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One night stands/casual sex

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champagnedrunk · 11/04/2024 22:52

Both my husband and myself have only ever been with each other sexually. I have dated in the past and so has he but very short "relationships" I mean a date or two here and there, none of which lead to sex or anything close.

We met in our early 20's and have been together 15 years we have two young children.

Is it common for two people in their 30's to have never have had a sexual relationship with anyone else, we do not come from religious backgrounds or anything like that.

I see people out having casual sex and one night stands and just wonder why? What is the point? Surely you'd get as much sexual pleasure at home with a sex toy as you would from another person? We have an amazing sex life and relationship and and don't feel like we missed out on anything by not having other sexual relationships.

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Densol · 13/04/2024 19:25

champagnedrunk · 11/04/2024 23:04

It's quite nice though isn't it? Sounds a tad smug but I also feel like our relationship is quite special when you look at how casual putting your genitalia into another person has become.

You sound judgy, smug, tedious and very boring !
Good for you - bravo ! 🏆
One sexual partner ..... Im so jealous, in awe, envious ..... said not many people ever
You may have missed out on a huge piece of your potential life enjoyment, or maybe not
Who actually really cares 🤣😂🤣

Nobodyknowsitall5 · 13/04/2024 19:20

Note how the OP hasn't come back after her last smug and judgemental comment
Seems like she started the thread to be a judgemental dickhead.
Personally the idea of ever having sex with only person my entire life is absolutely fucking boring!

michellebelle00 · 13/04/2024 14:29

Well you were fortunate to have met your partner, not everyone is that lucky. Also why are you so bothered by who anyone else chooses to sleep with?

Itsonlymashadow · 12/04/2024 14:58

Take op isn’t coming back.

Ops sex life and relationship not so special then.

Weird to come brag about about a lie. I guess op is trying to convince herself she doesn’t want to shag anyone else.

ClawdeenWolf · 12/04/2024 13:16

VestibuleVirgin · 12/04/2024 06:47

@ClawdeenWolf spectactularly perfect response! Thank you. 😃

Given the link shared by a PP I suspect the OP, if they're not simply pulling our chains, is in the business of romanticising a relationship that isn't to her satisfaction either.

SabreIsMyFave · 12/04/2024 12:30

TakingAMenopause · 12/04/2024 08:43

Get off your phone and do your homework, OP. Only one day of school holidays left.

Everyone else, this is not a genuine poster so don’t share your wisdom/thoughts/experiences.

Anything to say about this @champagnedrunk ???

SabreIsMyFave · 12/04/2024 12:20

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 12/04/2024 09:45

Why on Earth would I be looking at my husband of almost 20 years wondering whether his ex was better?! I couldn't give a shit! I was married young, had lots of sex beforehand with other people which was fantastic and now I've settled down. I don't want to be someone's one and only and I don't want to be with someone with no sexual experience.

I don't find two people being each others only to be special at all!

That was an odd post wasn't it? 😆 DH's exes are exes for a reason, because he didn't want to be with them anymore. I don't think he has ever mentioned any exes, and I have never mentioned any of mine. He was single for about 2 years when we met (and I had been single for about a year, but even my last one had only lasted 4 months.) Imagine spending even a single second of your time worrying and stressing about your DH's exes?! WTF? 😬

AutumnMistletoe · 12/04/2024 11:11

Ooh busted OP! The link to your other post makes this one make more sense now.
Sounds to me like you want to try someone else's genitalia but you don't want to admit it. You do sound very curious.

Plus how can anyone say their partner is good in bed without having anything else to compare it to?

SabreIsMyFave · 12/04/2024 10:47

Do you wear rubber gloves in bed, and undress in the dark - and keep your bra on when you haves this 'amazing sex' @champagnedrunk ??? 😆!

Whilst I think anyone having multiple 100s of sexual partners is a bit much (JMO,) I also think that just having ONE partner your whole life and only shagging them, doesn't make you a better person, (nor is it anything to be proud of.) I mean whatever floats your boats, but there is a strong air of smugness to your posts.

Also, you are only in your mid THIRTIES. You are rather deluded if you think you will never have any other sexual partner, ever, and hilariously deluded if you think your HUSBAND will never shag anyone else!

takemeawayagain · 12/04/2024 10:43

ONS's have absolutely no appeal to me either OP, I'd prefer a vibrator to a random man - but I don't think I would want to have only ever slept with one person either. So I'm very happy somewhere in the middle I guess. But if you're happy that's all that matters.

Dweetfidilove · 12/04/2024 10:37

VestibuleVirgin · 12/04/2024 06:50

Mmm... part of me wants to agree, but then again, there's been a dud or twio IRL!!

True - I had one of those. His tenure was quite short ☺️.

StarlightLady · 12/04/2024 10:32

If there is one thing l have got from this judgemental thread, it’s the expression “genital dipping”. That will stay with me for life 😂.

l hope someone will dip their genitals in me before dinner this evening. In my world nighttime bed is for sleep. But before dinner is the real purr making dip.

Hadjab · 12/04/2024 10:11

sammylady37 · 12/04/2024 10:02

Another customer here!

Ooof - going to have to start charging commission!!

Bananasandtoast · 12/04/2024 10:05

My friend married the first person who ever dipped his genitals in her and he's an absolute arsehole, she could do better and I've never felt sadder at a wedding in my life.
My other friend is like me, dated, dabbled, had different relationships, a few ONS just for fun, worked out who she was and what she wanted/needed and then married an absolute gem of a man.

You sound like you're still at the emotional stage of a teenager who finds the whole business a bit embarrassing to be honest, but "yay" for you I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

sammylady37 · 12/04/2024 10:02

Hadjab · 12/04/2024 09:33

Then my work here is done!

Another customer here!

betterangels · 12/04/2024 10:00

sammylady37 · 12/04/2024 09:56

Yeah, I remember the days when I thought cava was a delicious drink. Then I tasted champagne.

Same😂

sammylady37 · 12/04/2024 09:56

Yeah, I remember the days when I thought cava was a delicious drink. Then I tasted champagne.

Nicetobenice67 · 12/04/2024 09:55

Hadjab · 12/04/2024 09:33

Then my work here is done!

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I googled too 🤭

Onetiredbeing · 12/04/2024 09:46

You do sound quite judgmental. Just because your life worked out you can't seem to have a bit of consideration for people not in your position.

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 12/04/2024 09:45

C1N1C · 12/04/2024 08:36

Honestly, I enjoyed my 'escapades'... but if I had a do-over, I'd have just the one. Love and sex lose something when they're 'pluralised'. That one person, first love, 100% only for each other feeling is unrivalled. To know there are no competing feelings, experiences, sensations...
How many times do people look at their partner and wonder whether they've just settled, whether their ex was better, whether their heart is all in it... then you remember (more often than not) how intense that very first love was... imagine a whole lifetime of that, if it had worked out with that person.

Why on Earth would I be looking at my husband of almost 20 years wondering whether his ex was better?! I couldn't give a shit! I was married young, had lots of sex beforehand with other people which was fantastic and now I've settled down. I don't want to be someone's one and only and I don't want to be with someone with no sexual experience.

I don't find two people being each others only to be special at all!

ButterflyKu · 12/04/2024 09:44

I highly doubt the OP will be back. Should have name changed before you started this silly thread

Hadjab · 12/04/2024 09:33

VestibuleVirgin · 12/04/2024 06:57

I (being old and doddery) just googled a tracy's dog...
I have had to lie down with a cup of coffee
And my barclaycard...

Then my work here is done!

Nicetobenice67 · 12/04/2024 09:32

I think you and your hubby are board shitless with your sex life if your honest

clairelouwho · 12/04/2024 09:28

Oh. Wow. Super smug post thinly veiled as an attempt to understand something. Colour me shocked.

How would you know whether it's better or worse to have had ONS/casual sex or not when you've never done it?

There's nothing wrong with not doing it-but there's equally nothing wrong with doing it.

Do you really think a connection, even one just on purely physical level, with another person is the same as using a vibrator? What a peculiar mentality.

Not everyone meets the person they're going to spend the rest of their lives with young. Some people date for a while, think it's going well, have sex and then it doesn't go anywhere. So, they end up with multiple partners because of things just not working out.

Some people enjoy the thrill of being with other people. The experience they get. Some people just enjoy sex and don't want commitment but don't want to miss out on sexual experiences because of that.

You're not better than those people, OP. Really, you're not. Do your friends know that you think of them so poorly and yourself so highly by comparison? If they did-I wonder if they'd still be your friends.

StarlightLady · 12/04/2024 09:26

After one person dipped their genitals into me and gave me an internal massage with them, l liked it so much, l asked a another boy (l was in my teens at the time, 40s now) to dip his in because l wanted to know what someone else felt like. So, I’d only known one oerson for less than a week.

Do l regret it? No! Would l do the same again. Too bloody right l would. It made me purr😀.

Bring on the name calling.