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What sexual insecurities did you have when you were young give you amusement now?

Asked by wundayatta (58722points) March 20th, 2012

What did you think you were supposed to be like sexually back when you were naive about it? How did you finally figure out how misguided you were in that idea? Can you laugh about it now?

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MilkyWay's avatar

I thought I had an ugly body a couple of years ago… many people have commented the opposite of what I thought… made me realise I was being too hard on myself. It really does bring a smile to my face when I used to think being a size 8 was being too big…

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

I thought I was supposed to be straight. It turns out I’m quite happy being gay. Silly me.

Blackberry's avatar

Like most young men, I watched porn. I thought if I didn’t have a huge wang and super physique that women wouldn’t like me.

I can laugh about it now because it’s obviously bogus (for most). It seems the key to a woman’s heart is emotions and all that BS. :P

jca's avatar

I had sexual fantasies that I did not act on. I enjoyed myself but I did not explore my kinkier side. Now I have.

gailcalled's avatar

Briefly (thank goodness) I thought I should be able to have an orgasm from intercourse only. The self-help books back then were dismal, inaccurate and promoted the myth of the simultaneous orgasm as the desired goal.

Ponderer983's avatar

That sex would be perfect, like in the movies. Moving in harmony and all that crap. Boy was I wrong on that one! I figured out it wasn’t true when I finally had sex and it was wait move here, ow you’re on my hair, I’m getting a cramp.
I also thought that I would be virgin until I got married. Then I learned that my sister was sexing it up and it all went downhill from there (or uphill O.o)

TexasDude's avatar

That sex was scary.

it still kind of is to me, so I guess I can’t technically look back on that one and laugh. :-/

ETpro's avatar

I actually believed the adult’s propaganda about sexual behavior being ugly, dirth and disgusting.

Now I understand that aside from the possibilities of unwanted pregnancy, AIDS, hepatitis C, genital herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc.; sex is good clean fun. :-)

jonsblond's avatar

There was a time when I was embarrassed by queefs. Now they make me giggle.

deni's avatar

@jonsblond It’s like a “get out of a fart free” pass

TheSecretWindow's avatar

I thought the things I wanted him to do to me during sex was weird.
Treat me like a princess. Fuck me like a whore.

ucme's avatar

I was terrified to the point of distraction that my mother would hear my self satisfied whimpering while I wanked.

xnightflowerx's avatar

I thought sex was always going to be so full of emotion and meaning. Now I look back and can’t say much of it had any meaning at all.

Not exactly laughing about it though, more coming to terms with it.

tedd's avatar

@TheSecretWindow Please marry me. lol

livelaughlove21's avatar

I currently have plenty of sexual insecurities….they’re mildly funny until I’m going to have sex, and then I’m not laughing.

Many of them would probably be embarrassing for me to say, but I am insecure about my body, I hate my breasts, I worry about body parts jiggling when I move, etc. I refuse to let a guy go down on me because I’m extremely uncomfortable with his face down there—an irrational fear of smell or taste or something, who knows?

It sucks. I’ve been with the same guy for 4½ years, I’m marrying him this year, I’m as comfortable with him as I’ve been with anyone, and yet I can’t get over these insecurities and just let go during sex, and the sex life suffers because of it (though, luckily, I make up for it with oral sex…the only sexual act I have confidence in). No matter how beautiful he thinks I am, I’m never convinced.

I’m 22, so hopefully age will cure that. In the meantime, I’m lucky to have someone who’s patient with me….and willing to turn off every light in the house before we have sex. :)

rebbel's avatar

I always thought that my masturbation techniques were strange and uncommon.
Now I know they indeed were.

snapdragon24's avatar

HAHA @rebbel.

Hmmm if I were to get insecure about anything…I’d say it would be the oral aspect of sex. Is he getting pleasure? Am I doing this right? Do I smell okay? Hygiene for me is really important. It takes all the excitement away if the private zone isn’t taken care of.

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