rainfletcher: This has been a fascinating discussion...it's amazing to me the number of guys that have this problem...
.........including me......
My case is a little different, though. The guy immediately preceded me, by a few months, really. The relationship was not long-term, but very intense. To the point where my girlfriend was intending to get a tattoo with him. Somehwere along the line, she mentioned (I didn't ask) that there was some pain involved with him that has not been the case with me. The nature of the pain clearly meant he was signficanlty larger than I (which is wierd for me).
I've asked a few times, and hinted a few times, but she WILL NOT disclose the details. This would be fine, except that my mind fills in the blanks anyway, right? Imagination can be alot worse than reality...My take on this, is that if there was nothing to be scared of, there'd be no point in hiding it.
So, in my case, I would ahve been very happy to never have known shit about their sex life. I would never have asked, but she brought it up. Now it's out there, and it sucks.
Part of the problem, though, is that she talked alot about him at the beginning of our relationship. And the terms were almost other-worldy (he was like an angel....etc. etc.). There is no way to compete with any of that. It's the whole picture - his size, their epxeriences together (not only sex), what he meant to her at the time and now etc. etc. One frustration is that she 'keeps forgetting' to throw away their love letters and pictures of them snuggling on park benches.
This, to me, is the biggest argument against promiscuity. Occasionally, a woman meets someone who is large, sweet, gentle etc. etc. Pity the man who follows him...
When someone invents a friggin pill to erase memory, it'll no longer be an issue...Unfortunately, I think that's the case for most men in this predicament....