The Reality of Losing Your Virginity

I wanted to write this because I feel people expect their first time to be this wonderful, magical experience that they will look back on fondly for the rest of their life, only to be greatly disappointed after the experience. For some, this expectation may become a reality and it's certainly not impossible, but for the majority it doesn't always work out that way. Even if people reduce their expectations, I still find their expectations are still too high.

I don't want to put a dampener on the prospect of losing your virginity, it's still an overwhelming and exciting experience, but I wanted to share the realities of losing your virginity. This is also to show that making mistakes is part of the process, that we all do it and it can sometimes make it more fun! It may even help any qualms you may have about losing the big "V".

1. It won't be like in the movies
I'm sure people have told you that it won't be as romantic or as smooth as it's shown in the movies. The film industry want to appeal to viewers by fantasising one of the most important and highly anticipated times of many people's lives.

2. You will have trouble taking your clothes off
Like in the movies, the clothes tend to come off the other, pretty swiftly without much effort at all. In reality, you'll be tackling a lot of buttons, belts and tight tops unless you're both wearing loose clothing. You'll find this happens quite a lot, not just when you lose your virginity and it happens to us all so don't feel embarrassed!

The Reality of Losing Your Virginity

3. You will probably do something wrong - and that's okay!
This might be your worst fear but it shouldn't be. We all make mistakes and that applies to the bedroom too. If you're both virgins, a mistake is likely to happen such as bumping heads (we've all done it) or breaking something around you but don't dwell on it. Sex rarely goes perfectly. Laugh it off and get back to business!

4. You might not climax
A large number of women find it difficult and near impossible to reach orgasm through penetration alone. Trying to reach climax through clitoral stimulation without the use of your hands takes some skill and can be just as difficult.
Some men may be too nervous or overwhelmed with excitement that they can't get it up or they can't focus on reaching climax.
It's not the end of the world if you don't reach orgasm your first time. You'll have plenty more chances to learn about what turns you on the most and what position is best for you.

5. It won't last long
The porn industry can be misleading in more ways than one. Men lasting a long time in the bedroom is one of those misconceptions. In reality, a man may last a couple of minutes up to about half an hour at most. Guys, you'll probably not last that long your first time because it takes time to learn how to delay climax.

The Reality of Losing Your Virginity

6. You'll probably not stay with the person
Unless you waited until marriage to lose your virginity, people tend not to stay with the person they lose their virginity to. No matter how great the experience was and how much you felt your connection grow, losing your virginity to someone doesn't permanently tie you together and you're not immune from breaking up because you shared such an experience.

7. It may hurt
Ladies! Be prepared for pain. Women, more often than not, have a hymen. The hymen is a bit of thin skin that is found near the cervix and is attached to the vaginal walls. Not all women are born with one and it's common for women to unknowingly break their hymen when they're younger through rough activities and masturbation. Some women are born with a complete hymen, others have partial hymens. Having sex causes the hymen to break and that's what hurts and occasionally bleeds. If you have a complete hymen, sex will likely be painful for you and less painful if you have a partial hymen. If you have no hymen, it shouldn't hurt. Tell your partner to go slow and not to rush into anything. Don't be afraid to let them know you're experiencing pain. It's all about communication!
There's no real way to tell if you have your hymen intact and how much you have there, apart from going to the doctor and asking them to have a look for you.


There you go! Again, I don't want you to read this and now dread losing your virginity or interpret this myTake negatively. You should still look forward to losing your virginity, but don't go into the experience with high expectations otherwise you may be disappointed. If you have low expectations, you're more likely to be pleasantly surprised!

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Most Helpful Guy

  • Too much thinking.
    I say , let it be the first time , second time , a BILLION-th time.
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    There's this whole stigma about the "first-time" so much so people invented a word for it - virginity.

    Well I say... it's about as sacred the first time your learnt how to ride a bike or baked a cake.

    It is just what it is - your first time of doing something.

    Good luck trying to start a Boeing 747 the first time you walk into the "cockpit" *pun intended.
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    Spend a few hours , read up on the manual , learn the controls , practice and LET IT RIP!!!
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    • Huh. handling a 747 might be a wee bit more difficult than offering a big O to a willing girl. ;-) But I never got a 747 to its 7th sky. Lol

Most Helpful Girl

  • This is so true... very good Take. I agree with almost everything. I didn't lose my vcard exactly the way I wanted to but I realize most people didn't lose theirs the "right" way either and in fact there's not really even a right or wrong. As long as you are responsible about it. That's the most important thing for me. I do sometimes regret it but then I realize I waited till I was almost 21 (literally a few days) and that at that time it was something I really wanted and I had a lot of feelings for the guy at that time (I still do). So yeah :P But 10/10 great Take.

    • Thank-you! I agree with your thoughts on your situation. Think positively no matter what. It was definitely what you wanted at the time! Sex can only get better from now on! :P

    • Exactly! I'm not going to value my life based on the few times I've had sex with the wrong guy in comparison to how many times I will have sex with the right person someday. <3

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  • Number six sums up the general error in this entire article. A man who cherishes you, who loves you more than he loves himself and waits to pledge his life to you in marriage will negate number six. It IS a magical experience then, because he genuinely cares for you.

    • You can still lose it to a guy who genuinely cares about you. People can be married and not care for each other. A wedding ring doesn't guarantee that.

    • I agree with one big BUT. If he truly cares for you, why wouldn't he take the time to get to know you in celibacy, to determine if you are the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with? Why take away the one thing a woman can only give one man, once in her life, if he is not man enough to pledge the rest of his life to her? How much can he *really* truly care for her if he does not do the honorable thing and pledge the rest of his life to her BEFORE he takes the one thing that has been cherished in every society since the dawn of time, a woman's virginity, her innocence? True mutual love is real but it has to be earned, it has to be worked for, and it can take decades of loneliness to begin to even touch it.

  • GREAT TAKE!

    • Thank-you!

  • In my case it was a mess.. blood everywhere.

  • If I may add one thing. The thing I always tell people is that it isn't this huge life changing experience. You don't feel any different afterwards, there isn't some magical love connection between you and the guy, and it has not made much of a significant difference in your life. If you want to have sex, have sex. Just do so maturely and safely, when and only when you're sure your ready.

  • It was very mechanical, I had an older friend who let me practice on him and i asked him to take my virginity just to see what all the fuss it was about. There was no emotion connected to it and it was the first time a man has ever seen me fully naked. I remember it fondly because I didn't loose it to a jerk... it did hurt though, I didn't bleed much when it got popped.

    • Your friend must've enjoyed it though right?

    • Yeah he did, heh. I enjoyed practicing on him, it was a new discovery of myself.

  • Eh who knows. My dad was my mom's first, but they broke up for a bit in college and they both had other people, but they got back together and are happily married to this day. The staying with your first thing is like a coin flip to me.

  • How do I upvote this *applauds to the writer*

    • Thank-you! :)

  • Men lasting half an hour! LOL they wish hahahah
    But I agree, very good myTake.

    • I've had ex's last for that long and even longer. It's not unusual.

    • It's not usual for men to last very long. I've been with a few and my current male lover who can continue for an hour. An average is just an average.. Plenty of people who last longer than the average and plenty of people who can't even make the average (been in that situation to).

  • I would definitely say all of the above was my virginity losing experience. I totally agree with this. It's not an amazing moment and I have had many boyfriends after my first.

  • i'm sure it varies... but i'm most certainly waiting until my wedding/honeymoon night when the time comes

    great article by the way.. insightful

    • waiting until wedding/honeymoon night makes it more stressful then but a few glasses of champagne and being a bit tipsy could help against the stress.

    • Hopefully it has given you some idea of what the night will be like. :P

    • i dont drink and will very much so.. sober =) and yes it has, i have girl talk with my experienced peers and its like sex education all over again smh thanks again!

  • I can relate to even points (2, 4, 6)
    #2. I still remember that it was a bit awkward when I took my clothes off in front of a girl. Thank god she was a pro, she easily handled the situation and that embarrassment was for 6-8 seconds only.
    #4. Well, I was drunk :( I turned into a beast.
    #6. YourFutureEx doesn't care about this one lol.

    • Oh yes, I can relate to #7 too. It hurt first time (even I'm a boy) it hurt whenever I tried to pee for four days. This is still a mystery about why it happened. :'(

    • That sounds like a urinary infection. They're common and can be contracted without sexual intercourse.

    • That was safe one :/

  • Lol... lost mine to a stripper in front of people while super drunk, not using a condom. Don't remember her face, name or anything and was fearing hiv in that 3 month window period. Top that lol.

    • That's called rape dude...

    • I reckon she did rape me ha ha. But let's just say I didn't want it to not happen either.

    • you could have reported her! :(

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  • Thank you for opening up about it! I feel a lot of inexperienced people genuinely believe in that crap that movies tout about it being romantic and smooth. I appreciate your bravery and kindness to such girls :)

  • Yeah, I'm definitely going into it with no expectations whatsoever. Kind of a "whatever happens, happens." mindset.

    • Absolutely.

    • That's the best way to be. I have a no expectations attitude to life and people, I rarely get disappointed and I can easily wave goodbye to people who don't deserve a place in my life. I recommend it to all.

  • Amen to this take!

  • I've never been one to really care about virginity or who I fucked first, but I actually ended up having my first time be pretty cool. it was with this guy I was seeing, we weren't serious but we were both just super horny, after we fucked we actually ended up having a pretty great relationship and are still together. I guess I never really put any huge expectations on my first time so it ended up being really great.

  • I still just want it to fucking happen already.

    • It happens eventually don't worry my partner was Virgin until. 21

    • So was my wife.

    • So was that guy who lives in my neighborhood.

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  • I can't agree with the not lasting long part. I had sex off/on all night long in my car. For very long periods of time, and multiple orgasms.

    • Some times are just better than other times. Not getting an orgasm despite a solid boner too happens to guys.

    • It happens to me probably 50% of the time or so. There just isn't enough friction usually, or we just go too long, and the heat kills it. The only way I can normally get enough friction, is to lie her on her belly w/ a pillow under her hips, and w/ a little lotion rub myself up and down, inside her butt crack and up against her tail bone. I love that position more than anything, and I can "adjust" the tightness.

  • Nice MyTake, puts things into perspective. Losing your virginity is very overrated in my opinion. Though I gotta admit that my first time was actually pretty memorable!

    • Yes, it's definitely overrated! I blame the media and film industry.

    • @Hannah591 Yeap! Sometimes it is special, but more often it's just 'meh' from what I've read.

  • As long as it is with the one you love. Everything else is irrelevant.

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