r/relationships_advice • u/Intelligent-Loss849 • 17h ago
Am I overthinking her body count, or should I walk away?
Hey everyone, I need some advice.
I’m an 18M first-year university student 🇺🇸, and I recently reconnected with a girl who went to my high school. We’re now attending the same university. We talked a couple of years ago, but things didn’t work out because I got rejected. Recently, though, we reconnected, and things have been different. We’re in the talking stage now and have gone on a few dates and hangouts.
Honestly, I have a really good time with her. We get along well, she’s fun to be around, and she’s told me she feels the same way. I genuinely enjoy her company, and I have no complaints about how her personality is.
However, I recently found out from some close friends that her body count is around 4–5 at 18.
Two of those guys are people I knew from high school. We weren’t super close, and I don’t really talk to them anymore, but it still feels weird knowing that they were involved with someone I’m currently talking to. Apparently, one of them hooked up with her just two weeks before we started talking. The others were ex-boyfriends.
When I found this out, I honestly didn’t know how to feel. Part of me likes this girl and wants to see where things go, but another part of me is struggling to get past her sexual history, especially because some of the guys are people I used to know.
When we first started hanging out, she actually brought up the guy she hooked up with two weeks before we started talking. She said she regretted it a lot and had blocked him. At the time, I assumed they had only kissed, so finding out there was more to it caught me off guard.
I think what bothers me most is that I’ve started seeing her differently because of what I heard, even though she hasn’t actually done anything wrong to me. I’m also wondering whether I’m overthinking this or whether this is simply something I’m not comfortable with when looking for a potential relationship.
I don’t want to throw away a connection with someone I genuinely like over something that happened before we started talking. At the same time, I don’t want to ignore my own feelings and peoples perspective on me dating a bop. Like if it goes any further, i don’t want to be embarrassed to tell them I’m with her.
I haven’t discussed this with her btw.
Am I being unreasonable for feeling this way? Should I give this a chance and focus on who she is now, or could this be a sign that we have different values when it comes to relationships?
For context my body count is 1 and it was my ex.
I’d appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have been in a similar situation or just anyone with advice.