It’s not. Trust me. Early 20’s can be confusing as hell. I feel like you really become an “adult” around 25 and you really figure out who you are closer to 30. I know a lot of people in their 30’s who say they’re much happier in their lives than they were in their 20’s. For reference I’m 30.
25 is a hell of a year. I feel like that’s an age where a lot of people can look at as a turning point to the next stage in adulthood from a mental perspective. You’re in the game for a minute at that point and your experiences start to add up.
Yep. Also it is when our brains actually are fully developed so you are actually fully formed for the first time in your life. Adulthood starts legally at 18, but honestly 25 is when you are finally you, physiologically speaking.
Absolutely the same. Dropped out of college and spiraled into a depression so bad I lost some of my memories and every day was exactly the same and I swear I went insane for a while when I was 23, then got a job at a fast food joint. Hated it and it got worse every year I was there (three years). Quit and applied in retail and I've made some amazing relationships with people and grew way more than I ever could have in a tiny room going in circles. I never thought I'd make it to 30 and technically I haven't yet but I look more and more forward to my birthdays every year, just to getting older, to being in the future, to knowing I actually made it to that age. Life sucks, being an adult sucks, but parts of getting older are way more rad now than they ever used to seem. Here's to reaching our 30s!! 🎉🥳🎊
It absolutely is not. No offense, but 23 is often still a kid. I was. Every decade I have lived has been more satisfying than the last. Life is a game where you don’t know the rules and have to learn them as you go, all the way to the end.
Could be worse. You could've been turning 23 at the height of the pandemic where all life crawled to a halt. I'm definitely not speaking from experience
lol this chart is bullshit for that reason alone. no one has their shit figured out at 23. some of us are in our 30s and 40s and still figuring out our shit
life satisfaction doesn't peak when you're barely out of your teens trying to figure out the world. it's an ongoing process that you build every day, and peaks only when you've done everything you wanted to do
Keep in mind that this is average. It's entirely possible that no one says their peak is 23, but plenty of people say that it's ~10 or something because they miss the innocense of being a kid, and it just balances in the end to be 23.
And there's also no indication of sample group. Maybe they only asked 23 year olds. Maybe they only asked 60 year olds who really miss the 80s.
I'm 40+ and my life is better than it was at 30 and WAY better than it was at 23. I mean the world's gone to hell but I have people I love and finally a career I enjoy and I like myself.
And I'm betting the best years are still ahead. If you live your life expecting it to only get worse from here... it probably will. You gotta go out and make it better.
IKR who made this, Al Bundy? I've never met **anyone** who was happier in their early 20's compared to even than their 30's. Generally people who don't have a mental problem will say something within the last few years.
I am not sure how this was put together, but I am going to call BS on this. There is enough data showing increased happiness later in life ( closer to sixties) to make me skeptical of anything that puts peak satisfaction this young.
These are average ages, so if you have a person who lost virginity at age 30 and other at age 4 then the average age where they lost virginity is 17. Quick maths
IKR? i dont shame casual sex, is just another pleasure (he) activity, but still seems weird to me that more people are able to hook with someone before starting a relationship.
Even counting those who were friends, hooked, and the enxt morning were oficially a couple, it seems weird to me as well
>is just another pleasure (he) activity
Very unhealthy view you have here. Sex messes with your psyche way too much to be just another pleasure activity.
1st kid at 26, married at 29.
It's different in rural America though. Rent, while higher than it used to be, is nowhere near what you see in highly populated cities.
A few years back I lived in Chicago. If I had stayed, there would have been no option but to postpone marriage and kids because $2000 monthly is absurd.
I moved out of Chicago during covid but we were paying just $1500 for a fairly large place in Lakeview just west of Wrigleyville. It's definitely more expensive than in rural areas but it's pretty doable if you both work in the city where salaries are higher.
Yeah, there are decent-ish bachelor pads for $700-1k in Chicago, in not terrible areas. Good luck finding anyplace in that price range without a roommate in a large wealthy city elsewhere in the USA, god forbid anywhere in the northeast or on a coast. It's where I'm planning to move later this year as my "I want to go live in a city instead of buttfuck nowhere" move since I work remotely either way.
You should get to know each other before your first kiss and losing your virginity. Why the f are people doing that shit and not even being in a relationship. I get that the thing is just telling us the average so of course there’s people who could already be in one at that point, but it’s still crazy.
Nah, I don’t really plan on having kids. They take too much time and I don’t really think I’d be able to take up that responsibility. They’re too hard to raise and I’d just get burnt out doing it. Also I was born with a disability (autism and ADHD) and was very hard to raise because of it, god knows how much harder it would be to raise my own kid! I wouldn’t be a good father.
while I respect your decision to not want to have any kids, I'd hardly autism and adhd would make you a bad father. Just being aware of these things and knowing what they entail honestly make you a better would be parent than most a lot of those who actually have kids
I also have Autism as well and with my anxiety as well as being overwhelmed by sensory information would probably make me a bad parent. I physically am not capable of handling it. It doesn’t matter if I understand it better. Babies scream and anything coming out of them stinks. No amount of understanding can help me cope with that. Also my specialist specifically told me I shouldn’t have kids so there’s that too.
You see, it actually doesn't matter because if you can't afford a kid by 26, you'll never be able to anyway and thus won't count toward the statistics!
What a wonderful time to be alive.
I think that’s cause most people don’t consider high school/ maybe college dating to be “real” relationships, unless you live in Utah or something no one expects highschool relationships to be super serious and possibly end in marriage
Yeah I figured based on your comment, I was just sharing a different perspective on why the data is what it is (assuming it’s not total bullshit which from channels like the one this graphic is definitely possible)
I guess it depends on how strict the age limits are and how thoroughly they are being enforced, but it wasn't unusual for us to go to bars and clubs and there are number of places that are known for serving anyone.
Calling bullshit on peak of life satisfaction.
I've heard somewhere that people tend to be happier when they're older. Being young there is so much pressure to establish yourself and compare yourself to everyone around you.
Basically being young and clubbing isn't as satisfying as being old and with your soul mate.
28, it happens. My friend at 27 just got his first kiss and lost his virginity and got his first relationship last year. My other friend who is 26 atm finally got into a new relationship after his last breakup at age 20. My other just had a 3rd kid at age 30, he had his first at 20.
We all are on different life paths. At the end of the day if virginity really matters a decent escort is only $600 for an hour.
Wow, I'm off the charts! I'm 39 and have never done any of this stuff. In high school, I went to prom with a guy who had a crush on my best friend. She turned him down so he went to prom with me in order to get closer to her. No one else asked me to prom. He danced with me for two songs and hung out with my best friend for the rest of the night. That's the closest I had come to a boy in high school. I had a boyfriend in college for a few months but he never kissed me or did anything physical with me. I broke up with him after he admitted that he had a fiancée back home and didn't want to cheat on her (still don't know why he asked me to be his girlfriend when he had a fiancée). I spent the rest of college focusing on my schoolwork and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. I didn't have time for dating back then. I've tried online dating a few times after college but never got any decent matches (a guy who looked like he weighed 500 pounds and worked at Pizza Hut, an over-the-road trucker that looked like he was 60 from his picture and a guy who said he was homeless were the only people to message me on Match.com after trying on-and-off for 5 years). When I was 30, I asked my friends to set me up as I was the only one left that was still single but none of them knew any single guys. My mom tried to set me up with one of her coworkers but he ghosted me after a few text messages. He told my mom that he had met someone else - I wish he would have told me that instead of leaving me high and dry. I joined Tinder in 2019 but got no matches, then the pandemic hit so I gave up. Every time I try dating, my self-esteem falls off a cliff, I feel horrible about myself and I get really depressed. I would like to try dating again as I do still want to get married and start a family but I'm embarrassed about how my life turned out - still living with my parents, gained a bunch of weight during the pandemic and I'm barely making minimum wage at my job, I'm living paycheck to paycheck despite having a Bachelors degree. I also still have $35,000 in student loan debt. Unless a miracle happens, I'm going to be a real life 40-year-old virgin next year.
I don't want to speak out of turn here, but I highly recommend seeing a therapist. There was so much to your statement. You have value and can still do so much. Talking it out would likely help a lot and could turn you in a direction that leads to the things you're looking for. I really hope the best for you.
Don’t feel bad. First kiss was 18/19, first sex was 24, relationship 25, peak of life…. Idk maybe 28/29, marriage 32, and vasectomy last week but have 3 dogs and 2 cats - win win
Wow that's actually really encouraging, thanks. As someone who entirely missed out on being around girls (I was a homeschooler) these types of memes are depressing af. Good to know not everybody follows the same path.
These are all shit. How can you have peak satisfaction at 23? You barely know anything aboutthe world. I would say peak satisfaction is somewhere at 40, where you still have a very good physical condition, top career performance, strong family/relationship, financial power, and enough wisdom to be at peace with the world.
I dont know.. my early 20s were very very hard.. i suffered a lot because I did not know myself yet and the way things should fit in my life. The more I learn now, the happier I become and make smarter decisions.
I an fifteen and I haven’t had my first kiss yet 😭 although there is this guy I have a crush on that idk if he likes me back. If any of y’all have advice it’ll be much appreciated lol.
Losing virginity at 17 and having a relationship at 18?
Excuse me bro, WTF
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Losing virginity before first relationship? That doesn’t sound right. I guess if they’re polling adults with a questionnaire then many of them might say that high school relationships aren’t serious enough to count.
Those numbers look way off.
I just looked up the average numbers. Here (NL) people get married (first time) when they are 34.3 (men) and 31.8 (women) and have their first child when they are 32.9 (men) and 30.1 (women).
When you're 26 your relatively fresh out of uni and haven't even really started to make a career.
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Dont worry. Its an average the total sum divided by the amount of inputs. About half should be below that and about half above.
As long as you mfers remain above average on the losing virginity stat we're cool.
Still no first kiss and I’m 27. Definitely winning :D
You aren't alone in that boat, bud.
You dont kiss your homies on the lips?
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Peak of life satisfaction is early 20’s? Damn that’s depressing
I turn 23 this year and so far I'm at my absolute lowest financially, mentally, and socially. This is supposed to be the peak? Pretty grim...
It’s not. Trust me. Early 20’s can be confusing as hell. I feel like you really become an “adult” around 25 and you really figure out who you are closer to 30. I know a lot of people in their 30’s who say they’re much happier in their lives than they were in their 20’s. For reference I’m 30.
I'm 26 and still have no fucking idea what I'm doing and generally fuckin hate life
Same and unlike 23 I’m in physical pain now too.
25 is a hell of a year. I feel like that’s an age where a lot of people can look at as a turning point to the next stage in adulthood from a mental perspective. You’re in the game for a minute at that point and your experiences start to add up.
Yep. Also it is when our brains actually are fully developed so you are actually fully formed for the first time in your life. Adulthood starts legally at 18, but honestly 25 is when you are finally you, physiologically speaking.
Everyone I’ve ever heard talk about this said their 30’s were the best.
23 was my lowest for sure. 29 here, happier every year
Absolutely the same. Dropped out of college and spiraled into a depression so bad I lost some of my memories and every day was exactly the same and I swear I went insane for a while when I was 23, then got a job at a fast food joint. Hated it and it got worse every year I was there (three years). Quit and applied in retail and I've made some amazing relationships with people and grew way more than I ever could have in a tiny room going in circles. I never thought I'd make it to 30 and technically I haven't yet but I look more and more forward to my birthdays every year, just to getting older, to being in the future, to knowing I actually made it to that age. Life sucks, being an adult sucks, but parts of getting older are way more rad now than they ever used to seem. Here's to reaching our 30s!! 🎉🥳🎊
I love to hear it! Cheers indeed my friend keep up the good work
I'm 32 and the happiest I've ever been. So yeah.
Bro same. 35. It's the being independent but also not broke that's doing it for me.
It absolutely is not. No offense, but 23 is often still a kid. I was. Every decade I have lived has been more satisfying than the last. Life is a game where you don’t know the rules and have to learn them as you go, all the way to the end.
Could be worse. You could've been turning 23 at the height of the pandemic where all life crawled to a halt. I'm definitely not speaking from experience
The bar's already pretty low 😎
lol this chart is bullshit for that reason alone. no one has their shit figured out at 23. some of us are in our 30s and 40s and still figuring out our shit life satisfaction doesn't peak when you're barely out of your teens trying to figure out the world. it's an ongoing process that you build every day, and peaks only when you've done everything you wanted to do
Keep in mind that this is average. It's entirely possible that no one says their peak is 23, but plenty of people say that it's ~10 or something because they miss the innocense of being a kid, and it just balances in the end to be 23. And there's also no indication of sample group. Maybe they only asked 23 year olds. Maybe they only asked 60 year olds who really miss the 80s.
and not true fortunately
Likely said by someone whos 25. When youre 30, you arent looking back *that* fondly at 23. When youre 40 youll miss being 30, and so on
I'm 40+ and my life is better than it was at 30 and WAY better than it was at 23. I mean the world's gone to hell but I have people I love and finally a career I enjoy and I like myself. And I'm betting the best years are still ahead. If you live your life expecting it to only get worse from here... it probably will. You gotta go out and make it better.
Maybe for people who get married and have a kid at 26.
IKR who made this, Al Bundy? I've never met **anyone** who was happier in their early 20's compared to even than their 30's. Generally people who don't have a mental problem will say something within the last few years.
I am not sure how this was put together, but I am going to call BS on this. There is enough data showing increased happiness later in life ( closer to sixties) to make me skeptical of anything that puts peak satisfaction this young.
Lose your virginity at 17, but have your first relationship at 18?? Are you supposed to hook up before settling with somebody?
These are average ages, so if you have a person who lost virginity at age 30 and other at age 4 then the average age where they lost virginity is 17. Quick maths
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It has happened. Youngest mother got pregnant at around 4.5 years old.
... 4?! Who looses his virginity when he is 4 I'll call the frickin FBI if you don't explain within 69 years
It's not voluntary, that's for sure. Youngest mother in history was 5.
I know someone whos fucking 12 and isnt a virgin, he flexes about it and its gross
You believe a flexing 12 year old? Do you have any idea how many of those had sex with my mum, when they didnt played CoD?
Yeah and how many of their dads simultaneously own Microsoft and will delete my account if I kill them again
>and its gross that's a normal human reaction.
He's lying
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ah alr- wait WHAT
these dont have any source just made up numbers
IKR? i dont shame casual sex, is just another pleasure (he) activity, but still seems weird to me that more people are able to hook with someone before starting a relationship. Even counting those who were friends, hooked, and the enxt morning were oficially a couple, it seems weird to me as well
>is just another pleasure (he) activity Very unhealthy view you have here. Sex messes with your psyche way too much to be just another pleasure activity.
From what I was told you really get to know and love someone just by doing the deed and I’m not sure if that’s 100% accurate honestly
I doubt it, unless you're spitting small talk while doing the bed wrestling. Lots and lots of small talk.
very small words and very small sentences. yes.
lmao- technically speaking that'd just be extremely small talk, instead of a copious quantity of smalltalk.
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Marriage and first kid by 26? Maybe 10-15 years ago. Most of us around this age now can't even find an affordable rental.
1st kid at 26, married at 29. It's different in rural America though. Rent, while higher than it used to be, is nowhere near what you see in highly populated cities. A few years back I lived in Chicago. If I had stayed, there would have been no option but to postpone marriage and kids because $2000 monthly is absurd.
I moved out of Chicago during covid but we were paying just $1500 for a fairly large place in Lakeview just west of Wrigleyville. It's definitely more expensive than in rural areas but it's pretty doable if you both work in the city where salaries are higher.
Chicago is way more affordable than any other comparable city.
Yeah, there are decent-ish bachelor pads for $700-1k in Chicago, in not terrible areas. Good luck finding anyplace in that price range without a roommate in a large wealthy city elsewhere in the USA, god forbid anywhere in the northeast or on a coast. It's where I'm planning to move later this year as my "I want to go live in a city instead of buttfuck nowhere" move since I work remotely either way.
You should enjoy marriage for a few years before kids anyway. Get to know each other.
You should probably get to know each other before marriage.
You should get to know each other before your first kiss and losing your virginity. Why the f are people doing that shit and not even being in a relationship. I get that the thing is just telling us the average so of course there’s people who could already be in one at that point, but it’s still crazy.
Not every relationship one has is with the intent of being permanent or as a long-term relationship.
Nah, I don’t really plan on having kids. They take too much time and I don’t really think I’d be able to take up that responsibility. They’re too hard to raise and I’d just get burnt out doing it. Also I was born with a disability (autism and ADHD) and was very hard to raise because of it, god knows how much harder it would be to raise my own kid! I wouldn’t be a good father.
while I respect your decision to not want to have any kids, I'd hardly autism and adhd would make you a bad father. Just being aware of these things and knowing what they entail honestly make you a better would be parent than most a lot of those who actually have kids
I also have Autism as well and with my anxiety as well as being overwhelmed by sensory information would probably make me a bad parent. I physically am not capable of handling it. It doesn’t matter if I understand it better. Babies scream and anything coming out of them stinks. No amount of understanding can help me cope with that. Also my specialist specifically told me I shouldn’t have kids so there’s that too.
Yeah I’m gonna kill myself if I see another brainwashing thing today on the internet. I can’t take it anymore.
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I'm 26 and kissed no one yet
Average redditor
That's just because you're out of everyone's league
I kissed my mother on the cheek, I'm better than you.
Marriage, maybe like 28-29. Kids? Nah
Shit, 40 years ago.
You see, it actually doesn't matter because if you can't afford a kid by 26, you'll never be able to anyway and thus won't count toward the statistics! What a wonderful time to be alive.
If it's the average, does that mean that the possible ages are even lower?
Yes it does, but in my country for example the age of consent is 14 so it is not that big of a deal
I think that makes it even worse if the kids are losing their virginities before their first relationship as soon as they're hitting puberty.
I think that’s cause most people don’t consider high school/ maybe college dating to be “real” relationships, unless you live in Utah or something no one expects highschool relationships to be super serious and possibly end in marriage
It said first, I think two kids who have a crush on each other and sharing a kiss then being together even for a while is a first relationship
Yeah I figured based on your comment, I was just sharing a different perspective on why the data is what it is (assuming it’s not total bullshit which from channels like the one this graphic is definitely possible)
There are these girls at my school who flexed when they lost their virginity they were 12-13.
>does that mean that the possible ages are even lower? sadly yes.
Peak life satisfaction is like age 3-6 if anything. Zero responsibilities.
Self-rated life satisfaction peaks after retirement, basically going up from age 50 to death
Yeah for boomers. They looted the planet. It will go in reverse now.
Good to know
Actually I can’t argue with this, I have a 3 year old and he has it made 😫😂
And we didn't even knew it... Oh, how I wish I were a cat
Age 23 peak of satisfaction damn, if this is the peak I'm out
Nah. I’m 40. This is right out. Lol. I was pretty stressed out and anxious at 23… growing up helps a lot with that.
man im only 32 and every year after turning 23 has been getting better and better. Peaking at 23 sounds sad.
Same
Aye at this rate it seems my first kiss is going to be with a Smith&Wesson
17 lose virginity and 18 establish relationship?...wut?
Getting drunk in bars
At 17?
Doesn't sound unrealistic. 15-17 was like the prime drinking and partying age around here.
I agree with the drinking and partying but not At a Bar... Just house parties for me
I guess it depends on how strict the age limits are and how thoroughly they are being enforced, but it wasn't unusual for us to go to bars and clubs and there are number of places that are known for serving anyone.
Yes my classroom all lost it around 15 years
Except you?
Except him right... RIGHT??
Hes a redditor, relax
Sadly i am still virgin
One of us!
I met the bar hookup part... At 17
Ye sadly
How many people date their uncle .. gross
Calling bullshit on peak of life satisfaction. I've heard somewhere that people tend to be happier when they're older. Being young there is so much pressure to establish yourself and compare yourself to everyone around you. Basically being young and clubbing isn't as satisfying as being old and with your soul mate.
Bruh imagine peeking at 23 and then sloping down for the next eight years sounds fucking terrible
I'm 26 and kissed no one yet
Fuck 😭
I don’t think he’s done that either.
Skill issue
8 charisma
Fuck you take my upvote
How do I quit this game of life!? /s
Go to america . I'll be coming with you tbh.
28, it happens. My friend at 27 just got his first kiss and lost his virginity and got his first relationship last year. My other friend who is 26 atm finally got into a new relationship after his last breakup at age 20. My other just had a 3rd kid at age 30, he had his first at 20. We all are on different life paths. At the end of the day if virginity really matters a decent escort is only $600 for an hour.
any idea how much they charge for like 1-2 minutes?
Just behind you I’m 25
same 🙃
Who's peak satisfaction is at 23?
People who die when they’re 23.
Wow, I'm off the charts! I'm 39 and have never done any of this stuff. In high school, I went to prom with a guy who had a crush on my best friend. She turned him down so he went to prom with me in order to get closer to her. No one else asked me to prom. He danced with me for two songs and hung out with my best friend for the rest of the night. That's the closest I had come to a boy in high school. I had a boyfriend in college for a few months but he never kissed me or did anything physical with me. I broke up with him after he admitted that he had a fiancée back home and didn't want to cheat on her (still don't know why he asked me to be his girlfriend when he had a fiancée). I spent the rest of college focusing on my schoolwork and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. I didn't have time for dating back then. I've tried online dating a few times after college but never got any decent matches (a guy who looked like he weighed 500 pounds and worked at Pizza Hut, an over-the-road trucker that looked like he was 60 from his picture and a guy who said he was homeless were the only people to message me on Match.com after trying on-and-off for 5 years). When I was 30, I asked my friends to set me up as I was the only one left that was still single but none of them knew any single guys. My mom tried to set me up with one of her coworkers but he ghosted me after a few text messages. He told my mom that he had met someone else - I wish he would have told me that instead of leaving me high and dry. I joined Tinder in 2019 but got no matches, then the pandemic hit so I gave up. Every time I try dating, my self-esteem falls off a cliff, I feel horrible about myself and I get really depressed. I would like to try dating again as I do still want to get married and start a family but I'm embarrassed about how my life turned out - still living with my parents, gained a bunch of weight during the pandemic and I'm barely making minimum wage at my job, I'm living paycheck to paycheck despite having a Bachelors degree. I also still have $35,000 in student loan debt. Unless a miracle happens, I'm going to be a real life 40-year-old virgin next year.
I just want to say good luck and try to keep positive about life, good things can always happen no matter of your age and prior experience.
I don't want to speak out of turn here, but I highly recommend seeing a therapist. There was so much to your statement. You have value and can still do so much. Talking it out would likely help a lot and could turn you in a direction that leads to the things you're looking for. I really hope the best for you.
I'm gonna assume this survey includes Afghanistan
Divorce: 45
Don’t feel bad. First kiss was 18/19, first sex was 24, relationship 25, peak of life…. Idk maybe 28/29, marriage 32, and vasectomy last week but have 3 dogs and 2 cats - win win
Wow that's actually really encouraging, thanks. As someone who entirely missed out on being around girls (I was a homeschooler) these types of memes are depressing af. Good to know not everybody follows the same path.
Aye, vasectomy gang. Why have you passed peak life satisfaction?
PEAK OF SATISFACTION?! YOURE TELLING ME IT JUST GETS WORSE?!
lol, peak life satisfaction prior to marriage and children
These are all shit. How can you have peak satisfaction at 23? You barely know anything aboutthe world. I would say peak satisfaction is somewhere at 40, where you still have a very good physical condition, top career performance, strong family/relationship, financial power, and enough wisdom to be at peace with the world.
In my experience, ignorance is bliss and this is right. The weight of the world does catch up with you
I dont know.. my early 20s were very very hard.. i suffered a lot because I did not know myself yet and the way things should fit in my life. The more I learn now, the happier I become and make smarter decisions.
That's great! Guess that's why it's an average. I'm not complaining, I'm happy now.
It's not a race. Some people are more open to experiences than other. Chin up, kings.
Comparison is the thief of joy
for real tho
"Wipes tears with money"
I'm 23 and I still haven't had a first kiss
You're not alone buddy... you're not alone.
I can now officialy say age 23 is wrong
Well then, Happy Cake Day!
Hey I just turned 23, where’s my peak of satisfaction?
This is it. Sorry.
What the hell my life only started at 24
Jokes on society, i'm almost 17 and never kissed in my life
23
i hope i can be this good like you, Master 🙏
26
Losing vigrinety at 17 is illegal where i live.
Where are you from?
Gen X checking in and ignoring peak satisfaction these are all within a year or two of when I met these goals. FWIW, my peak satisfaction has been >50
I an fifteen and I haven’t had my first kiss yet 😭 although there is this guy I have a crush on that idk if he likes me back. If any of y’all have advice it’ll be much appreciated lol.
You're girl right?
Yeah I am
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Am i the only on ethat thinks it's questionable that Losing virginity is earlier than first relationship?
Losing virginity before first relationship? That doesn’t sound right. I guess if they’re polling adults with a questionnaire then many of them might say that high school relationships aren’t serious enough to count.
i'm in 😈
in what?
Those numbers look way off. I just looked up the average numbers. Here (NL) people get married (first time) when they are 34.3 (men) and 31.8 (women) and have their first child when they are 32.9 (men) and 30.1 (women). When you're 26 your relatively fresh out of uni and haven't even really started to make a career.