<human>: I'm still a virgin at age 27. These days, at least, it's not for lack of opportunity; I usually have dates with three or four different people in a month. The problem I have is not with attracting women, or asking them out, etc. but with feeling comfortable enough to become physically involved with someone.

I do want to get emotionally close to someone, and I like the idea of having sex. Sort of. It's confusing! Sometimes it feels like something I wish I could get rid of entirely.

I don't come from a religious background, but I do seem to have an idea in my head that sex is something other people do, and that I'll risk losing who I am if I get into bed with someone -- not to mention the other possible consequences of diseases, pregnancy, etc. I don't know how I could trust someone enough to risk all of that. I certainly never have before.

I just assumed that I'd eventually fall in love with someone who made all of this feel all right, but it hasn't happened yet, and I'm starting to worry.

Part of it could be that most people seem to want to get sexually involved much earlier than I'm comfortable with. Of course I shoulder much of the blame in that I feel extremely uncomfortable bringing up the topic of my G-rated past.

I ask all of you this because I'm suspicious of the rationalizations I give myself when things like this happen: I went to the family planning aisle of the pharmacy recently and had a panic attack just at the thought of buying condoms. Strange stuff, and it doesn't lend credence to my 'saving myself for the one' narrative.

Anyway, I've exhausted my mental resources in trying to deal with this, and so I turn to you in hopes that you can shine some light on the situation.

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<bot>: I'm still a virgin at 27, and I don't know anymore whether it's because I haven't met the right woman, or because I'm afraid of sex.