# How old is too old to still be a virgin **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208 "2010-08-05T00:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/1 "2010-08-05T00:48:06Z")
my friend wants to know ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/2 "2010-08-05T00:52:00Z")
How old is your friend? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/3 "2010-08-05T00:52:42Z")
I don’t believe that there is an applicable statute. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/4 "2010-08-05T00:53:59Z")
[“My friend wants to know”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572838) [“My friend wants to know”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572295) [“My friend wants to know”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573243) You know, you can just say you want to know. 😛 And as for the question, I don’t think there’s any set age, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/5 "2010-08-05T01:06:27Z")
my friend is 20 and in college ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/6 "2010-08-05T01:07:36Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > my friend wants to know Is this an imaginary friend or real friend? My friend wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/7 "2010-08-05T01:12:34Z")
why would I make up an imaginary friend? That’d just be silly ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/8 "2010-08-05T01:12:49Z")
My friend wants to know what the next “My friend wants to know” topic is going to be about. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/9 "2010-08-05T01:20:54Z")
_My_ friend wants to know if your friend is male or female. I don’t think it makes a difference but apparently my friend does. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/10 "2010-08-05T01:22:31Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > my friend is 20 and in college This is too old. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/11 "2010-08-05T01:24:15Z")
1. I had friends who got their gf’s pregnant by 13. If you were a virgin the day after senior prom, you had some serious social problems. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/12 "2010-08-05T01:25:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > [@PSXer](#): > > > > my friend is 20 and in college > > This is too old. My friend says that’s not too old if **PSXer’s** friend is female. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/13 "2010-08-05T01:28:15Z")
Too old as in “yeah, try being more social” or too old as in “what’s wrong with you?!” 20 is the former, not the latter. Fake some confidence, you’ll get laid, then you’ll have some actual confidence to build on. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/14 "2010-08-05T01:30:15Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Fake some confidence, you’ll get laid, then you’ll have some actual confidence to build on. Yes, this is what **PSXer** ’s friend should have done. Unfortunately, he’s too old now. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/15 "2010-08-05T01:38:20Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > How old is too old to still be a virgin Never. The _reason_ you’re a virgin could be a deal breaker, but never the fact that you’re a virgin itself. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/16 "2010-08-05T01:39:25Z")
I would generally say you want to lose your V card before you graduate high school. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/17 "2010-08-05T01:43:05Z")
Crap! I was too old! I was cured, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/18 "2010-08-05T01:51:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > [@PSXer](#): > > > > my friend is 20 and in college > > This is too old. WAY too old. Tell your friend to get a new truck… that might help. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/19 "2010-08-05T01:56:48Z")
He’s not gonna get a new truck until his current one doesn’t work. All the girls he knows don’t even know about his truck. ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208/20 "2010-08-05T01:58:15Z")
My friend thinks that if your friend is an adult virgin and thinks he or she is too old to be a virgin, your friend is likely too old. If your friend is comfortable with his or her virginity then he or she is probably just fine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208.md?page=2)