When we talk about celibacy nowadays, we usually talk about it from a post-Tinder perspective. Something something hypergamy Internet Instagram and stuff. We talk about how Reddit is a bad/soyish source of advice. But what about a time before Tinder? Before most subreddits? What about, say, 2007?
For reasons, I find myself mired in old Internet haunts. And because I'm a 46 year old virgin myself, this old Plenty Of Fish thread is relevant to my interests. The Plenty Of Fish forums were taken down, but you can still look at archives of them.
Plenty Of Fish Forums, California subsection. Submitted for your approval, one Billbutler8. A virgin at 46. The time is "the other night" from Thursday, April 12th, 2007. Tumblr is baby smooth brand new, Britney Spears had shown us all her vagina, and somewhere Seung-Hui Cho is mulling over his atrocity. Bill is talking to his younger friend. Younger Friend is considering breaking up with his current girlfriend, but is afraid that this will mean a dry spell. Bill has apparently been in a relationship, but didn't have sex in it. Younger Friend doesn't know Bill is a virgin, but he does know that Bill was in a relationship. Younger Friend asks "How dry is the spell? How long did it take you to find sex again after you broke up?" Bill explains that he has never had sex since the breakup, or ever. He is a virgin.
Fast forward to 10:05 PM. They've been talking about Bill's virginity for 2 hours. Younger Friend insists that he will get Bill laid, tonight. Bill is freaked out. He declines, but will consider it another time. Younger Friend offers to take Bill "cruising for chicks" the following Tuesday night. Soon to face the music of his own ecstasy, he prepares by asking Plenty Of Fish this question...
What follows is what 2007 thinks of the idea of a 46 year old virgin. A time before /pol/, a time before IncelTears, a time before many people on this forum could even produce a seed. See how we talked. What advice we offered. See how things change, and how things stay the same.
For reasons, I find myself mired in old Internet haunts. And because I'm a 46 year old virgin myself, this old Plenty Of Fish thread is relevant to my interests. The Plenty Of Fish forums were taken down, but you can still look at archives of them.
Plenty Of Fish Forums, California subsection. Submitted for your approval, one Billbutler8. A virgin at 46. The time is "the other night" from Thursday, April 12th, 2007. Tumblr is baby smooth brand new, Britney Spears had shown us all her vagina, and somewhere Seung-Hui Cho is mulling over his atrocity. Bill is talking to his younger friend. Younger Friend is considering breaking up with his current girlfriend, but is afraid that this will mean a dry spell. Bill has apparently been in a relationship, but didn't have sex in it. Younger Friend doesn't know Bill is a virgin, but he does know that Bill was in a relationship. Younger Friend asks "How dry is the spell? How long did it take you to find sex again after you broke up?" Bill explains that he has never had sex since the breakup, or ever. He is a virgin.
Fast forward to 10:05 PM. They've been talking about Bill's virginity for 2 hours. Younger Friend insists that he will get Bill laid, tonight. Bill is freaked out. He declines, but will consider it another time. Younger Friend offers to take Bill "cruising for chicks" the following Tuesday night. Soon to face the music of his own ecstasy, he prepares by asking Plenty Of Fish this question...
Billbutler8 said:
What follows is what 2007 thinks of the idea of a 46 year old virgin. A time before /pol/, a time before IncelTears, a time before many people on this forum could even produce a seed. See how we talked. What advice we offered. See how things change, and how things stay the same.
