy, and any woman could have him, also showing higher principle. That's a man I would feel grateful to have--even if he was a virgin. But, I am no here yet. So, I can't say who I will fall for.

I just don't want a player. I am firm in that.





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Old 06-25-2014, 01:42 PM
 
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If I truly liked/loved him I wouldn't care how much experience has/doesn't have. It doesn't matter.
I'm gonna call BS on that entirely. When a woman, in general, is interested in a guy, we always hear the interview coming. I always laugh when I hear it as it's a vetting process not unlike picking a candidate in an election. When was your last relationship, what was your longest relationship, are you close with your family, how many women have you slept with, etc. It's just part of it. Give the wrong answers and you're friend zoned or creep zoned pretty easily.

Men and women are quite different when it comes to projects. Men are prone to accept the baggage and take it on if they like a woman. Women are far more prone to find someone who has the right answers.
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