Hi Shy_Guy,
Thank you for replying. You are right in that I did have that question in my mind eventhough I didn't ask it. Sometimes it seems awkward to not have to worry about the things that have occupied so much of my time for so long!
I agree with you, and I do want to take things step by step. It's not so much my embarrassment at having to ask the questions, it's more my concern about giving someone the "wrong" message. I have a close male friend. I've been cautious about asking him things because I got the feeling that he thought I wanted these things with him. Sure enough, one night (about 2 weeks ago) we were talking about some things and he tried to kiss me and put his hand on my breasts. I gently told him that I didn't feel like I could get involved with him like that right now. He was very mad at me and told me I was just teasing him by asking him all those things and making him aroused.
We argued about it because I had told him that I was curious about things and we had already discussed my intentions when talking about sexual things. He was upset and told me that he thought that maybe I would want to try these things with him. Then he said something that hurt me very much-- he said that he didn't have to wait around for me to grow up and want a man to f.... and that he could get it somewhere else whenever he wanted. I was very angry and told him to leave, and if that's what he thought, he was no friend of mine. After he left, I cried it seems like all night and I was very disappointed in myself for thinking he was a friend I could trust, I thought he understood but apparently not. And that night I really hated him, because for the first time since I was 14, he made me feel ashamed of my inexperience.
He left me various messages apologizing to me, telling me he was being an impatient idiot and that of course he understood, and he wanted to be someone I could come to for help/questions, etc. I don't know, I'm still mad at him (and mad at myself to some extent I guess). Do you think there is any way that I can talk about sex, etc. with an experienced person without them thinking that it'll lead to something else? Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way?
Thank you,
BusyGirl