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[–][deleted] 49 points50 points51 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
New city, new you! Get yourself in a healthy routine, and back out there.
[–]CocoBabeNYC 24 points25 points26 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Learn to like and respect yourself.
[–]Casanova-Quinn 37 points38 points39 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Sleeping with some unattractive girls isn't really damaging your SMV, that's all in your head. It's generally considered "good" for men to have sexual experience, regardless of the quality. Just view it as "practice" for your bedroom skills. Plus it sounds like you're in a new city, so no one knows about your past anyway. Stop worrying and get out there.
[–]OkProcedure3998 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
generally considered "good" for men to have sexual experience, regardless of the quality.
Big facts here.
[–]okabekudo 17 points18 points19 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
In german there's a saying: "Besser wiederlich als wieder nicht". Which means rather to bang someone disgusting than not banging anyone at all. Keep your head high dude. Experience is experience, you don't have to tell your next girl your last lay was ugly af.
[–]OkProcedure3998 16 points17 points18 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I can’t help but feel so grossed out by my sexual past and can’t shake the feeling I lowered my SMV.
This is not true at all. Im similar to you. Once, I paid for sex and thought I would never get any atttention from women again, boy was I wrong.
Women aren't prizes to be won when you reach a level. They would fall head over heels and marry a drug dealer, scammer, excon, etc. You don't have to qualify for women. Ur SMV is fine. Ur past is fine, its better than paying so consider yourself in a good place. Stop seeing the glass as half empty but half full.
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Doesn’t matter got laid.
Unless you contracted something your making mountains of molehill. I slept with a fattie or two. Whoopy... well no it was still fun
[–]omghehe23 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
What’s SMV
[–]sunflower_love 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
SMV stands for “sexual market value” to my understanding of it.
[–]omghehe23 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Wtf does that even mean
[–]sunflower_love 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Yeah it’s honestly kind of fucked up in my opinion, but I think it has something to do with everything being affected by capitalism.
Someone’s “SMV” is like their level of attractiveness and their perceived value and ability to get partners of a similar “value”.
[–]omghehe23 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Interesting. So the idea is that someone with lots of bodies wouldn’t be able to get with someone with fewer?
[–]aStonedPanda94 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You aren’t your past, you are who you are right now and you can choose to be whoever you want to be
[–]AtCloseRange94 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Who hasn’t banged some unattractive girls before lol? It’s not a big deal man
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
What I’d do in this spot is hookup with a few college aged girls to get that experience out the way, then move on.
[–]Worth-Lettuce-8687 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Men's SMV is not affecting by shagging around, even if they shagged less than attractive women.. now if you have a permanent STI then yeah sure your SMV is lower... but nobody needs to know if you are clean and free of STIs. Did you sleep with non women? Then yes for some women they will not want a bisexual man. Your lack of confidence is lowering your SMV. Your height is lowering your SMV. Are you rich? because that's the bottom line. Get decent job and get therapy.
[–]stanthemilkman88 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Your feelings are bad and you should feel bad for having them.
Come on dude, how is this helping you?
[–]Odd_Station_3527 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Love yourself and the rest will follow
[–]tes_befil 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I'm in almost an identical spot man, its all how you view yourself. You need to stop looking at your past as "regrettable" and instead take whatever you can as a learning experience from each sexual encounter in your past. If anything chalk it up to helping you be better in bed if nothing else. I was the unpopular kid in high-school, never believed attractive women would like me, and as an adult I've been slowly unlearning that. It sounds like you're in the same spot, and if you are its literally all in your head. You'll never fully understand how others perceive you but as you can tell and even said yourself others do find you attractive. Once you believe that for yourself you'll be much better off, and much more positive, and positive vibes do a lot.
[–]cleetusneck 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Let it go.
[–]Calamity__Bane 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You can’t change what’s already happened, all you can do is start making different choices.
[–]Jges1029384756 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Go to therapy. There must be something else underneath that is creating the low self esteem that you said you’ve always had. Get to the bottom of that and not liking yourself, then build your confidence from a new foundation. Everything else is just a bandaid.
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