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People too obsessed with sex

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Original post by Ezekiella
It's my thread - you're the only one who can leave :rofl:


If you're that 'attractive' you'd post pics.

Bottled it.
Reply 21
Original post by Ezekiella
Absolutely nothing wrong with liking sex obviously, I just find the way some people seem to centre their lives around it and go on about how others are "wasting their youth" by not sleeping around pretty obnoxious TBH.


Yeah, they are, but it's not just sex that does that to people. People go through different phases. I remember a point in my childhood where you were deemed to be wasting yourself (perhaps not in such terms, we were 10-12/13) if you didn't play football. Then when you hit 14/15/16 if you weren't drinking in the park you were the one wasting your youth. University will always be seen as the time to sleep around as you've (usually) got the freedom of living arrangements for the first time. Once people get beyond 2nd yr that again tends to settle down.

There'll always be people with bravado/arrogance/more mouth than trousers... as you get older/wiser you just get more able to identify them early then ignore them :wink:
Reply 22
Original post by NatalieRamsden
Personally, I tend to find that it's usually the good-looking people who can't seem to hold a relationship, due to "just shagging" every girl/boy they meet. I waited 7 months with my boyfriend until we both felt ready. I didn't take his virginity but he was still willing to wait until I felt comfortable enough. I find it annoying how, although I do find my boyfriend attractive, a lot of other people don't and always brag about how much better they must be in bed than him, but I am with him for his personality, not for the sex life. I tend to think that sex is a must for a lot of teenagers/young adults, whereas, I have more respect for myself, my body and my emotions.

People seem to think it's about the size and the girth, whereas, I personally think it's about performance. I talk a lot about sex, and because I get on considerably better with males, as females tend to be overly bitchy, I do have a dirty mind, but I don't think it's unhealthy. I do think everyone should talk more about sex, to ensure everybody's safe and happy though, as too many people are getting stds, or conceiving when they don't want to. I think contraception should be highlighted more and that it should be highlighted how sex should have more meaning than it seems to have nowadays. I think of sex as non-emotional so I prefer to make love. :smile:


I think you can't generalise; I know loads of attractive people in serious, committed relationships. :smile: What I was talking about was the people whose lives seriously seem to revolve around sex, regardless of their appearance. Some of them are decent friends, but it makes being friends with them much harder (especially if you're of the opposite sex) and they seem to assume that everyone else must also have the same viewpoint or else "just be denying basic human instinct" blah blah blah.

People are more open about sex nowadays which definitely helps other people learn stuff, but I think the problem is when your sex life is assumed to be everyone else's business.
Reply 23
Original post by skyblue1991
If you're that 'attractive' you'd post pics.

Bottled it.


No, maybe I just don't give out pics to random strangers on the Internet who try that kind of **** on me. :wink:

Run along now.
Original post by Ezekiella
Nothing wrong with trying to improve your chances (or sleeping around), but I think some people take it too far, almost like it's their sole hobby, as opposed to just learning a few flirting tips here and there. I hate being around a group of people like this - all they can talk about is "that bird/guy I pulled last night" or "the best technique to get women/men". And then they think they have the right to tell others that their attitude to sex is the "best" and that others are "frigid" for having different values.


Agreed, when people go beyond the lines of trying to attract women and make it into the purpose of any social engagement then it becomes more of a negative. For these people, is best just to ignore them or change the subject to something worthwhile.
Reply 25
Original post by Ezekiella
Obviously, most of us want sex, even if we choose not to have it for religious/personal reasons or whatever.

Has anyone else noticed, however, that those people who are very obsessed with sex, for example:

-Those guys who spend a ridiculous amount of time reading pick-up artist books/learning "flirting techniques"/girls who spend a ridiculous amount of time working on their appearance so they can pull the hottest guy in the club

-Those people who constantly go on about whoever they've slept with/judge others for not sleeping with others even if it's through choice, and seem to think every moment is an appropriate time to start talking about sex. They're the sorts of people who think there's an age by which you must have lost your virginity or you're a "loser" or "immature", and that holding out for someone who actually cares about you is stupid because "you're making it out to be a big deal" :rolleyes:

-Those people whose descriptions of their relationships are always centred around sex, and who judge and pick their partners solely by how "experienced" they are

-Those guys who judge themselves by "how good they are with women" or those girls who judge themselves by "how many hot guys they've pulled," and who seem to find it hard to talk about the opposite sex or relate to them in any other way

seem to be a little imbalanced as their obsession often leads to other problems in their lives? For example, I know some people like this who find it hard to make meaningful friends of the opposite sex (you can see how hard it is for them) or have meaningful relationships that go beyond "how good was he/she last night?" They often seem to be doing less well in other areas of their lives as well (I know one guy who won't go to the gym or exercise because "why bother getting muscles when you could just become a master pick-up artist"? :facepalm2:)

Sometimes, they haven't even actually had much sex and you can see how bad they are at "pulling" because the desperation shines through; they're just plain obsessed with it.

Who else has noticed this?


Meh, some people have hobbies such as sports and music or books and socialising in which they talk about it for hours on end, whilst others enjoy sex. If you look at it like this it is pretty normal. I agree it is very annoying when they constantly go on and on about it but it is simply another thing that people enjoy and has become more acceptable in modern society.
Reply 26
You just described a typical episode of Geordie Shore with great accuracy :smile:
Reply 27
Original post by Plantagenet Crown
Yeah of course, people who always feel the need to gloat or talk about the sexual adventures are usually either virgins or get very little action.



Indeed,Plantagenet Crown.

Its practically a fact.


I can confirm that of all the men I've ever known who boasted about their

conquests,I never saw a single one in the presence of a woman who looked

like she wanted to be there.
Reply 28
In my experience the guys who read books like "The Game" freely admit that they are not experienced.

OK I only know 2 guys that have read it but they were both shy and inexperienced and didn't claim otherwise.

i suspect the vast majority of men who read it are like that but of course theres no way to know
Reply 29
The OP states that they "know people like this who find it hard to make meaningful friends of the opposite sex"



Im just a bit puzzled by that.Probably me.


See,I thought most people don't find it that easy to form meaningful friendships with the opposite sex?:confused:

(Isn't it supposed to be especially hard for men to form meaningful friendships with women due to sexual desire getting in the way?

I mean,wasn't that the basis of the plot in When Harry Met Sally?:confused:)


Thus the fact that they seem obsessed with sex/their looks /pulling is probably neither here nor there as regards forming friendships with the opposite sex.

After all,people tend to make friends with those who have similar interests or similar ideals don't they so in this day and age it shouldn't be a disadvantage to be seen as sex obsessed people.

As for the quality of their same sex friendships a great many men who have been friends for many years just talk about sex or football when they meet up.(Usually football)

What they talk about in private when one of them has a problem is quite another matter and the OP wouldn't be privy to it as far as I can see.


I think the solution is simple-if you are already friends with these people just tell them youd rather they didn't talk about sex so much.


I doubt that they think they have a problem and they're probably pretty content with their apparently inferior lives.
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