>My biggest fear in this scenario is ending up with someone who values me not for romantic interest, but rather because she's entering "that part of her life" to settle down.
We (almost) all eventually have a period in our lives where our priorities change and we start to want different things in our life. It’s called growing up and becoming responsible.
So your fear over people wanting to “settle down, while somewhat grounded in reality (because that’s a natural part of growing up and older), is also over-inflated meme talk that’s not as big a deal as you seem to think it is. I mean it is, but at some point (probably not now) you’re going to realize that if you’ve got your own shit handled, whatever the fuck anyone else is doing shouldn’t really phase you because the only thing that matters is that you’re where you should be in your own life.
Attraction is different from satisfaction. No way of knowing til you were with her. Some people have patience to walk you through and discover new things with you, some don’t.
But in my experience, the people who don’t, you won’t have any real potential or future with, and the ones who do, those are the ones you can grow together with.
When you’re with someone you truly get along with and are in to, growing, learning, teaching, and just over all sharing things with one another are some of the most fun parts of the relationship.
additionally:
>first of, you're a virgin
>your perspective is of a virgin
This user has a bit of a point. As someone who was a virgin til his mid 20s (waiting for the “right one” til o figured out... why?) who dated multiple late in life virgin girls...
As a late in life virgin, there’s a certain amount of paranoia and almost mythological superstition that virgins have towards the unknown awkward subject known as “Sex”... and that shit completely goes away once you get used to it.
Virgins care way more about virginity than non-virgins do.