Question that's been on my mind lately

[firecat]

Have there been periods of your life when you had no satisfying romantic/sexual relationships, or fewer than you wanted to have (if you're poly)?

How many such "dry" periods have you had in your life?

How long did each of them last?

Was anything in particular going on with you at the time that contributed to the circumstance, as far as you can tell? (Possibilities I can think of include being sick, being busy, moving to an uncongenial location, being socially inexperienced, experiencing a breakup, becoming more picky...etc.)

If this period ended, what circumstances contributed to its ending?

I'll say more about why I am asking this in a future entry.

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

there was a six month stretch before i met the one i currently live with, where i (for all practical purposes[1]) wasn't in any relationships, but was mostly okay with it.

other than that, my periods of not being in as many relationships as i'd like have correlated with a) getting into the occasional relationship while demonstrating b) really REALLY bad decision making skills. (thanks for asking about this, i hadn't noticed before.)

[1] a very long distance, very low maintenance, very low contact relationship that was in an especially low contact spell at the time.