>>4
I've heard this as well. I think it's bullshit. Everything is dependent upon whether or not you can make yourself look competent and experienced, and if you find the right woman. If she is the "right" one, then she shouldn't care about the fact that you've never had a girlfriend before when you admit the fact to her.

You can fail at the dating game 99 times, but if you succeed that 100th time, then you win. That's how I look at it.

Right now I have to figure out how to not be so awkward in conversations while simultaneously trying to overcome my tendency to be quiet and timid around women.