Very long story short, Iโ€™m a woman in the process of getting out of a long and abusive marriage. Iโ€™m getting therapy. One factor of that abuse: Iโ€™m still a virgin, at least as far as penetration is concerned. (Thatโ€™s another long story.) If I can even find anybody interested in me, how do I tell them the only stuff I know about consensual sex is what Iโ€™ve read about it? The few people Iโ€™ve told the full story didnโ€™t believe me at first. All I can imagine is a new person running away.

Various Insecurities Rock Genuinely Inexperienced Newbie

You shouldnโ€™t hesitate to tell someoneโ€”particularly a new person you want to have sex withโ€”that youโ€™ve never had penetrative sex before. And while you donโ€™t owe that new person the full story, VIRGIN, you might wanna tell them what you told me. Give them the outline: You want to fuck but you recently got out of an abusive marriage and youโ€™re getting professional help to deal with the emotional falloutโ€”so youโ€™re not asking them to be your therapistโ€”but you are understandably nervous and more than a little scared about the fucking youโ€™d like to do…

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