Does experience matter in dating?

Voted other, because I don't care :)

What always mattered more to me than dating or sexual experience is simply life experience. That's one of the main things that caused some of my relationships to drift apart, was too much of a difference in life experience. A college grad dating someone who hasn't gone to college yet, a person who is over 21 dating someone under 21, being in different phases of drinking/partying, dating someone who has a kid, and so on....all those things are hard on a relationship. I wouldn't say, for me anyway, that dating or sexual experience would have near as much 'pull' as life experience/life phases.

We're all new to it at some point. Its fun because its all new. New fuzzy feelings and tingly sensations. Ahhh, memories

I'd totally prefer someone with experience. It's exasperating to kiss someone who slobbers all over you, or who's awkward and/or brief in bed.

I woulden't mind a little experience,for one, i like older women, especially in their mid twenties (im 19), but im not that concerned about it. If I like her, it doesent matter.

It shouldnt matter whether they are inexperienced or not. If you truely love them then it doesnt matter at all. Whether they've slept around with a few people or never even had their first kiss, if you really do love them then you'll see around that because your just happy to be with them.

I think experience together with knowing what 'they' want and are having, is essential.

I've only had 2 slight experiences, and a 3rd as a messed up 2 year full relationship with an OCD lunatic, all have been a nitemare, as each has simply 'wanted' but never even asked me who I am, and wanted to be married after a month, and i'm really too shy, so everything goes wrong soon.

Wish I had just stayed single forever to be honest :) Not worth the stress, as crazy as it may sound.

Id love a guys with experience... Just a nice guy that can show me the ropes... Also a hopeless romantic would be really sweet :)

At what ever stage I was at in terms of experience, I'd prefer someone at the same stage as myself. I would feel way out of my depth with someone with a lot more experience than me. There is nothing wrong with having no experience at all for me ;)

Fyi I am a guy.

I want someone completely inexperienced but mainly because I have no experience myself.

I think it's cute when a guy is nervous, but I really don't care. Either way is sexy.

For myself, I can't decide. And I know, if I really wanted to be with/date somebody, I don't think I would care whether they've had 3 girlfriends before me or none at all. I agree with Monster93. If you truly love someone, you'll see past all the crap.

But I still can't really choose. A person with experience sometimes is just what another might need. But on the flip side, I think the more experience the person has, the more baggage they might carry. As for an inexperienced person, they might just be plain clueless. But whats a better way to help a clueless person out? Show them the way, of course.

I think it really always goes back to how strongly you feel about a person. You might just give them a chance anyway.

It matters when you're older.
I'm married now, but if I were single again, there's no way I'd date a guy who has little or no relationship experience. No thanks, I'll pass.

Plus, if a guy were in his 30s (or even mid to late 20s) with no experience, that would be a huge red flag that there's something deeper (and wrong) going on with him; whether it's a major character flaw or a shitty lifestyle.

Honestly, it does matter.
Relate your first relationship to your first time having sex. It's never as good as any time after the first.

My first few relationships taught me a lot and I feel it has helped me with my relationship now. I wouldn't make the same mistakes with this one as I did with the others.

Now, my bf is rather inexperienced with real relationships and I feel it used to affect us negatively a lot, but only at first. Over time he has learned which is good. Some people aren't as fast learners and sometimes it takes a hard lesson to teach them like it did with me. After a few heartbreaks, you know better for sure.

Depends, right? In MY mind, I feel like only whores need an experienced person - I don't care, so long as I love the person.

But still, if he tried to like. Skull fuck me and think that's attractive, that'd obviously be a no-go.

So I think there are limits, but it's not too big of a deal.

It may be more of a deal if you're obsessed with being dominated, though.