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I'm of the other gender but in my 40's and still a virgin. It doesn't trouble me in the slightest nor do I ever care if that changes.
I'm not an involuntary one nor have religious issues. It's just what I've chosen to do. I'm extremely fit and active and people frequently think me to be in my late 20's & 30's, so I'm not some hideous creature no one would touch. A few people know I am and a number women over the years have asked me if I wanted to change my status with them. I've had quite a few chances to sleep with women, a number of men too (but that isn't my game). There are just so many other things to be concerned about in life. There's flowers to smell, chipmunks to watch, and rivers in which to swim.
If people start to talk about their sexual experiences at a party, I walk away. Not because I'm ashamed but I don't feel like talking about my sexual experiences (even if none) and truthfully, I don't have any interest in their experiences. It's not something I want to hear about. I would rather talk about spackling my ceiling.
I don't see what the hang up is. I wouldn't be put off in the slightest with a woman who is a virgin. Everyone is or was a virgin and if there is something wrong with them, shouldn't you have noticed these abnormalities before you got nekked? If someone would be put off by my virginity. I'd put my clothes back on, walk away, and go look at the stars above (or the sun...depends on the time of the day).
Life is way to short to worry about non-issues. None of us have long on this Earth, let's make the best of it. We can laugh, we can play, and we can leave it at that.
