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Ladies what would you think if

  • 27-04-2008 1:32pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    If you met a guy for the first time and kind of liked him and you spent a whole night flirting and when eventually you scored and got to the bedroom he couldnt perform!!!

    This unfortunately happened me recently, I admit there was a small bit of alcohol involved, well just a few bottles of beer, but this has been happening quite regularly now, Im sure its a psychological thing but Im just wondering what your opinion of the guy would be if that happened. It certainly changed the mood with the two of us that night. I reckon I had built her up to something just by having such a laugh,flirting properly, showing alot of confidencc etc but it all shattered when that happened.

    I am now mortified I left the next day and we said bye and all that but there was definitely a difference. Im just wondering what women genuinely think when this happens especially with someone they dont really know and hence arent in love or really really attracted to him.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    When you say you couldn't perform could you get an erection in the first place or what happened?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭fatal


    This has happened to two of my mates in the last week.Both don't know what to do


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    it sounds like the drink to me...it happens to so many guys it's unbelievable...being drunk or having a hangover or feeling sick can cause this. From my point of view I'd stick with him if he was a really nice guy,made me laugh etc...if you really like a girl it can take time to forge a trusting relationship...relationships and trust lead to good times!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Miss Fluff wrote: »
    When you say you couldn't perform could you get an erection in the first place or what happened?

    sorry I should have been more specific, yea id trouble getting an erection, im not really wondering why or whats causing it because ive started reading alot more about it, and will probably see a GP, this is more to see what she might think of me,


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭ModeSkeletor


    It's either 2 things:

    1) You were nervous and had too much to drink

    or

    2) You weren't attracted to her


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Carrigart Exile


    Its happened once, you now have that niggling doubt that it will happen again. l


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    bedcrisis wrote: »
    im not really wondering why or whats causing it because ive started reading alot more about it, and will probably see a GP

    Hang on.

    Alcohol + nerves are a well known boner killer.

    It has happened / will happen to every guy at some stage.

    Don't worry about it unless it happens every single time for a prolonged period of time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    Unless she is very self assured she probably thinks you didn't find her attractive or else weren't turned on by her. She was probably embarrassed too.
    Have you been in touch since?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    If she writes you off after one occurrence like this then she ain't worth knowing.....

    It happens everyone at some stage....drink/doubts/tiredness/stress


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭seahorse


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    If she writes you off after one occurrence like this then she ain't worth knowing.....

    This is very true.

    If it happened to me with a bloke first night I was with him I'd definitely see him again because at this point in my life if I wasnt "really really attracted to him" I wouldnt be in the bed in the first place.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    As another poster pointed out,if the girl is in bed with you in the first place then she clearly likes you.It has happened to a guy I was with before and most girls,if they are mature about it,would try not to think any less of you and realise that these things happen sometimes!You HAVE to make an effort with the girl though OP,you said there was weirdness in the morning so you should avoid that!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Fiona24


    ive been with my boyfriend for the past 7 months, and he couldnt keep an erection. I found it really frustrating and felt like i couldnt turn him on but he reassured me it wasnt me. The point is I really really liked him maybe even love him so I put up with it and kept my patience now his problem is sorted coz he's relaxed. I think if you really like someone and they like you too its worth it. If that girl is still in contact with you you know for definite that she really likes you, sex definitly isnt the be all and end all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    If she writes you off after one occurrence like this then she ain't worth knowing.....

    It happens everyone at some stage....drink/doubts/tiredness/stress


    this happened to me and i have to say it's left me in bits, it's coming up on a year now and i haven't had any since.

    drink/nerves and cramp tent space really affected me. she shrugged me off then about 3 weeks later with no reasoning, not to mention it was my first time as well.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭Kelly O'Malley


    If the lady is anything like me she'd be more worried that it was her fault that she wasn't attractive enough.
    Such insecurities we all have...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    Well, I'm female and this has happened when I have been with blokes. It's not impressive at all but it happens. If it's a one off cos the bloke had had a few, then it's tolerable but if it became a habit tbh I wouldn't be interested. Also if it happened due to drink and he continued to drink on nights when we should be getting together, I would say goodbye.

    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JimmyCrackCorn!


    Happens me all the time misses thinks its funny. Im often quoted as "Honey are you in the mood". Followed by a cuddle up and "night night" .

    i loose all interest when booze gets involved (three - four pints). Mind you iv never checked to see is it standing.

    Works fine at any other time(just to clear that up)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.

    How helpful for the OP.
    bedcrisis wrote: »

    This unfortunately happened me recently, I admit there was a small bit of alcohol involved, well just a few bottles of beer, but this has been happening quite regularly now, I

    Define a 'few bottles'. :)

    Sounds like nerves and alcohol, honestly. Stressing out about it probably has a 'snowball' effect.

    It happens to most guys (if they're honest) at one stage or another.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    stovelid wrote: »
    How helpful for the OP.

    +1

    And the poster themselves......I wonder did their girly snigger compensate for the fact that she might have written off a half-decent relationship, and now she'll never know.....

    Of course, like I said above, if someone's the type to snigger about this, then maybe the guy in question is WAY better off....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭seahorse


    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.

    If I overheard a group of women laughing about this the only thing I'd find amusing would be their lack of life experience.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭AlexBM


    It wouldn't bother me too much, personally. I certainly wouldn't have a laugh about it, tbh. I'd put it down to the drink, rather than myself, and try again another time. It wouldn't put me off him.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Carrigart Exile


    Well, I'm female and this has happened when I have been with blokes. It's not impressive at all but it happens. If it's a one off cos the bloke had had a few, then it's tolerable but if it became a habit tbh I wouldn't be interested. Also if it happened due to drink and he continued to drink on nights when we should be getting together, I would say goodbye.

    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.


    You are a credit to female kind.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Actually, I just re-read this.....
    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.

    If you weren't "that attracted to him", is there any chance the same applied to him - that he wasn't "that attracted to you" ? If so, it's not a case of "his ineptitude", more a case that neither of ye really turned each other on....

    Of course, blaming him and "his ineptitude", and having a laugh about it with "all your friends" just means that you're dismissing any chance that he didn't find you attractive enough......handy, that.....:p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.

    At least your honest about it, but sometimes its better to keep your own council around here as although you find it funny its not very helpful in a forum designed to help people with 'personal issues'!.

    OP, I'm another bloke adding his voice to the thread - it happens to us all.

    I find sometimes that intercourse is rushed and I'm not fully aroused, could this have been the case?.. I and most of the lads who've spoken honestly about this find that lots more fore play and oral should have you a woodie you could beat a donkey out of a swamp with.

    I've just finished reading Ron Jeremy's autobiography and he maintains the same thing - ie lots more foreplay and oral before intercourse for quailty erections.

    Btw, after the first time it happened with me I was terrified it would happen again, got myself some Vitamin V ;) just incase but never got to use 'em as with time things settled back into their old ways.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭LaVidaLoca


    and it's rarely to do with not being horny or finding a chick attractive.

    Its just a consequence of the fact that in the past 30 or so years we've made good progress in educating men about how women's bodies work, but not in educating women about how men's work.

    Sometimes, prefectly normal healthy guys just cant rise to the occassion on occassion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    dublindude wrote: »
    Hang on.

    Alcohol + nerves are a well known boner killer.

    It has happened / will happen to every guy at some stage.

    Don't worry about it unless it happens every single time for a prolonged period of time.

    And thats why Nerds Dont Drink :)

    have you tried anything sober OP?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    It did happen to me once when I didn't really know him and wasn't that attracted to him. I told all my friends and we laughed at his ineptitude. Sorry.

    :rolleyes:

    The funny thing is that you could have been the reason for it! ;)

    OP, **** happens. It's about that simple.

    The only way to go is just ignore, chill out and do something else. Don't try and force the issue. It's happened to me twice in my life, in the same week with the same girl simply because i was incredibly tired at the time working two jobs and doing college at nights. Solution was to sit back and chill, have a chat and a kiss and then get down to business about 20 mins later.


    If you dwell on it it's gonna haunt you mate.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I wouldn't worry about it OP, it happened to my bf first time we were together - after a drinking session - and it didn't put me off him at all, we're together 4 + years now and no probelms. As others have said if the two of you did get on well and if she's not the shallow type then she won't let it bother her or put her off getting to know you further - assuming that's what you want.

    Oh and do try not to stress too much about it as it will only make it worse. BF was worried about it happening again the next time we met - for various reasons there was a few weeks in between when we didn't see each other - and I know it did bother him in case there was a repeat but we talked about it and said it wouldn't be the end of the world if it didn't happen for us. It was fine in the end though, just don't put yourself under too much pressure.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 277 ✭✭LaVidaLoca


    "force the issue"

    And the award for best unintentional Double Entendre goes to....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭galah


    also, make sure that even if you can't perform, she gets what she wants (pleasure, if I need to spell it out) ..

    Don't assume that just because you can't get it up that it means the end of 'playtime' for the night! And who knows, maybe that'll get you back in the mood...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    cheers for all the replies, good to see alot of positive responses, seems very common, I definetely think its a mix of nerves and alcohol. I had figured in my head that the alcohol might cancel out the nerves but now im thinking otherwise. Its good to see that its not a huge issue in the womans head.

    I was beginning to think that girl I met completely changed her view on me because of something like that but hopefully not. It was just weird the next morning because I was beating myself up about it in my head and every expression she made etc I was picking up on and probably being too paranoid.

    I am considering as one poster said "vitamin V" just a quick temporary thing, I know I cant go relying on it but I have heard of GPs perscribing it even if its not a direct physical problem knowing that it will build the confidence again.
    thanks again


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭AlexBM


    bedcrisis wrote: »
    cheers for all the replies, good to see alot of positive responses, seems very common, I definetely think its a mix of nerves and alcohol. I had figured in my head that the alcohol might cancel out the nerves but now im thinking otherwise. Its good to see that its not a huge issue in the womans head.

    I was beginning to think that girl I met completely changed her view on me because of something like that but hopefully not. It was just weird the next morning because I was beating myself up about it in my head and every expression she made etc I was picking up on and probably being too paranoid.

    I am considering as one poster said "vitamin V" just a quick temporary thing, I know I cant go relying on it but I have heard of GPs perscribing it even if its not a direct physical problem knowing that it will build the confidence again.
    thanks again

    Good luck with it. And as already said, if she changes her mind, she's well not worth it anyway. I hope it all works out okay - and yeah, remember there's a big difference between having a drink or two for Dutch courage and overdoing it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    bedcrisis wrote: »
    I am considering as one poster said "vitamin V" just a quick temporary thing, I know I cant go relying on it but I have heard of GPs perscribing it even if its not a direct physical problem knowing that it will build the confidence again.

    I really think this is a bad idea.

    What happened to you happens to every guy at one stage or another. You don't need to take medication.

    Just put it down to experience and move on.

    Have a read of this: http://www.adrugrecall.com/viagra/death.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    what you could always do, is instead of bringing her home while you have a few beers inside you... arrange to meet for another day, while your sober... and a bit of foreplay would be no harm either, it relaxes the nerves very much.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,395 ✭✭✭Marksie


    OP: Viagra is a prescription drug. Do not contemplate taking it until you have seen your GP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    This happens to my boyfriend if he's been drinking a good bit and/or he's nervous. Is normal enough.

    I think ye are not being understanding to what the girl might have thought.

    OP the girl might just think she wasn't turning you on, that you didn't find her attractive enough etc. She would also have it in the back of her head that it could be the result of the demon drink. But for most in that situation the girl would blame herself.

    I know I did except I liked him alot so I stuck it out and next time we tried it was grand.

    "If you met a guy for the first time and kind of liked him and you spent a whole night flirting and when eventually you scored and got to the bedroom he couldnt perform!!!"

    Um...She mightn't have been looking for more than a one nighter? It didn't happen and she may blame herself. Even if she thought you had bf potential she doesn't know you long enough to care enough about you to think "Oh well sweetheart lets give it another go tomorrow". She's more likely to be thinking "Ok, it might have been the drink but he didn't seem drunk...He probably just doesn't fancy me that much. Ah ****. Embarrassing."

    I stuck it out with my boyfriend because by the stage that happened I had spent more than one night of playful flirting. I cared more about him than I would have if I'd picked him up in a club some night. Don't dismiss the girl as TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT if she doesn't get in contact. Chances are she's embarrassed too. She may indeed be a lovely girl. Get in contact with her. Say that what happened the other night was down to the demon drink and say you'd like to take her out on a date (not drinks...)

    Oh and maybe take things more slowly in the sex department until your confidence with this girl is up and ye feel comfortable with each other.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭rohe


    it was down to the alcohol, i wouldnt worry about it

    and if she genuinely liked you she wouldnt worry about it either.......(thats from a female perspective)

    Just have fun trying the next time

    Best of luck


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    Don't worry about it man, same thing happend to me on my first time, had too much to drink and was a bit nervous unfortunatly the girl I was with made it a public thing and told absolutly everyone about it....lucky I can laugh thing's off easily or it coulda been really bad..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭SheRa


    Honestly it wouldnt bother me. Id put it down to nerves or the drink. I wouldnt be insulted cos Id figure that if he's in bed with me then he does want to have sex with me.

    By the way to the girl that had a one night stand with a guy that she didnt fancy, that is so strange. OP her ignorant reaction is not representative of all girls I assure you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭missmatty


    Same happened at the start of my last relationship. To be honest when it got to the six month stage and it was still happening, I was beginning to get unimpressed. But it turned out to be mainly work-stress related in the end and we managed to sort it out.

    It was mad, we once got on a plane for a hol and once we arrived where we were staying it was like *ping*! I think the psychological effect of being out of the country and having a week off work helped so much.

    He left that job in the end but we still broke up, still good mates tho.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 225 ✭✭calahans


    OP - this happens to most guys at some point. If you keep thinking about it, it will get worse. Its unfortunate that it happened with a stranger, because you can talk to a partner about it.

    You need to relax - if you get erections normally, and are not overweight or unfit etc then its in your head and you can get beyond it. It happened to me a couple of times and it doesnt last.

    Just dont get too focused about it!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 Arty Darcie


    Well first of all if you are going to sleep with a girl that quickly i hope you used protection.

    Second of all alcohol is a known boner killer and some guys just get off days. Having trouble in bed once is no biggie.Everyone has their fair share of sexual mishaps im sure.


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