How did you feel about the person you lost your virginity to?

United States
May 6, 2008 6:35am CST
I was in love with the boy I lost my virginity to , although we never dated. It was the classic tale: if one was dating someone else, the other would be interested, or vice-versa. This went on for about 2 years, until I decided if I was going to lose my virginity, it would be for someone I cared for. But when I look back at old pictures of him, I just laugh at myself--I don't know why I was so besotted with him!
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
7 May 08
My current boyfriend (of almost 1 year! ) and I lost our virginity to each other, and I couldn't be happier - we have a wonderful relationship and I feel so fortunate to have been able to make the choice and not regret it. When I was 12 I was sexually assaulted by a child-hood friend a few years older than me, and after that I couldn't let people touch me for a few years, without freaking out or bursting into tears, so to have been able and willing to make that choice, and feel how right it was is and was such a big thing for both of us =)
• United States
7 May 08
Actually, I wasn't bored at all! I'm glad you described it--now I can understand what it is! Being an artist myself, I realize that I was MUCH more creative when I really didn't know how to use the programs! At some point, less IS more! Good luck!
• United States
7 May 08
You have found a wonderful boyfriend, to help you get over something as traumatic as that! I'm so glad you were able to make that choice and that it was right for you! And I love your avatar--what is it exactly?
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
7 May 08
Thank you so much =D I never thought I would be fortunate enough to feel the trust, affection and intimacy to have a relationship, let alone a physical one, but he really did help me overcome it (although I still have my issues). I certainly know he deserves my heart =) My avatar is actually a picture that I made about two years ago, and it is of my left eye, altered and swapped around. It was when I was first learning how to use this default photo-editing software on my laptop, and I realised that this "magic" tool could select a whole section that was the same colour and in this particular photo, my left eye happened to be of the same colouration for the pupil and eyelashes, and I made it a picture of it's own. To put it simply =P lol. Thanks for asking, and sorry for boring you =P Have a great day! =D
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@phoenix25 (1541)
• United States
7 May 08
I thought I was in love with the guy, but I wasn't. After I lost it, I realized what a complete jerk he was and ended it soon afterward. He was needy, too, and begged for me to take him back but that just made me even more disgusted with him.
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• United States
7 May 08
I think we all think that we're in love with that person, until we see their true colors! A good friend of mine (that knows me and the guy I lost mine to) says it was puppy love...it was something, especially since we weren't dating or anything . Embarassing, to tell you the truth!
• United States
9 May 08
I went to my junior prom with a guy that was a friend--no one else asked me! I look so tiny next to him (and not because I'm short!)...I'm embarassed to have that picture out on display now! I might have been less embarassed if it was someone I had fond memories of...
@phoenix25 (1541)
• United States
7 May 08
I have my homecoming picture on my refrigerator from when I was in high school and the guy is in the picture with me. I cover him up with a magnet cuz I don't even want to look at him! I don't know what I ever saw in him. lol
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9 May 08
I had to think back over the ages hun - LOL I lost my virginity to a guy I was absolutely besotted with. I was 17 and naive, he was 24 and lead guitar. Our relationship lasted about a month and looking back I can only laugh really, I was a groupie
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• United States
9 May 08
You and I are alike--I was married to a left-handed guitar player and now I'm in love with a new left-handed guitar player! The biggest difference between the two is how they treat me (the second one is a MUCH better person for me to be with)!
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9 May 08
LOL what is it about guitarists. My partner is a rock guitarist, I seem to have come full circle
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
7 May 08
I was crazy about the guy I lost my virginity to, and I have zero regrets. It wasn't the most glorious experience, that's for sure, but I'm glad it was with Steve. He and I were close friends through our church youth group, and continued to be friends for years afterwards. I too look back at pictures of him and wonder what I saw in him. But it's obviously more about the way he made me feel. We used to have the most wonderful conversations, and would often stay up all night just talking at youth group functions. I haven't talked to him in years, and it's been over a decade since I last actually saw him. That was funny too....I was married and at a church service with my husband and Steve was there. During the service, there was a "sharing of the peace" where the congregation socializes for a few minutes and shakes hands with the people around them or gives them a hug (if they're close). Well, Steve came up to me and shook my hand. There was this look in his eyes that I'll NEVER forget... it said, "I had you first". lmao!
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• United States
8 May 08
That's great that Steve came up and shook your hand...my first didn't even come to our 10-year high school reunion (next year is our 20th--gads! I'm old!) and I had his drunken older brother hit on me all night!(shudder). But I was out to dinner with my husband (now ex) and my former fiance (with whom we decided that we wouldn't have children) was there applying lettering to the windows--he smiled at me (kinda like, hey, your little girl is cute--congrats!)--I never heard the end of it from my husband for years! Talk about insecure!
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
8 May 08
Oh those insecurities can drive a person mad! My ex husband was very insecure as well, and his attitude was the cause of many fights over the 7 years we were together.
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• Australia
7 May 08
Fortunately, I was married to the man I lost it to but unfortunately, I don't think I was in love with him. When we married I was getting over this guy who had been my first love and my first heart ache. My first time had been exciting in the sense that it was something that I had wondered about for so long and now the mystery was being solved. However, it was what I expected or how I expected to feel. You always have the fantasy that it's going to be as great as it is in the movies and it never is sadly lol but in any case, it was what it was....
• United States
7 May 08
I married a man that I wasn't in love with either--I was still smarting from dumping my fiance for picking his mother over me! Then I got pregnant...and being old-fashioned, I wanted to give my baby a father. BIG mistake! I'm now with a new guy and finally experiencing what I believed to be true love!
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• Australia
7 May 08
I'm glad you're happy now, it's great isn't it?
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• United States
7 May 08
Yes, even when I'm mad or annoyed at him, I still love him ! Thanks for the well wishes!
@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
6 May 08
I was in love with him and he was in love me, we were together for 2 years until we decided to do it. Then we ended up getting married. And we are still in love with each other until now.
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@Bijou1 (160)
• Australia
6 May 08
thats really sweet. I wish i followed your lead.
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• United States
6 May 08
That's wonderful! I've finally met the guy of my dreams...but I've already been married and now I'm happily divorced! How long have you been married now?
• United States
6 May 08
Bijou...Like you, in a way I had waited, but in hindsight (which is always 20/20!), I'm glad it's over and done with.
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
6 May 08
I guess there are a few of us still out there, I too lost my virginity to my husband.
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• United States
7 May 08
That's shows that you were just waiting for the right man--your husband. Plus you'll never have regrets going back to a high school reunion and thinking to yourself, 'Gee, now why did I think he was so great?!' Congratulations!
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
6 May 08
I lost my virginity to my husband so I guess that means I picked the right person:)
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• United States
6 May 08
Yes, I'd have to agree. I almost wish I had waited...but then I wouldn't have my daughter (I would have never been with her father; he was a rebound relationship for me). Congratulations to you!
@xlinzixx (510)
7 May 08
i totally hte the person i lost my virginity to he just used me and i thought he cared for me.that was definately the biggest mistake of my life an ive definately learnt a huge lesson from it.
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• United States
7 May 08
I'm so sorry that happened! At least you've grown and learned from it! Just remember--it's HIS loss, not yours!
• Philippines
6 May 08
That man, (sigh) I have never imagined that I will share my most wonderful things with him. Even my virginity. And you know, I was never expecting it, but it turned out to be beautiful. It was love, and I knew it, my instincts are right. I am glad I didn't hold it back for him. He respects me, never forced me to do it, and he is madly in love with me. Yes he is, in August, we are turning 7 years. That is one part of my life I never get tired of reminiscing about.
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• United States
6 May 08
That is wonderful! I knew that my current boyfriend was the one the moment I set eyes on him...and we were in other relationships at that point! The one time I've listened to my instincts! Now if I could get him to understand that I'm the one for him, all would be right in my world!
@roxanne271 (2034)
• Trinidad And Tobago
7 May 08
I am totally in love with the guy I lost my virginity to. We haven't been together for very long. It was a year just in April past. He was also a virgin when we first did it and I think that makes it more special for us. He loves me just as much as I love him or probably even more. I would never regret losing it to him.
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• United States
8 May 08
That's wonderful that you both love one another so much! Since I haven't had that much experience with men, that I found love much later in life just makes it so much sweeter! Thanks for sharing!
• Egypt
6 May 08
Each age have its own beauty when you was young loved or liked this guy and when you grow up your look changed because your character too so the love concept become more wide and more reality in your mind
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• United States
6 May 08
There were certain things about him that made me interested...his sense of humor, his eyes, the way he made me laugh...all things that my current boyfriend has now. I know I've changed--I'm looking for the beauty of someone's soul, rather than outside. I'm much better off that way!
• Philippines
7 May 08
At that time, I felt really happy because I've done it with someone I thought I loved. In retrospect, I wish I had waited. I don't regret doing it. It's just that I felt like I was used and played on by that person. Well, that's life.
• United States
7 May 08
I felt the same way...happy that it was someone I thought I cared about but in retrospect I wish I had waited. But then considering the boys I was with afterwards ...it would have had to be a long time! No use crying over spilled milk!
@shobhan51 (376)
• Malaysia
7 May 08
I feel you did not loose anything. It is the boy who lost something. What I say may sound ridiculous but I feel the boy gave himself to you for something less than love. You did it out of pure love and that has value and meaning for you but he lost a part of himself for something lesser. So who is the loser, just think!
• United States
7 May 08
Wow, I never thought about it that way! I guess you're right...I don't think it ever occured to me before--thanks! He lives in another state, and I don't think that he'd ever have given up his life or what he's doing now (teaching high school and being a wrestling coach) on the NC coast to move somewhere I could handle the weather (I've got MS and I can't tolerate the humidity!)
@Bijou1 (160)
• Australia
6 May 08
I feel repulsed & used. He was 8 years older than me. I feel like a fool for allowing myself to get sucked in. I dont really regret it, as it was a life lesson, but if i could go back, things would be different.
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• United States
6 May 08
I'm so sorry that happened to you ...do you think that it happened because of the difference in ages? I'm glad you don't have any regrets and that you learned from it. Good luck!
@qt_dsy (85)
• Philippines
6 May 08
as for me i lost it with my first boyfriend, who became my husband now. right now my mind is too clouded too think, because everything about us is turning upside down. we are in really big mess now. under different circumstances i might smile if i would remember it, it's kind of funny why we ended doing it.
• United States
6 May 08
I hope things get straightened out for you soon! Good luck!