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"Because A) What is &amp;quot;late?&amp;quot;__ B)__ Who cares? and__ C)__ I want a breakfast sandwich.\nPinterestFacebookThis is what happened when I searched &amp;quot;woman scared.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;90% of people regret the first person they have sex with,&amp;quot; someone told me recently, &amp;quot;but figure that now that their virginity&amp;#39;s gone, no sense in stopping.&amp;quot; But if you&amp;#39;re someone acutely afraid of regret, it totally makes sense that you&amp;#39;d make it through high school a virgin. And then college. And then grad school. Et cetera. Next thing you know, you&amp;#39;re a 26-year-old who&amp;#39;s done everything except actual sex. Y&amp;#39;know. Technically.\n__Don&amp;#39;t downplay (or undermine) your V-card.\n__Maybe you never met the right person at the right time, or you always got nervous and punked out, or it was a combination of those things and him not having a condom, or right when you were about to, someone set the apartment on fire.\nBut it doesn&amp;#39;t matter, and don&amp;#39;t try and play it off on circumstance. The fact is, you had the choice every day, and you chose to wait, even on those nights you got blackout drunk and hooked up with a cute bartender. It&amp;#39;s nothing to be ashamed of, nor is it something to judge other people for doing. It&amp;#39;s just who you are. Be proud!\nGood Lord, tell people.\nYou&amp;#39;re sitting in a bar with your friends, and someone&amp;#39;s regaling everyone with a crazy position they tried last night, and you&amp;#39;re like &amp;quot;HAHA, yeah, that, I do that all the time,&amp;quot; the whole time remembering that scene in The 40 Year-Old Virgin where they call out Steve Carell on remarking that a woman&amp;#39;s breast feels like a bag of sand. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?\nI mean, you don&amp;#39;t have to write it in the sky. It&amp;#39;d be good to tell your closest friends, though.\nBut at some point, stop listening to their advice.\nSometimes when your guy friend who sleeps around is like, &amp;quot;You&amp;#39;re missing out! This is the hottest we will ever be,&amp;quot; and your female friends are like &amp;quot;Ehh, it&amp;#39;s not a big deal, just do it with a bar rando,&amp;quot; and the conflicting points are overwhelming, you have to be like, &amp;quot;Shut up, everyone.&amp;quot;Wait a little bit to tell the person you&amp;#39;re dating. But tell him.\nOh, bro, if you are considering not telling him and just lying there, that is a massive mistake. He won&amp;#39;t know he should hold back a little bit physically the first time, and if he does figure out the big picture, he might feel deceived. A lie of omission isn&amp;#39;t a great way to begin a relationship.\nIf everything else seems to be going well, maybe on date 3 or 4 (traditionally sex time) casually mention that you&amp;#39;ve never done it before. If he sticks with you, then you know he&amp;#39;s a keeper--and he knows you have standards. If he bails, he&amp;#39;s a chode. Forget him.\nOh, and being good at oral sex helps.\nWhen did y&amp;#39;all lose your virginity? Was it a positive experience?\nTouched for the very first time:\nDo You Know A Virgin?\nHelp! This 30-Year-Old Virgin May Be Ready For Sex\nVirgin Diaries: Who Did You Tell First?\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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