Is it normal to go two full years without sex?

(kinda long, i'll put cliffs at bottom) I am a 19 year old male. Turning 20 soon.

2 years ago i broke up with my girlfriend. Lets just call her ex. We dated for a year. Ex was only my second girlfriend. Lost my virginity to her.

Since we broke up i haven't even talked to another woman.

After ex cheated on and dumped me i felt really worthless. I decided i wanted to lose weight and make myself financially stable before i tried my hand at dating again.

So for the last two years thats what i've been focusing on. At this point i'm almost done. I've lost over 100 pounds. Successfully established my own method of steady income. But i'm still scared to date. I still feel worthless. I wanna lose another 30 pounds or so and have abs. And I want a nice car and my own apartment.

But idk. I just feel pathetic in everyway. I don't have any friends either so that makes things worse.

Is it normal to go this long without sex after a break up? I'm over my ex. Took me like a fucking year lol, but yea i don't even think about her. And should i try my hand at dating now? Or wait till i'm more comfortable with myself?

Any advice would be appreciated. I just feel like my whole family looks at me as some weirdo because i haven't even gone on a date since.

Cliffs: Girl cheated and dumped me 2 years ago. I felt worthless and haven't even attempted to meet another woman since. Been focusing on bettering myself and i guess i'm almost done, but i still feel worthless and i'm scared to get out there.

Also wanna know if my family probably thinks of me as a loser weirdo because i haven't had a date in 2 years. Don't have any friends so don't need to worry about what they think haha.

You're weird. Your family probably thinks you're a loser 3
Its normal, your family probably doesn't care or notice 48
LMAO, you're weird and i think you're a loser 3
Shutup fatboy. 2
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  • Its normal that you haven't dated or had sex in 2 years. Many people your age haven't even had sex or a girlfriend yet. I know I didn't and I really tried but lacked the social skills and a couple of my first experiences taking a girl out would have made most people never try that again. It wasn't stuff as simple as being rejected or ditched either as I find those normal experiences.
    Even now I am 30 and haven't had sex in years. I just don't understand how social relationships work and people are very confusing to me but I still put a lot of effort into life and realize I had no control over many of the problems life has given me.

    What isn't normal is how much you are getting down on yourself over it. The problems you describe are typical for most people. There is no reason to blame yourself for something you have no control over.

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  • modernism

    I think it's great that you are working on yourself first. Most people find it really hard to do that and feel the need to be with someone.

    Sex would be the last thing on my mind, if I were you. No one needs to know about your sex life, so it's not like the public will know that. As for relationships, I think you should only date if you feel ready. That might sound cheesy but if you're not confident yet, then don't force yourself to do something you don't want to just so you can say that you've dated again.

    Your family shouldn't be concerning themselves in your dating life - knowing you've been improving yourself. And even if they do, so what? You'd just show them off later whenever your all Channing-Tatum-looking and ripped and rich (or just confident :P)

    And damn. 100 pounds? You're a fucking champ. Kudos to you. *applause*

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  • Nokiot9

    I'd say it's normal to be messed up after a bad break up. Especially with someone u loved and lost it to.

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  • ThatScarletteGirl

    I know you won't see this... But I spent 3 years without masturbating.

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  • joolia03

    You are so young first of all and you're thinking maturely; to work on yourself first. This is totally okay and totally normal. I think this is all just a matter of low self-esteem which is normal, you're human and at that age, self-esteem really messes with you. But the big picture is what I said at first...that you're thinking maturely especially for your age and that's not loser like at all! Just keep doing you and someone will appear and give it a chance and it if it doesn't work, oh well. There is no pressure for you to settle down right now. As for the sex thing, don't rush things either or think about it too much. Things will fall into place as long as you keep doing you. Good luck!

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  • Rick_Bawls

    It is normal for a lot of guys. You're only 19 and a lot of men are still virgins at that age.

    Women can be incredibly superficial when they are your age, so there are a lot of men your age who are getting no play because the women are also chasing a small segment of the male population. But things usually get better for all men as you get older anyway.

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  • DovahkiinDread

    It's totally normal to stay single and make yourself more appealing and work on yourself. It's actually a very good thing. Going out and sleeping with other women would've degraded your self worth even more. Due to the fact they only wanted sex and would be out the door in a heart beat.

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  • HeNN1diesdas

    My ex broke up with me 1 year and 6 months ago and I haven't had sex since. That's normal I think but like already announced it's not normal how down you still are. You're not worthless and not worthless at all if you made such a great success by reducing your weight to that extent.

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  • cocaineismylife

    LOL when i broke up with my bf i was over him in an hour

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  • Nokiot9

    Not normal to have ur sex drive totally shut down because of it. I was in a similar situation with the woman I lost my virginity to. Woke up to her stuff gone one Sunday morning, and she never came home. I couldn't even look at another woman, especially gorgeous women, for fear of what they might do to me if I let them in too close. I still have a complex about it. I always think I'm not good enough and that girls like that aren't for guys like me...

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