I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that gave me advice in this thread I made about sexual confidence the other day!. I took everyone's advice and had my first enjoyable lay ever.

So, I had plans with this girl I'd hung out with twice (and only made out with once) yesterday, it was raining so we couldn't go clamming like planned so she came to my apartment and we just chatted for a bit with my roommates for a while, with a little kino here and there. Then we head out to a get together at a friend of mine's house, where we hang for a little bit. A few times I pulled her away and made out with her for a minute, other times she'd say "let's go _______" and grab me by the hand, and we'd kiss. Things were going well and I'd already decided I needed more practice to be a better bang so when we got back to my apartment we went straight to my bedroom and ripped each others' clothes off, yatta yatta yatta.

Thanks to you guys I recognized I was avoiding the issue by not having sex, and just hopped right into it. I wasn't nervous like all the other times because it was now a learning experience and something that I was working on improving. I was vulnerable, so she dropped her guard too, and whenever one of us (aka mostly me) messed up a little we smiled at it and just moved on passionately. I made sure she had at least an orgasm or two during foreplay, just in case the sex wasn't so good. And last but not least, I actually finished this time since I didn't feel so fucking awkward! The feeling of satisfaction afterward is an unquantifiable number of times better than the shame and blueballs so bad they hurt if you don't finish the job.

Best all, you were a great help.