When you write a dating advice column, one of the inevitable questions that comes up is the idea of inexperience.
For many men, especially as they get older, dating inexperience is a vicious catch-22. Women – supposedly – won’t date a man with little or no dating experience. Of course that then leads to the question of just how is he’s supposed to get that experience…

For a lot of men, the anxiety surrounding their dating inexperience can be overwhelming. They become intimidated by women whom they fear have more experience than they do. They become too afraid to approach anyone, never mind people they’re attracted to. They set themselves up for failure by looking for reasons why others couldn’t possibly like them or why they couldn’t improve, and wait for the Universe to deliver instead.
But your inexperience doesn’t have to be the handicap you think it is. Here’s how to overcome your dating inexperience and find the success you want.