I (32M) swear I saw a similar post to this here, I've been looking for it ever since but can't find it.

I refuse to date women my own age and in their 30s for a similar reason to that post I saw. In my youth (late teens/early 20s) I wasn't very sexually active even though I *wanted* to be, and it did a bit of a number on me. The majority of people my age (girls and guys), had their sexual escapades and are either now settled down (married) or dating (looking for serious relationships). 

They don't have the sexual insecurities that I have, because by and large, they ''had their fun'' so to speak. 

As a result of this, I put a lot of effort into improving my looks and social skills so that I could stand a chance. Now my current girlfriend is 21 years old. My girlfriend before that, was also 21. And the hookups I have had (only had a few really, not many) over the last few years, were with girls in their 20's.

Basically, I just refuse to date a woman my own age, because they are far more experienced than me sexually. They've got a good decade over me. As a result of this, I refuse to date them.

Now I 100% recognize that I've got a lot of life experience over a 20 year old, but if I'm forced to choose between a 20 year old without that much life experience and who hasn't slept around for more than a decade, versus a 30 year old woman who has similar life experience but has had loads of sexual hookups and outnumbers me by far sexually, I'm always going to choose the latter.

There's just no way in hell I would ever entertain the idea of dating a woman my own age unless under very specific circumstances. **If I had slept around and had all my fun during my early 20s, THEN I would date women my own age, but because I didn't, I now refuse to even consider dating them. This doesn't mean I hate them though, I'm friends with many women my own age, but I'd never date them.**

Some of my friends don't like the fact that I'm dating a 20 year old, but I think they sort of lose the right to object because it's easy for them to say ''Date a woman your own age'' when they all had their sexual fun, whereas I didn't. Why should they have the right to tell me that? I'd like to see how they would feel under my circumstances. AITA?