killahpl
Don Juan
Right so I am a 28 year old dude who works for a worldwide IT corporation and who speaks three foreign languages - all of which is to say that I have done okay for myself in the career/business/self-development aspect of my life despite having gotten absolutely nothing from my parents in terms of finances/material posessions - but the thought of escalating to kissing, sex, etc. paralyzes me.
Outside of 1 long-ish relationship, my encounters with women have sucked. Recently, I met this 22-year-old girl from Portugal (I'm Polish) who I kinda dig and she seems to be into me as well (or maybe not, it depends to what extent self-evaluation can be relied on with this sort of thing), to the point where she'll go out on severaldates with me, seems to be having a great time, does the play-punch-you-back-if-you-play-punch-me thing, play-teases me right back when I do it to her, etc. The "only" thing that's missing is kissing, foreplay, sex etc. and I feel completely disempowered in trying to take things to the next level. Which is such a shame, because I feel that I'm actually a charming f***er - up to a point (heh, they should put that on my gravestone one day - "charming f***er. up to a point), got a good sense of humor, I have no problems getting people to open up to me.
But this thing just crushes my soul. I wanna go for the kiss so bad, I know I HAVE TO show SEXUAL interest, but more often than not, I end up doing nothing. Screw one-itis, I am more than willing to test things out on this chick, lose her or not (yeah, I know, so far I haven't actually 'had' her to be able to 'lose' anything) but I need IDEAS as to what to do to make this less agonizing. Should I seek professional help?
Outside of 1 long-ish relationship, my encounters with women have sucked. Recently, I met this 22-year-old girl from Portugal (I'm Polish) who I kinda dig and she seems to be into me as well (or maybe not, it depends to what extent self-evaluation can be relied on with this sort of thing), to the point where she'll go out on severaldates with me, seems to be having a great time, does the play-punch-you-back-if-you-play-punch-me thing, play-teases me right back when I do it to her, etc. The "only" thing that's missing is kissing, foreplay, sex etc. and I feel completely disempowered in trying to take things to the next level. Which is such a shame, because I feel that I'm actually a charming f***er - up to a point (heh, they should put that on my gravestone one day - "charming f***er. up to a point), got a good sense of humor, I have no problems getting people to open up to me.
But this thing just crushes my soul. I wanna go for the kiss so bad, I know I HAVE TO show SEXUAL interest, but more often than not, I end up doing nothing. Screw one-itis, I am more than willing to test things out on this chick, lose her or not (yeah, I know, so far I haven't actually 'had' her to be able to 'lose' anything) but I need IDEAS as to what to do to make this less agonizing. Should I seek professional help?