Girls, why didn't you want to have sex when he indicated he was ready?

Most people don't have sex on a first or second date but, eventually, most people either break up or their relationship gets closer and they have sex. Most people believe that guys want to start having sex sooner than their partner feels ready.

I think many girls have the idea that if the guy wants to have sex sooner than she wants it, then the guy must "only" be interested in sex. For me, physical intimacy is a way to make the relationship closer, it's a great way to express affections, and of course it feels good. Most women feel the same but they still aren't ready as quickly as guys. So, ladies, what holds you back? In the last sexual relationship in which you held back, WHY did you hold back or hesitate to have sex with your partner?
I didn't feel enough love or affection for him
Vote A
I didn't feel attracted to him
Vote B
The situation wasn't right (e. g., didn't want to do it in the back seat of his car.)
Vote C
It was the wrong time of the month
Vote D
I didn't know him well enough and was afraid of being used by a player
Vote E
I wasn't prepared and was not confident of my personal hygiene
Vote F
I am shy about getting naked with a guy and needed more time to mentally prepare myself
Vote G
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  • I’ve only had one partner. I chose option G because I was shy at first, but really it was because I was a virgin. I was 21 and unsure of myself and what I was ready for. He respected that and didn’t push it.

    • Thanks, glad you liked the answer 😆

    • I think it is an answer that young girls need to hear. They need to know that it is really a choice for them and not just an expectation they must fulfill. Be safe!

  • I was with my husband 9 months before we started having sex. I wasn’t willing to have sex with a dude until I knew he was in love with me.

    • I hope that you are still in love with him!

    • I do t think Anyone is still ‘in love’ 25 years on. “In love” is an intense feeling..”to live” is a choice born from the history and memory of “in love be”.

    • “To love”

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  • I didn’t choose any of the options.

    When I was a teenager and a virgin, I think societal expectations caused me to push off having sex to a good extent, however in the last couple of decades, I just can’t bring myself to have sex with a stranger.

    Sex is one of the most intimate things you could do with a person. Can’t think of much that can top it. You are being alone with this person, naked and vulnerable. You are also exchanging bodily fluids and having direct skin to skin contact all over...

    I can’t bring myself to do that with someone I don’t know and trust at least relatively well.

  • VOTE H : I didn't hold back!

    I'm ready when you are! ... lol
    I'm ready when you are! ... lol
  • I come from a relatively conservative family. My mom and all my aunts stayed virgins until marriage. My sisters are still virgins. Most of the time what holds me back is the way I was raised. I chose the situation isn’t right, because that’s all that I think when I’m deciding whether or not to do it. Maybe it’s wrong but I just know in my core that it’s not something I should be doing. Maybe when I get to college that’ll change, but I think that won’t be the case. I guess it also has to do with that I’ve never dated a guy that I felt deserved to be my first. I guess simply put, the situation hasn’t been ideal.

  • Beacuse it takes time to get comfortable for it to feel right. You should get to know the person before you are intimate with him, not just go with your urges. Its stupid to me to be so intimate with someone you just met, you dont know thwt person at all. Its like asking if you vibe with someone as a friend why aren't you telling them openly qll your secrets right away. That would be stupid. It takes time to trust someone. Its not that we dont have sexual urges as men, its just that we are being smart about it, we dont let those urges rule us. For women there is also always fear of pregnancy. If im gonna have sex with a guy I wanna make sure im gonna be ok having a kid with that man if it accidentally happens. And thsts always a risk with sex.
    I voted E. Yeah its mostly issue of bot knowing him well, trusting him and feeling safe with him.

  • Guilt from religious beliefs as well as wanting to wait so many months til i feel
    comfortable. Plus i need to be in love

  • Virgin. Not ready. Not for any of the reasons you mentioned, just wasn’t ready. Like it didn’t feel ready. Not any particular reason and maybe many reasons.

    However, if I was ready and yet not ready, it’d be bc I don’t feel close enough to the guy. Not necessarily that I’ll be used , but it could be that too. Bit trust isn’t just about being used. It’s for me more About literally trusting him to be decent during sex. I worry a lot about things getting out of control. So I have to really trust he respects me. Also for me feeling very close to someone is simply important part of sex.

    • by the way not feeling attraction would NEVER be a cause for me to not want sex with a guy I was dating, bc I would not be dating him. It’s an unlikely reason , in general I think. Just thought I’d toss that out there.😊 Desiring a person even greatly and not being ready to actually do it, is very common. And I think a lot of people assume they are one in the same.

  • Seriously, you condone having sex within the 3 date rule? Does anyone ever wonder how STD's get passed around when no one uses protection and they don't even ask if the person they are dating has HIV or some other little tidbit that they are contributing to the cause? Guys complain that it DOESN"T feel good when they have to use a condom so one shouldn't be surprised that they don't use one or even offer to use one if she prefers. No wonder dating has gone to the dump. It is not really dating, but more like a prolonged Hook Up. I remember dating was for getting to know someone and you usually dated for a month or more before sex was even considered. Now it is "Let's get to the screwing" part ASAP. and you may not even know what their name is.

    Girls, why didn't you want to have sex when he indicated he was ready?
    • No, I see where you could have that misunderstanding, but I do not follow a three date rule. I have waited 6 months in a relationship before getting physical. I've never had an STD and intend to remain careful.

  • Out of those options i would say the last one but I also wanted to wait a while into our relationship before taking that step.

  • “To touch a woman, you must first touch her heart. To touch a man’s heart, you must first touch him.“ It didn’t work.

    When I started dating again after a long time not, I did not hold back. I was ready when he was. Then as I saw a pattern of 3x then ghosted, I stopped because women are slut-shamed and I didn’t want a long line of men whose names I wouldn’t remember in a a year. That’s the difficult part for me. I think it’s sad to lose touch with someone you’ve been intimate with but men don’t seem to care. People are not disposable. I’m a real person with real feelings and if we have sex, I think he must like me because I like him. I was wrong.

    • I'm sorry that you have been disappointed so many times. All men are not like that. If I have sex with a girl, I have at least some deep affection for her.

  • E or A or a combination of both.

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