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Is It Cool To Be a 40 Year Old Virgin These Days?

Actress Yvonne Orji says she has “pent up energy” and is ready for a good man🤨

If I Ain't Readin'
4 min readNov 12, 2023
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We’ve heard of the movie 40 Year Old Virgin with Steve Carell and a host of other actors. The movie is comedic but shows the reality of what an older person would go through if they are clueless about sex as they near middle age.

However, in real life, is waiting for sex that long funny and goofy? Is it possible? Is it a flex on the rest of us who could not wait before marriage?

These are valid questions because most people in the faith(particularly Christianity), are told that sex must come after marriage. That is supposedly the “safest” rubric to follow. Yet, Actress Yvonne Orji of the show Insecure, is 39 and is still hoping to get married to a good man.

I and others applaud her for this, but some conversations point out the obvious pitfalls of waiting very long to do the “chunky monkey” or the “bunny hop”

Take a listen to the conversation I had on Swell about this topic. It’s quite enlightening and delicious!

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

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Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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