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Want to enjoy sex?
Lose the guilt
I enjoy sex. A lot. I always orgasm. Multiple times. Every. Single. Time. But… I was a 30 year old virgin. That’s how old I was when I got married. Does that make sense?
My parents were conservative Indians. My mom was a Hindu, my dad was Jain. They believed sex was for after marriage. I never even kissed a boy until I got to college.
As an undergrad, the only friends who shared my “prudishness” were orthodox Jews and devout Christians. This was back in the ’80s. Most of my friends were not waiting for marriage. The more conservative ones stuck with a steady boyfriend. The more adventurous took advantage of frat parties. One girl had the nickname “pick a number.” She liked sex. A lot.
As for me, I became a Christian my senior year. This only cemented my desire to wait for sex. Believe it or not, some men still dated me. They liked me as a person, you see. That’s what decent men do. They don’t push women to have sex, and they don’t make sexually active women feel bad because they like it.
In order for a woman to enjoy sex, she needs to be true to herself.
My advice — be assertive and don’t apologize for what you need. If you believe sex is something you only enjoy with someone you love, or in a committed relationship, or someone you’re married to — then stick…
