Do you think it is normal to never have been in a relationship at 25?

[Anonymous]

How common is this? Are there any reliable statistics about this?

[sawno]

These days pretty common, a third of men is a virgin at 30. Considering sex happens frequently in a relationship its safe to say there is a decent group of men who haven't experienced relationships by 25.

Its often people who were a bit more shy to approach in school, so they skipped the experimentation phase where its extremely easy to just get a girl. Now they are in a situation where they much like me aren't in an environment where they meet girls frequently, let alone the right kind of girl to have a relationship with.

Then there is the fact that girls your age often prefer to date older, so they are being matched on dating apps with more established men.

The right thing to do right now is to keep improving yourself, be that desirable man girls want to date while simultaneously actively looking. It will give you the experience that girls expect from their partner, and then it will allow you to get girls easier again once you hit your late 20's / early 30's.

[OtterMan68]

I was not in my first serious relationship until I was about that age

[ZamerZ]

Yeah, it's very normal - since there is no universal rule how many people you should have dated by that age. Everyone has their own pace and sometimes you just don't meet the right person. The people who claim it's not normal are usually the ones using anecdotal evidence to "prove" their point when it really just applies to their environment and they refuse to acknowledge that their experience isn't universal.

[Lynnzee]

It can happen, everybody's normal is different. I've gone many years not in a relationship and I don't always like but when I look at what some other people are going through I'd rather not bother with it. Eventually the right person will come along for you.

[Nikki1989]

Not normal at all. Everyone I grew up with were all dating by the time they were 14.

[Anonymous]

No, not necessarily.