The title summarises the whole thing neatly, but it's been making me feel awful recently. I've not really been kissed either.
I went to an all boys school until college (I feel this may have hindered my social development in this area), At college, I met this one girl who was really special to me, but it never worked out because she suffered from an illness which I nearly lost her to, so it was impossible to have a proper functioning relationship. We drifted apart because she couldn't cope with the mental strain this was putting on her and I didn't want her to feel worse. I've discovered today she is better and in a happy relationship, which is good, but it was a terrifying experience which affected me negatively
In my life I have been rejected plenty of times, I have no confidence to ask a girl out. I sincerely believe I look unattractive, even ugly (my friends dispute this, but they would as my friends wouldn't they) A girl i did ask out at uni, told me I was "Too ugly"
I've never had problems making friends and I am comfortable socially, but I am longing for something meaninful. I want to feel skin on skin contact and those sensations I've never had the privelelge to feel. All my friends have had sex. I feel lonely and different and it hurts to long for something which is so inate. Lonliness is starting to really settle in, despite the fact I have good friends and family (mostly male friends however) I could have possibly slept with a girl at uni, but I really didn't feel attracted to her (maybe that's how girls feel about me) which hurts, but I can't complain. I know it's something you can't "look for" and seeming desperate is a put off (I never portray myself as desperate to potential partners) but I can't emphasise enough how it hurts. It feels like a physical hole deep within. Ultimately, I just want to be held and loved, and feel cherished but it feels too unrealistic and I am really worried I will end up alone, never kissed, still a virgin forever. Not only are these emotional connations relevant, but I also feel like an inately sexual person who would enjoy postivive sexual experiences. It's gotten bad to the point, I feel demotivated and cry to myself alone at night.
This message can get lost in the wind of the web if it must, I don't know what to expect from it, or what I want to hear- it's just something I couldn't voice to other people face to face